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company has specialized in developing Saar and Ruhr regions installations that 2009 turnover: 13.1 billion
energy solutions addressing current generate around 1,230 GWh in electrical 2009 staff numbers: approx. 39,000
climate protection policy, solutions based power and 366 GWh in heat every year.
Operations in more than 100 countries
on efficient and sustainable concepts and One of the worlds largest coal mine gas
tailored to customer specifications. motors can be found at the Fenne site. In Evonik New Energies GmbH
Evoniks networked energy service total, an annual 345 million nominal 2009 turnover: 248.4 million
ranges from biomass, biogas, and coal cubic meters of coal mine gas are used, 2009 staff numbers: 750
avoiding around 4.6 million tons of CO2
Energy production from
in the process. Evonik New Energies coal mine gas: approx. 187 MWel
markets its expertise in coal mine gas in approx. 140 MWth
Russia, China, Poland and the Ukraine.
Our services
Participation
Marketing certificates to third parties,
purchasing for Evoniks own use
Local heat consumer District heating feed Local power consumers Electrical grid feed
Heat
District heating feed
Coal mine gas Gas network feed for Direct consumption
Extraction from domestic and industrial down the mine
active mining supply (heat or refrigeration)
Extraction from Direct local
discontinued mines consumption
Using coal mine gas!
The benefits
Coal mining always leads to coal mine The methane content fluctuates between
gas, also known as firedamp, which is thirty and eighty volume percent,
released as a byproduct. Handling this requiring specialized gas motor techno
methanerich gas is a complex challenge. logy for energy production. Installations
Down in the colliery, coal mine gas is a specifically customized for the special
serious safety problem; highly explosive requirements posed by coal mine gas are
in certain concentrations, the gas is a capable of generating heat and power at
danger to miners lives. Safe removal of a total yield of up to 85%. Evonik New
the gas by sufficient aeration and efficient Energies has many years of operating ex
gas extraction is literally a matter of life perience in using this form of gas motor
or death, preventing mining accidents technology.
and increasing operating times and
productivity as a result.
Thermal output: 7.0 MW Methane consumption: 12.9 million m3 pa * Methane consumption: 10.3 million m3 pa *
Turnkey delivery of a combined heat, Turnkey delivery of two CHP plants Operation of a mine gasfired engine
power and cooling energy plant (coal with methane gasdriven engines for cogeneration plant to supply Budryk
mine gas motors, compression and the Krupinski mine in Poland mine in Poland/Upper Silesia
absorption cooling systems) for air
conditioning of the underground
working of the Pniowek mine in Poland
Fenne, Saar power plant Wellesweiler, Saar power plant Camphausen, Saar power plant
Thermal output: 42,7 MW Thermal output: 27 t/h Dampf Thermal output: 3.0 MW
Emission reduction: 1,2 million t CO2 eqv pa Emission reduction: 201 kt CO2 eqv pa Emission reduction: 79 kt CO2 eqv pa
Planning, construction and operation of a Planning, construction and operation of a Planning, construction and operation of a
mine gasfired engine cogeneration plant mine gasfired engine cogeneration plant mine gasfired engine cogeneration plant
at the Fenne, Saar location (gas turbine) in Wellesweiler, Saar in Camphausen, Saar location
location
(*) Coal mine gas as 100% CH4
Evonik New Energies GmbH Contact Contact
St. Johanner Strae 101105 Stefan Schneider Bernard A. Tonnelier
66115 Saarbrcken, Germany Head of center of excellence Akquisition International
phone +49 681 9494-00 coal mine gas phone +49 681 9494-9734
fax +49 681 9494-2211 phone +49 681 9494-2910 fax +49 681 9494-0659152
info-new-energies@evonik.com fax +49 681 9494-0652910 mobile +49 172 6852534
www.evonik.com/new-energies mobile +49 179 9008080 bernard.tonnelier@evonik.com
stefan1.schneider@evonik.com