Technology

• 1 mixing tank, 1 digester, 1 post-digester,
  1 fermentation residue storage tank
  Upgrading concept: CHP, heat utilization for factory/residential building

Performance

• Plant rating: 370 kW_el
  Biogas production/year: 1.5 million Nm³
  Electricity production/year: 3.0 million kWh
  CO₂ saving/year: 2,200 t

Substrates

• Renewable primary products + semi-liquid manure

Operation

• Construction time: 3 months, year of construction: 2010
  Investor/operator: BIOENERGIE ZIWIRE GmbH & Co. KG

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Technology

• 1 mixing tank, 2 digesters, 1 post-digester, 
  3 fermentation residue storage tanks, separation, pump container
  Upgrading concept: High-pressure water scrubbing + CHP + micro gas network with satellite CHP

Performance

• Plant rating: 800 Nm³/h + 400 kW_el + 220 kW_el
  Biogas production/year: 9.1 million Nm³
  Biomethane production/year: 3.5 million Nm³
  CO₂ saving/year: 13,200 t

Substrates

• Renewable primary products + semi-liquid manure

Operation

• Construction time: 8 months, year of construction: 2009, expansion: 2011 Investor/operator: Schwälmer Biogas GmbH & Co. KG

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Technology

• 1 mixing tank, 2 digesters, 1 post-digester,
  2 fermentation residue storage tank, separation
  Upgrading concept: CHP + micro gas network with satellite CHP, use of heating in a facility for handicapped people in Schönfelderhof, Germany (hostels + workshops) + wood chip drying

Performance

• Plant rating: 890 kW_el + 526 kW_el
  Biogas production/year: 5.8 million Nm³
  Electricity production/year: 11.6 million kWh
  CO₂ saving/year: 8,420t

Substrates

• Renewable primary products + semi-liquid manure

Operation

• Construction time: 5 months, year of construction: 2007
  Investor/operator: GSW Bioenergie Zemmer GmbH & Co. KG

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Technology

• 1 mixing tank, 1 digester, 1 post-digester, 
  1 fermentation residue storage tank
  Upgrading concept: High-pressure water scrubbing

Performance

• Plant rating: 300 Nm³/h 
  Biogas production/year: 2.4 million Nm³
  Biomethane production/year: 1.3 million Nm³
  CO₂ saving/year: 3,570 t

Substrates

• Renewable primary products + semi-liquid pig manure

Operation

• Construction time: 6 months, year of construction: biogas plant - 2007 / HPWS - 2008 
  Investor/operator: HEAG Südhessische Energie AG (HSE)

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Technology

• 1 digester, 1 post-digester, 
  1 fermentation residue storage tank, pump container, separation 
  Upgrading concept: High-pressure water scrubbing

Performance

• Plant rating: 400 Nm3/h + 150 kW_th boiler 
  Biogas production/year: 3.3 million Nm³ 
  Biomethane production/year: 1.7 million Nm³
  CO₂ saving/year: 4,750 t

Substrates

• Renewable primary products

Operation

• Construction time: 6 months, year of construction: 2010
  Investor/operator: HEAG Südhessische Energie AG (HSE)

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Technology

• 1 mixing tank, 1 digester, 1 post-digester, 
  1 fermentation residue storage tank, pump container, separation with fermentation residue drying 
  Upgrading concept: CHP, heat utilization nursery + fermentation residue drying

Performance

• Plant rating: 1.2 MW_el
  Biogas production/year: 4.9 million Nm³
  Electricity production/year: 9.8 million kWh
  CO₂ saving/year: 7,130 t

Substrates

• Renewable primary products + semi-liquid manure

Operation

• Construction time: 7 months, year of construction: 2011
  Investor/operator: Bioenergie Saelhuysen GmbH & Co. KG

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Technology

• 1 mixing tank, 1 digester, 1 post-digester, 
  1 fermentation residue storage tank
  Upgrading concept: CHP, heat utilization for industrial plant

Performance

• Plant rating: 600 kW_el
  Biogas production/year: 2.4 million Nm³
  Electricity production/year: 4.9 million kWh
  CO₂ saving/year: 3,570 t

Substrates

• Renewable primary products + semi-liquid cow manure

Operation

• Construction time: 4 months, year of construction: 2009
  Investor/operator: KWA Contracting AG / Condé Bioenergie GmbH & Co. KG

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Technology

• 1 mixing tank, 1 digester, 1 post-digester, 
  1 fermentation residue storage tank, pump container, separation
  Upgrading concept: CHP, heat utilization for greenhouse

Performance

• Plant rating: 250 kW_el
  Biogas production/year: 1.0 million Nm³
  Electricity production/year: 2.0 million kWh
  CO₂ saving/year: 1,500 t

Substrates

• Semi-liquid manure + manure + organic residual materials

Operation

• Construction time: 4 months, year of construction: 2011
  Investor/operator: BioEnergie Diessbach AG

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Technology

• 1 mixing tank, 1 digester, 1 post-digester,
  1 fermentation residue storage tank, pump container, separation
  Upgrading concept: CHP, heat utilization for drying herbs

Performance

• Plant rating: 716 kW_el + 360 kW_el
  Biogas production/year: 4.4 million Nm³
  Electricity production/year: 8.8 million kWh
  CO₂ saving/year: 6,400 t

Substrates

• Renewable primary products

Operation

• Construction time: 6 months, year of construction: 2007
  Investor/operator: Stadtwerke Groß-Gerau Versorgungs GmbH (municipal utility company)

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