Demand rockets for decentralised power generation using cogeneration plants

Neuss (ots) - HummelEnergie documents international interest in
base-loadable cogeneration plants for heat and electricity generation

Power generation using nuclear fission has not yet been mastered
and poses an incalculable risk to the world's population. This has
been shown dramatically by recent events in Japan. Within a few days,
nuclear power's role as a "bridging technology" in Germany was also
called into question and the expansion of renewable energies and the
increased implementation of decentralised power generation plants was
announced. The rapid rethinking as regards power generation is
international consensus. This is a fact that HummelEnergie Systeme
GmbH (HES) in Neuss, Germany can confirm. As a manufacturer and
operator of biogenic cogeneration plants, the company has recorded
rocketing demand from Asia and North and South America since last
week.

"Our customers are looking for alternatives for the economic
generation of large amounts of energy. They are also looking for an
alternative that is decentralised, base-loadable and environmentally-
friendly if possible," says Managing Director, Stefan Ofcarek. Often
overlooked by energy companies and politicians, functioning solutions
to these requirements have existed for several years. One of these is
in the town of Neuss in the German federal state of North
Rhine-Westphalia and works 24 hours a day on HES' company premises.
The world's first base-loadable, carbon-neutral cogeneration plant.
Constructed modularly, the 30 cogeneration plants, which are housed
in soundproofed ISO containers, are interlinked in such a way that
they generate 12 megawatts (MW) of electricity for 25,000 four person
households without interruption. The thermal energy produced as a
result - also 12 MW - is coupled, i.e. also utilised (this is known
as combined heat and power, or CHP for short) and supplies a
connected local heating network. The fuel used for this in Neuss
comprises exclusively renewable raw

materials. Furthermore, by using a highly efficient emission
purification system the plants are below all limits currently set by
international emissions regulations.

"With our cogeneration plants, we are pursuing a highly efficient,
environmentally-friendly and, above all, adaptable energy concept:
one that functions whether the fuel used is diesel, natural gas or
vegetable oil, or whether the motor used is 50 or 5,000 kilowatts.
What counts in the end is a sustainable and suitable energy
infrastructure solution", explains Ofcarek. Whether self-sufficient
power generation for a mountain village, refrigeration and air-
conditioning for a hotel complex, water treatment for coastal
dwellers or the provision of reserve energy for wind and solar
plants, the potential applications for cogeneration plants could not
be greater.

"This appears to have already happened in other countries",
continues Ofcarek. "We would welcome it if the German government were
to finally actively implement the goals it has has set itself with
the sustainable promotion of renewable energies and decentralised
energy generation using cogeneration plants. The technology works
perfectly, base-loading can be achieved without any problems and
there is evidence that electricity bottlenecks caused by the
implementation of renewable energies have been improved. It is now
simply a question of the desire for real change."

Press Contact:
HummelEnergie Systeme GmbH
André Salewski
Head of Marketing und Commmunication
Tel. +49 02131 73999-14
E-Mail: presse@hummelenergie.de