project of the month november 2013

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A piece of energy policy in his own basement

Project of the Month November 2013

A micro power plant for the bakery


Involved parties before the
Bakery lr Gert Broehenhorst
(Owner of the bakery), Alois
Buschfort (owner of the
Property and operator of the
BlueGen), Marcus Borowski
(Installer Borowski GmbH)
Roland White (installer HKS
White Ltd.)
Details


Alois Buschfort of food has made room in his basement - for the next revolution in energy supply. The micro power plant BlueGen, hardly bigger than a washing machine, supplied from now his property as a multi-family house with bakery operation with self-produced electricity. Purely natural gas, electricity and hot water out - so the simplified bill.

The company Ceramic Fuel Cells from Heinberg in Aachen manufactures the latest generation of micro power plant. Due to the small power plant called "BlueGen", the operator can be home-produced electricity by electricity utilities make independent to a large extent, halve its current electricity costs about the same time and do something for the environment. The systems based on fuel cells have been developed for on-site use in small and medium-sized companies, such as for bakeries, butcher shops, gas stations, or even hairdressers - the installation is sensible but also in multi-family houses. For this technology, Ceramic Fuel Cells has won in the category of Energy in August 2013 the GreenTec Award.

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Parties involved before investing
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"The BlueGen is for me a competitive advantage," says Alois Buschfort. "I offer the bakery favorable energy costs and low CO 2 emissions. This is increasingly important especially in the food industry. "According to the latest survey of German Industry and Commerce thinks, because of rising electricity prices in Germany, currently one in four companies about it, to produce electricity itself. Especially the smaller companies feel the rising cost of electricity in your wallet quickly. Same time, they depend on a reliable power supply.


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Sales room of the bakery and
Display
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A feasible way to produce power in his own basement, offers micro power plant. This is made possible by the unique high electrical efficiency of BlueGen systems of up to 60 percent. With optimum utilization of such system controls up to 13,000 kWh of electricity consumption - excess energy is fed into the power grid and remunerated accordingly. Simultaneously produce heat that can be used for water heating. The BlueGen systems have now passed the milestone of three million hours of operation - and offer greater reliability.

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BlueGen electricity
powered fridge
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"Our plants produce highly reliable power where there needed. The power can be adjusted flexibly and without effort to the current demand, "said Andreas Ballhausen, Member of the Management of Ceramic Fuel Cells in Germany. "In addition to their own financial benefit our customers make a lasting contribution to the energy turnaround. After falling in comparison to the German electricity mix of electricity production at up to 50 percent less CO 2 emissions. "

Alois Buschfort is one of the first private customer that has received € 13,000 grant for its plant since March 2013 thanks to the existing micro-CHP support of North Rhine-Westphalia. The aim of the promotion is to increase the share of CHP in total electricity generation in NRW in 2020 to 25 percent. Since mid-March, therefore, the micro power station of the brand BlueGen of Ceramic Fuel Cells is recognized as eligible.

To also at the company headquarters in the region Heinberg further promote the market introduction of environmentally friendly fuel cell technology CFC has established the "Fuel Cell Initiative Heinberg" under the auspices of the mayor. Together with the network operator Alliander AG, the installation company GmbH Jürgen Hohnen, the city Heinberg and Volksbank AG Heinberg be installed in the region with customers and special promotion offered with a total of 100 blue gene.

Furthermore, the company has completed in the energy project of innovation Ruhr Bottrop cooperation with the gas and heat-Institut eV Essen (GWI). By the end of ten BlueGen plants and two integrated Brennsoffzellenheizgeräte be installed at customers in Bottrop. The facilities are operated and tested under scientific supervision of GWI at least two heating seasons. Overall, the project plans to innovation Ruhr Bottrop 100 buildings in the city area in the field test equip with advanced micro-CHP systems.

Facts and technology:

Operation
All year (8700 hours)
Generated electrical
Energy in
~ 13,000 kWh el
Generated thermal
Energy in
~ 5,220 kWhth
Fuel
Natural gas, biogas (methane)
Type of fuel
Solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC)
Electrical efficiency
Up to 60%
Thermal efficiency
Up to 25%
Overall efficiency
Up to 85%
Electrical power
Max 1500 W / 500 W min
Thermal power
Up to 0.61 kW
CO 2 emissions
280 g / kWh
(50% vs. mix in Germany)



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