German collaboration announces biogas plants
RWE Innogy and the Westphalia-Lippe Agricultural Association (WLV) have announced plans to construct and operate biogas plants run almost entirely on liquid manure.
The project will take place in Münster, Germany.
The fermentation residues that are created during the production of biogas will be processed in a newly developed, complex process.
All that will remain is a high quality fertiliser that can be used in agricultural farming regions and purified water. The generated biogas will be fed into the public natural gas grid and sold by RWE Energy.
Once it has been fed into the public natural gas grid, biogas can be converted into electricity or heat.
The start of construction on the first pilot plant in Münsterland is scheduled for September, with commissioning envisaged in Q2 2010.
The plant is designed for 9 MWth and could feed an annual 60 GWh of biogas and 8 GWh of electricity into the public gas grid, roughly the equivalent of annually supplying around 2,500 households with gas around the clock.
In addition, direct electricity generation in the form of combined heat and power generation is also planned at the site.
Liquid manure and manure solids will be used for 90% of the required substrates, amounting to a total of 200,000 tonnes (196,840 tonnes). The remaining 10% is to be comprised of sunflowers or grass.
The project will take place in Münster, Germany.
The fermentation residues that are created during the production of biogas will be processed in a newly developed, complex process.
All that will remain is a high quality fertiliser that can be used in agricultural farming regions and purified water. The generated biogas will be fed into the public natural gas grid and sold by RWE Energy.
Once it has been fed into the public natural gas grid, biogas can be converted into electricity or heat.
The start of construction on the first pilot plant in Münsterland is scheduled for September, with commissioning envisaged in Q2 2010.
The plant is designed for 9 MWth and could feed an annual 60 GWh of biogas and 8 GWh of electricity into the public gas grid, roughly the equivalent of annually supplying around 2,500 households with gas around the clock.
In addition, direct electricity generation in the form of combined heat and power generation is also planned at the site.
Liquid manure and manure solids will be used for 90% of the required substrates, amounting to a total of 200,000 tonnes (196,840 tonnes). The remaining 10% is to be comprised of sunflowers or grass.
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