Biomass cogeneration plant Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Biomass thermal power station Pfaffenhofen
The biomass cogeneration plant south of Pfaffenhofen
location
Bavaria
Coordinates	48 ° 31 '20 "  N , 11 ° 30' 18"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 31 '20 "  N , 11 ° 30' 18"  E
Data
Type	Biomass cogeneration plant
Primary energy	Biomass
fuel	natural wood (as solid biomass)
owner	Danpower
operator	Danpower
Start of operations	2001
boiler	1 Base load: 26.7 MW 2 Peak load: another 31.5 MW

The biomass cogeneration plant in Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm has been a modern cogeneration plant in the district town of Pfaffenhofen since July 2001 , which generates electrical energy by burning solid biomass . It also provides heat that can be used as district or local heating or as process heat . The Pfaffenhofen thermal power station is at Posthofstrasse 2.

history

Hanns Niedermayr originally had the idea of ​​building a biomass heating plant and brought this to the city. When a referendum against the thermal power station was initiated, all four factions of the city council made a concerted campaign for the biomass thermal power station. In their opinion, the power plant fulfilled two important goals: the use of renewable energies and the reduction of pollutants.

There were also companies in Pfaffenhofen that used district heating and thus contributed to the profitability of the project. The city also made a contribution, as it has connected the town hall and the building authorities, all municipal schools and the swimming pool to the district heating network.

Since the beginning of 2014, Danpower Biomasse Pfaffenhofen GmbH, a company of the Danpower Group, has operated the thermal power station. It was bought from Hypo Alpe Adria . The future of the Pfaffenhofen biomass cogeneration plant is secured for the foreseeable future. All employees kept their jobs at the time of purchase.

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  Administration building

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  Main entrance to the facility

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  Exterior view of the power plant

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  Parking in front of the complex

Technology and performance

The combined heat and power plant consists of three boilers, of which the two smaller ones are used for security of supply and are therefore only in operation during peak loads . Natural wood from the region is used as fuel . The annual wood requirement is around 80,000 tons. The use of renewable energies saves around 40,000 tonnes of climate-damaging carbon dioxide (CO ₂ ) annually in the thermal power station .

The biomass cogeneration plant has a thermal output of 28 MW and an installed electrical output of 6.1 MW. The thermal power station generates around 40,000 MWh of electricity and 75,000 MWh of heat and steam annually. The electricity is fed to the local power grid. The heat generated is supplied to private households, public institutions as well as industry and trade via district heating pipes.

Thanks to the use of renewable raw materials and the application of combined heat and power technology, the primary energy factor of the power plant is 0.00.

Web links

Commons : Biomass-Heizkraftwerk Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Danpower Group, the new owner
• Website of the city of Pfaffenhofen

Individual evidence

1. ↑ [1] accessed on August 28, 2016
2. ↑ [2] accessed on August 28, 2016
3. ^ Description of Danpower Biomasse Pfaffenhofen GmbH
4. ↑ Danpower GmbH: Danpower Biomass Cogeneration Plant Pfaffenhofen | Danpower. Retrieved February 28, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Danpower GmbH: Danpower Biomass Cogeneration Plant Pfaffenhofen | Danpower. Retrieved February 28, 2019 .