200,000 tonnes of potato peelings can be transformed into up to 40 gigawatt hour electricity per year, enough for 10,000 households.

200,000 tonnes of potato peelings can be transformed into up to 40 gigawatt hour electricity per year, enough for 10,000 households.

Ludwigsfelde biomass CHP is fuelled by fresh cut wood.
Around 40% of supply is provided by Land Brandenburg, 60% via private suppliers. Delivery is contractually ensured for five to ten years. The technique used is stoker-fired with thermal oil as the heat transfer medium and an ORC (organic rankine cycle) turbine process unit to produce power. All heat and power is supplied to local industry.
· Location: Ludwigsfelde, Germany
· Electrical capacity: 1.5 MWe
· Heat capacity: 10 MWth
· Average runHours: 7,500 per year
· Feedstock: fresh cut wood
· Feedstock volume: 18,700 tonnes
· Technology: organic rankine cycle
Contact information:
Uwe-Sören Schmidt
tse.AG
Huyssenallee 100
45128 Essen
T.: 0049 (0) 201 899 36 0
F.: 0049 (0) 201 899 36 500
E.: info@tse.ag