Stadtwerke Dusseldorf build vegetable oil CHP plant in Rhineland-Palatinate
The MarienBad in Rhineland-Palatinate Bad Marienberg covers
immediately its energy needs from environmentally friendly vegetable oil. The focus is a cogeneration plant, which was planned by the city of Dusseldorf works in cooperation with engineers of the bath and built. After weeks of test operation, it takes
now officially on the job. "The demand has MarienBad a heat of around 3,000,000 kilowatt-hours per year.
This will be covered in future environmentally friendly due to the new facility. , Mathematically rich heat and electricity from this plant, with heat to 200 households and more than 700 families to power. By this environmentally friendly technology this year, about 1,900 tons of carbon dioxide saved, "says Ulrich Koch, Head of the contracting
Stadtwerke Dusseldorf, the ecological advantage of the system.
Pro Year, about 150,000 guests health and leisure facility with active pool, parent-child area, a sauna area, massage and beauty department as well as selected restaurants to visit over 2,000 square meters.
created by this energy-intensive full-year offer as a constant heat and power requirements. Manfred Buchner, CEO of Marienbad, describes the reasons for the decision in favor of vegetable oil: "We have been looking for a fuel, which reduces the cost of
energy supply. The use of vegetable oil CHP plant, we count with an additional significant savings in energy costs and conserve the environment.
with Stadtwerke Dusseldorf we have found a partner who has an extensive experience in the use of renewable energies. Experience that we now can use for our bath. "
Stadtwerke Dusseldorf has taken over as part of a contracting contract design, construction and financing of power plant. The agreement runs for 10 years, in which responsibility for maintenance and upkeep of the facility at the municipal utility is located, the customer pays only the individually taken off energy. The CHP unit is remotely monitored by Stadtwerke Dusseldorf from its central control room at
power plant operated in the Düsseldorf harbor and controlled. It has an electrical power of 300 kilowatts (kW) and a thermal output of 420 kW.
