biogaspartner – a joint initiative.

Market.Development.in.Germany..
2.2.Project.examples.
Bergheim-Paffendorf
Country Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Location Bergheim/Paffendorf
Start of Operation 2010
Biomethane Feed-in
Capacity
600 Nm 3 /h
Feed-in Capacity 46 million kWh p. a.
Upgrade Process No information
Produced Gas Quality Natural Gas L
Pressure Level No information
Raw Material 45,000 t maize and silage (rye, barley)
Investment approx. €10 million
The rWE Innogy plant in Bergheim/Passendorf, near Cologne,
will feed biomethane into the natural gas grid at a rate of 600
normal cubic meters per hour. Within a year of its opening, it
will feed 46 million kWh of biogas energy into the grid. The
plant’s feedstocks will be corn silage and cereal plants. rWE
Innogy also plans to use other substrates, e.g. liquid manure or
sugar beet.
Local farms will provide the 45,000 tons of feedstock plants
required by the facility each year. The total investment volume
in the plant is 10 million Euros.
The project is currently under development. Construction
started in 2009, and operation should begin by the course of
2010. a similar facility is currently being built in Güterglück in
Eastern Germany.
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Darmstadt-Wixhausen
Country Germany
State Hesse
Location Darmstadt-Wixhausen
Start of Operation April 2008
Biomethane Feed-in
Capacity
148 Nm 3 /h
Feed-in Capacity 12 million kWh p. a.
Upgrade Process Pressurised Water Scrubbing
Produced Gas Quality Natural Gas H
Pressure Level 16 bar
Raw Material 12,550 t renewable raw materials
Investment approx. €3.5 million
In april 2008, Hesse’s first biogas facility has begun operating.
The €3.5 million installation in Darmstadt-Wixhausen upgrades
about 300 m3 of biogas to natural gas quality per hour. It processes
and injects about 2.5 million m3 of biogas into the natural
gas grid per year – enough to supply about 650 one-family
households with biomethane.
Biogas.upgrade.plant.in.Darmstadt-Wixhausen.
The engineering supporting this Hessian pilot project is the
work of biogas firm ÖKoBiT GmbH. The plant’s upgrading unit
employs a high pressure washer. The plant’s dimensioning and
feed-in mechanisms were tailored to the realities (dense population
and limited arable land) of the surrounding area. as a result
of this innovative effort, high plant outputs are possible despite
relatively low feedstock loads.
Each year, farmers from the region provide the biogas plant
with 12,550 tons of renewable plant resources – in particular
corn stover, rye pellets and liquid manure. These resources
generate raw biogas for the installation at an output of 200 m3 per ton.