Sustainable heat for Chemnitz: HoSt Bioenergy Systems starts construction of a biomass cogeneration plant

Once commissioned, the plant will cover around 10% of Chemnitz's district heating needs from regional, renewable resources. It will be powered by natural wood biomass, which is considered renewable under German law. Around 90% of the fuel comes from a radius of 250 kilometres around the site. These are forest residues, landscape maintenance material and clippings from street trees.

The emission values were a decisive factor in the tender for the award of the contract to HoSt. The plant has comprehensive exhaust gas purification; the contractually agreed emission values are well below the legal limits. As a result, NOx emissions remain below 60 mg/Nm³ and thus at less than a third of the legal limit of 200 mg/Nm³. Emissions are continuously monitored in accordance with the 44th BImSchV (Ordinance on Medium-Sized Combustion Plants, Gas Turbines and Combustion Engine Installations).