Case study factsheet

Northern region, Germany

Warsteiner Brauerei
Food and beverage
Main CHP plant indicators General description of the case
Electrical capacity The cooling water from the 2 natural gas driven engines,
MWel 2,3 MW
(total) which is heated as a part of the combustion process,
Heat capacity (total) MWth 2,3 MW supplies the heat for an energy storage system through
Technology Motor engine the primary heat exchanger. From there, the water is
No. of units 2 pumped to several secondary energy circles in the brew
house. For optimized delivery, as well as to minimize
Manufacturer AGO AG & MWM
acquisition costs, it was necessary to integrate 3
Type of Fuel Natural gas
preliminary, already existing old water tanks from the
Electricity: yearly
GWh 15 defunct plant as new storage tanks. The electricity, which
generation
is generated by this process, is utilised completely by the
Heat: yearly generation GWh 15
brewery itself. The most important factor of the project is
Year of construction 2009 that the total amount of heat obtained from the
Total investment costs EUR 3.000.000 combustion process can be used by the brewery, the main
Financing Own founds aim within the calculations for the cogeneration plant.
State support --- For this project Warsteiner was awarded the Energy
Germany, 59581 Warstein Master 2010 Award:
WARSTEINER BRAUEREI http://business-masters.econique.com/486.html?L=0.
Haus Cramer
Location and contact Success factors
Peter Himmelsbach,
details Phone: +49 (2902) 881453, x Reduction of CO2 emissions by 5.200 t/year.
himmelsbachp@warsteiner. x Reduction of expenses for energy.
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http://www.warsteiner.de Main barriers
x Interaction of individual hydraulic engine heat circles.
Picture
x Rapid changes in the returning temperature.

Recommendations
x Cogeneration plants provide economic benefits for
the company as well as reducing CO2 emissions.
x All factors related to the proposed plant should be
calculated carefully.

Date of release: February 2010

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