SenerTec combined heat and power systems
| SenerTec Kraft-Wärme-Energiesysteme GmbH | |
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| legal form | Company with limited liability |
| founding | 1996 |
| Seat |
Schweinfurt , Germany
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| management |
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| Number of employees | 124 |
| Branch | Plant construction |
| Website | www.senertec.de |
| Status: 2020 | |
The SenerTec combined heat and power systems GmbH is a Franconian mechanical engineering company based in Schweinfurt . It was founded in March 1996 to produce and market the Dachs mini combined heat and power unit .
history
Since 1996 SenerTec Kraft-Wärme-Energiesysteme GmbH has been producing and selling the Dachs, the first micro-CHP system to be mass-produced . The roots of SenerTec, like those of the roof, lie in Fichtel & Sachs (now ZF Sachs), a supplier to the automotive industry. There was one in 1979 for a combustion engine-powered air / water heat pump cylinder - engine developed. It was later integrated into a heating system based on the principle of combined heat and power (CHP).
With over 36,000 installed Dachs micro-CHP systems, the company claims to be the market leader in Europe.
In 2017 the company employed around 150 people and had a Europe-wide network of around 1,000 partners. SenerTec has been part of the BDR Thermea group of companies since 2009 .
Products
The Dachs product family from SenerTec simultaneously generates heat and electricity based on the principle of combined heat and power . With their compact size, these systems should represent a decentralized alternative to the separate generation of electricity in large power plants and heat in the boiler, which, depending on the model, are equally suitable for residential buildings as electricity-generating heating and commercial operations.
Suitable fuels for the original Dachs are natural gas, liquid gas (Dachs G / F 5.5), but also heating oil and biodiesel (RME) (Dachs HR 5.3). There are also so-called low NOx systems with reduced emissions.
Since 2011, SenerTec has been selling the Dachs Stirling SE, a micro-CHP system with a Stirling engine and 1 kW electrical output for properties with moderate heat requirements (e.g. single-family houses).
In 2014 a cooperation with Volkswagen for the sale of the mini-cogeneration unit EcoBlue 2.0 was announced.
Since 2015, SenerTec has been dealing with micro-CHP systems based on fuel cell technology. In the following year, SenerTec announced a joint cooperation with Toshiba Fuel Cell Power Systems and the expansion of the product portfolio to include the Dachs InnoGen with fuel cell.
In March 2017, the company and the Hamburg eco-energy provider LichtBlick communicated a cooperation to develop an electricity community.
Awards
- 2000: Recognition award for highly developed ecological and economical energy technology at the Bavarian Energy Award 2000
- 2004: Austrian House Technology Award
- 2005: Cogen Europe Annual Award
- 2009: Public Sector Award from the UK Combined Heat and Power Association
- 2012: German Energy Saving Prize
- 2014: 31st place in the innovation ranking of Wirtschaftswoche 's 3000 most innovative medium-sized companies (category medical technology and mechanical engineering)
literature
- Suttor / Johler / Weisenberger: The mini block-type thermal power station. A heater that also generates electricity. CF Müller, Hüthig Jehle Rehm GmbH publishing group, ISBN 978-3-7880-7835-5
- Fuhl / Maslaton / Brosziewski / Müller-Urlaub: Combined heat and power is the key to the energy transition. Verlag für Alternative Energierecht, 2016, ISBN 978-3-9417-8011-8
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mareike Knewitz: Change in leadership at Senertec: Dr. Josef Wrobel is the new managing director. In: Tophotel.de. February 4, 2020, accessed on March 17, 2020 (German).
- ^ SenerTec: Company , accessed on November 21, 2014.
- ↑ http://senertec.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Kooperation-SenerTec-Lichtblick-140317.pdf
- ↑ Bavarian Energy Forum: “Dachs-HKA” mini-block heating and power station ( memento from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) , accessed on November 22, 2014.
- ↑ a b c Bavarian Energy Forum: SenerTec Kraft-Wärme-Energiesysteme GmbH , accessed on November 22, 2014.
- ↑ a b c Zukunft Erdgas eV: Senertec , accessed on November 22, 2014.
- ↑ Building Services & Environmental Engineer: Baxi-SenerTec wins top award , accessed on November 22, 2014.
- ↑ Bausparkasse Schwaebisch Hall: German Energy Saving Prize 2012 - Excellent saving ideas: the winner of the German Energy Saving Prize 2012 ( Memento of 29 November 2014 Internet Archive ), accessed November 22, 2014.
- ↑ finanzen.net: WiWo ranking: SenerTec is one of the most innovative German companies (FOTO) , accessed on November 22, 2014.