Case study

Example of calculation of operating industrial heat demand with 3000 MWh per year at 7500 hours usage

Commissioning in 2013 according to Commodity class I 0%
Feed in bonus 0 € / MWh Commodity class II 100%
Capacity bonus 130 € / kW Capacity factor 1,6
Power class kW 150 500 750 5.000 20.000
Basic remuneration € / MWh 143,00 123,00 110,00 110,00 60,00
Basic remuneration with degression € / MWh 140,14 120,54 107,80 107,80 58,80
Commodity class I € / MWh 60,00 60,00 50,00 40,00 0,00
Commodity class II € / MWh 80,00 80,00 80,00 80,00 0,00
Feed in bonus € / MWh 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,00
Amount EEG remuneration € / MWh 220,14 200,54 187,80 187,80 58,80
Amount of current MWh / a 1.125 3.750 6.570 43.800 175.200 Amount
Amount of current MWh / a 1.125 1.125 0 0 0 2.250
EEG remuneration € / a 247.658 225.608 0 0 0 473.265
Key CHP unit Unit Value Key CHP unit Unit Value
Electric power kWe 300 Electrical efficiency 38,7%
Full load hours h / a 7.500 Thermal efficiency 51,7%
Heat price € / MWh 0,00 Network charges – labor price € / MWh 2,00
Maintenance & management € / MWhel 24,00 Network charges – power price € / kW 8,00
Gaspreis € / MWh 23,44
Stromerzeugung MWh / a 2.250 Wärmeerzeugung MWhth / a 3.006
Thermische Leistung kWth 401 Gasbedarf (Hs) MWh(Hs) / a 6.452
Gas power kW(Hi) 775 Power Output kW(Hs) 860
Rated output kWe 257 Auxiliary power kWe 0
Costs Unit Value Revenues Unit Value
Raw material purchasing € / a 151.217 EEG remuneration € / a 473.265
Network charges € / a 19.786 Revenues heat € / a 0
Maintenance & management € / a 54.000 Avoided electricity tax € / a 0
Others € / a 0 Capacity bonus € / a 0
Amount Costs
€ / a 225.003 Amount Revenues € / a 473.265
EBITDA € / a 248.262
Investment 900.000
Amortization a 3,63

It is in this case a biomass gasifier type BTM 300 is used. The system could amortize after about 3.63 years, depending on the commodity price (60 euros per ton of wood at 50 % moisture here).

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