In Germany, in the community of Emlichheim, the BEKW (Bioenergiekraftwerk Emsland) thermal power plant uses 60,000 metric tons of straw per year to generate 10.2 MW of electricity and 49.8 MW of heat.
The facility has a record primary energy efficiency of approximately 90%, reports the "Bioenergy Association of Ukraine" on Facebook.
The power plant provides heat to the enterprise, the hospital association, public institutions (in particular, the town hall, schools) and private households.
The announcement noted that the BEKW thermal power plant is the first in Germany to use 70,000 tons of straw from surrounding farms as fuel. It was launched in 2013.
"The cycle of burning straw in Emlichheim does not end with the production of heat. "By-side ash" is used as fertilizer. And the heating station, which works on straw, also produces electricity," bioenergetics emphasized.
They also said that the power plant is equipped with about 6,000 measuring points. One important indicator is that the emission thresholds for dust are between 0.1 and 0.6 milligrams per standard cubic meter, well below the established thresholds.
Earlier, EcoPolitic wrote, that Germany as part of the pilot register of guarantees of origin for green centralized heating issued 1500 first certificates (HKN) in Hamburg.
As EcoPolitic previously reported, economic consultant Vadym Novikov said that for Ukraine replacement of natural gas with biomass waste is the easiest and cheapest way to get rid of dependence on Russian gas, even purchased through intermediaries from the EU.
