Wood gas plant in South Tyrol

Heat and electricity from wood briquettes.

Goal

In Muehlbach, South Tyrol in Italy, a manufacturer of glued laminated timber (glulam) uses a biomass cogeneration plant to generate electricity and heat at low cost.

Our wood gas plant for a glulam manufacturer in Muehlbach/ South Tyrol runs in continuous operation day after day, year after year. The special feature: The plant is not fired with wood chips, but with wood briquettes.

This required extensive research and testing in advance. When generating process heat, the reliability of the equipment is particularly important so as not to interrupt the ongoing production process.

Facts Manufacturer Muehlbach, South Tyrol

Running wood gas plant since 2013

Power generation

currently supplies 139 kWel

Heat generation

Process heat for drying wood products

Annual operating time

+8,600 hours

Special advantages

  • Low maintenance
  • The plant is not fired with wood chips but with wood briquettes.

Facts

Doubled know-how with WegscheidEntrenco since 2023

Since 2023, WegscheidEntrenco has stood for teamwork — and for double the energy.

With doubled know-how, our experience and our passion for innovation, together we are driving forward an independent, cost-effective and sustainable energy supply based on biomass even more effectively.

This plant was manufactured and installed by Bioenergie Wegscheid in 2013.

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