Wood-fired cogeneration plant Berlin-Neukölln/Gropiusstadt

The wood-fired cogeneration plant supplies the Gropiusstadt population of about 50,000 inhabitants reliably with thermal energy in an eco-friendly manner. The use of wood reduces the annual release of CO2 by approx. 235,000 t compared with the previous situation based on coal. The wood-fired cogeneration plant is thus making a major contribution to climate protection.

 

Customers

  • Several large housing associations and small businesses

Assignment

  • Supply Gropiusstadt in Berlin with heat

  • Feed electricity into the public grid under the German Renewable Energy Act (EEG)

Services

  • Conceptual design
  • Financing
  • Award of contracts

  • Plant erection

  • Technical and economic management of operations

Plant components

  • Fuel logistics
  • Grate firing with natural circulation boiler

  • Extraction-condensing turbine

  • Flue-gas scrubbing

Plant data

  • Fuel capacity: 103 MW
  • Thermal output: 65 MWth
  • Electrical output: 20 MWel

  • Wood input: approx. 200,000 t/a

  • Peaking boiler (gas): 3 x 33 MWth

Business model

  • Build Own Operate (BOO)