Independent power supply for Kushima Hospital.

At Kushima Municipal Hospital in Miyazaki Prefecture, a biomass cogeneration plant is used for independent and decentralized energy supply for disaster prevention or mitigation.

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Hospital goal:
Independent and decentralized energy for local disaster prevention/mitigation while maintaining low carbon emissions.

Solution:
A pellet-fired “WE-50P” CHP and high-efficiency chillers/heaters were installed in 2021.

Services and benefits

The hospital continues to operate even during power outages.
The air-conditioning systems are independent of electricity and are powered by the CHP’s heat or cold generation.
The hospital uses local renewable energy resources from the surrounding forest areas.
The use of fossil fuels and CO₂ emissions from the hospital facilities have been significantly reduced.

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Facts hospital Kushima
Running pellet-biomass power plant since 2021

Power generation
WE-50P: 49.9 kWel. for own plants

Heat generation
supplies 120 kWth

Special advantages
Power supply even during power outages

Hot water generation

Air conditioning

Doubled know-how with WegscheidEntrenco since 2023

Since 2023, WegscheidEntrenco has stood for teamwork - and for double the energy.

With doubled know-how, our experience and our passion for innovation, together we are driving an independent, cost-effective and sustainable energy supply based on biomass even more effectively.

This plant was manufactured and installed by ENTRENCO GmbH in 2021.