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Electricity from wood: How does a biomass cogeneration plant work?<\/h1>

Biomass cogeneration plants that use solid, renewable fuels such as wood pellets, wood chips or wood briquettes not only save costs, but also make an important contribution to climate protection - around the clock. How does such a biomass cogeneration plant work? You can find out here.<\/h6><\/header>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_row kd_background_image_position=”vc_row-bg-position-top” css_mobile=”.vc_custom_1654516062706{padding-top: 60px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” kd_background_image_position=”vc_row-bg-position-top”][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text css_animation=”none” css=”.vc_custom_1672416127307{padding-top: 20px !important;}”]Companies all over the world are facing major challenges: To meet climate targets<\/a> while reducing price risks, they must fundamentally transform their energy supply – away from fossil fuels and toward renewable energies.<\/p>\n

A climate-friendly and at the same time highly economical solution is provided by combined heat and power plants (CHP)<\/strong> that are operated with wood-based biomass – e.g. with wood pellets, wood chips or wood briquettes (in short: wood-fired power generation).<\/p>\n

By combining electricity and heat generation, such biomass CHP units achieve higher efficiency than many other energy technologies. Operators therefore not only save CO2<\/sub>, but also cash. In addition, biomass is the only renewable energy source that can provide energy all year round, regardless of the weather or time of day.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”142″ img_size=”large”][\/vc_column][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1654261432488{background-color: rgba(129,211,141,0.1) !important;*background-color: rgb(129,211,141) !important;}”][vc_column_text css_animation=”none” css=”.vc_custom_1690983010659{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”]Table of Contents: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

How does a biomass CHP unit work, using wood-fired power generation as an example?<\/a>
\nThis is what a biomass CHP for wood conversion can do<\/a>
\nFor whom is wood-fired power generation worthwhile?<\/a>
\nWood gas and biomass cogeneration plant: advantages at a glance<\/a>
\nWhich fuels are suitable for wood-fired power generation?<\/a>
\nHow much does a biomass CHP unit for wood-fired power generation cost?<\/a>
\nEnvironmental friendliness is rewarded: subsidies for wood-fired power generation plants<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” kd_background_image_position=”vc_row-bg-position-top” css=”.vc_custom_1671083320738{padding-top: 90px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}” css_mobile=”.vc_custom_1671083320739{padding-top: 60px !important;}” el_id=”how-does-it-work”][vc_column]

How does a biomass CHP unit work, using the example of wood stomification?<\/h2><\/header>[vc_column_text css_animation=”none” css=”.vc_custom_1654261556616{padding-top: 20px !important;}”]Basically, a combined heat and power plant (CHP) is a power plant in which heat is generated and used in addition to electricity. CHP units mainly consist of an internal combustion engine that uses either liquid or gaseous fuels and drives a generator to produce electricity with the energy generated.<\/p>\n

In contrast to a pure motor CHP unit, which is usually operated with fossil fuels such as natural gas, diesel or similar, a biomass CHP unit is a plant that can generate electricity and heat simultaneously from a solid fuel (the biomass). This first requires the conversion of the solid biomass into a so-called lean gas. This process happens in a gasifier. In the case of wood as biomass, lean gas is also called wood gas.<\/p>\n

Woody residues are mostly used as wood biomass. For example, residual wood, waste wood, damaged wood, dead wood or production residues. These materials enter the wood gasifier processed either in the form of pellets, wood chips or wood briquettes. In the gasification process, the substances are carbonized under lack of air, so that a combustible gas is produced.<\/p>\n

Following the wood gasification, gas cleaning and cooling takes place so that the wood gas is suitable for use in the gas engine of the biomass CHP unit.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” kd_background_image_position=”vc_row-bg-position-top”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1655837830839{background-color: rgba(129,211,141,0.1) !important;*background-color: rgb(129,211,141) !important;border-radius: 5px !important;}” offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_row_inner kd_background_image_position=”vc_row-bg-position-bottom” css=”.vc_custom_1654162340040{padding-top: 294px !important;padding-bottom: 294px !important;background-image: url(https:\/\/we-bioenergy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/e4-pelletes.png?id=344) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}” css_tablet_landscape=”.vc_custom_1654162340041{padding-top: 200px !important;padding-bottom: 200px !important;}” css_tablet_portrait=”.vc_custom_1654162340041{padding-top: 150px !important;padding-bottom: 150px !important;}” css_mobile=”.vc_custom_1654162340041{padding-top: 100px !important;padding-bottom: 100px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″ css=”.vc_custom_1511789291663{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_empty_space height=”200px”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner]