Biomass Power Plants in Germany - other Länder

Brunsbüttel
Location: SH
Operator: NovusEnergy
Configuration: 1 X 7.5 MW CHP
Operation: 2008
Fuel: wood, urban greenwaste
Boiler supplier: Bertsch
T/G supplier: MAN Turbo
EPC: NovusEnergie, Seeger
Quick facts: This plant was built in ChemCoast Park Brunsbüttel near the TOTAL-Bitumenwerkes, an industrial facility that takes off process steam. The biomass CHP plant cost €24mn and took 2yrs to buildand Stadtwerke Flensburg is a partner in the project. Fuel is about 80,000 tpy of waste wood and urban greenwaste. The plant commissioned 27 Oct 2008.

Photograph courtesy of NovusEnergie
Posted 16 Oct 2005

Flohr
Location: RP
Operator: BHKW Flohr GmbH
Configuration: 1 X 7.5 MW CHP
Operation: 2005
Fuel: wood, natural gas
Boiler supplier: Wulff
T/G supplier: B+V
EPC: STEAG
Quick facts: This €25mn plant is a joint venture of STEAG (51%) and Flohr-Gruppe (49%). It is designed to burn about 62,500 tpy of wood plus natural gas.

Photograph courtesy of STEAG
Posted 16 Oct 2005

Grossaitingen
Location: BY
Operator: STEAG Saar Energie GmbH
Configuration: 1 X 5.1 MW CHP
Operation: 2002
Fuel: wood
Boiler supplier: Bertsch
T/G supplier: Ekol
EPC: STEAG
Quick facts: The €15mn plant burns about 40,000 tpy of mature timber.

Photograph courtesy of STEAG
Posted 16 Oct 2005

 

BHKW Herbrechtingen
Location: BW
Operator: Biomasseheizkraftwerk Herbrechtingen GmbH
Configuration: 1 X 15.7 MW CHP
Operation: 2004
Fuel: wood
Boiler supplier: ??
T/G supplier: B+V
EPC: Fortum
Quick facts: This €42mn plant is near Bernau and was developed by a consortium of Sturm Holding, Fortum Power Holding and Ingenieurburo Oskar von Miller. In Dec 2008, the project was acquired by EuroBioenergy Holdings. Steam is supplied to adjacent manufacturing plants of German Pellets and Sturm Holz.

Photograph by stsa (Panoramio)
Posted 10 Jun 2009

Ulm
Location: BW
Operator: Fernwarme Ulm GmbH

Configuration: 1 X 9.6 MW
Operation: 2004
Fuel: wood
Boiler supplier: Standardkessel
T/G supplier: B+V, Elin
Quick facts: Site is shared with a 10.6-MW WTE unit online in 1997. The biomass unit has a baghouse and SCR from Standardkessel. The project is a 50:50 joint venture with EnBW and is expected to burn 156,000 tpy of wood.

Photograph courtesy of Fernwarme Ulm GmbH
Posted 6 May 2006

Werl
Location: SL
Operator: SFW GmbH
Configuration: 1 X 500 kW CHP
Operation: 2003
Fuel: wood
Boiler supplier: ??
T/G supplier: ??
EPC: STEAG
Quick facts: This CHP plant serves the KonWerl 2010 industrial zone established on former military properties. It is mainly for heat supply and has two gas-fired hot-water boilers and a small high-pressure biomass boiler. About 90% of the wood supply is from industrial scrap and the rest is from forest and sawmill remainders.

Photograph courtesy of STEAG
Posted 16 Oct 2005

Abbreviations

Data: industcards, Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base

Updated 08/25/09

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