Press conference:
Universität Hohenheim opens Germany’s first biogas research plant [29.07.08]
-' Only for representatives of the press and invited guests '-'
Pilot plant as heart of the bio-energy research platform Baden-C6 of July 2008, from 13:00 hrs:
Representatives of the press are invited to the start, guided tours and ceremony with State Secretary Friedlinde Gurr-Hirsch MdL
Experiment station
Unterer Lindenhof 25, 72800 Eningen
Starting signal for Germany’s first large biogas plant for research purposes: a big ceremony with political representation, guided visits, presentation of research projects and background music accompanies the start of the innovative research facility at the Universität Hohenheim after a two-year construction period.
Universität Hohenheim opens Germany’s first biogas research plant
Scientific tests will now identify the correct mixture from manure, new energy plants and adjusted high-tech processes to increase the efficiency of gas production and utilization by 50 per cent. Since more efficiency means less agricultural crop land, the results could contribute to reducing the competition between energy plants and foodstuff production on the fields of a starving world.
As the heart of the Baden-Württemberg bio-energy research platform, the plant serves as a point of crystallisation for all research activities relating to bio-energy. The construction costs amount to approximately 2.5 million Euros. The majority of this was financed by the Universität Hohenheim, particularly through the Ellrichshausen Foundation and sponsorship mainly from EnBW and Fair Energy. The Baden-Württemberg Department of Nutrition and Rural Space (MLR) is funding the initial research projects as part of the IV future offensive.
Representatives of the press are invited to the ceremony:
Saturday, July 19, 2008
„Unterer Lindenhof“ the experimental station run by the University Hohenheim
Unterer Lindenhof 25, 72800 Eningen
Guided tours
through the biogas plant from 13:00 hours onwards.
From 14:00 hours
start of the ceremony
with state secretary Friedlinde Gurr-Hirsch MdL,Department of Nutrition and Rural Space, Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter-Liebig, rector of the Universität Hohenheim, and District Administrator, Thomas Reumann. The Jagdhornbläserkameradschaft (hunting horn blower fellowship) Einigen will provide background music for the opening.
From 15:10 hours
Presentation of the Baden-Württemberg bio-energy research platform
by project leader
Prof. Thomas Jungbluth, Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences at the Universität Hohenheim, Dr. Ludger Eltrop from the Institute of Energy Economics and Rational Energy Application at the University of Stuttgart and Dr. Michael Specht from the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg.
15:40
Start of the combined heat and power plant
Then there will be
a snack, guided tours and an informational exhibition.
Antwortfax und Programm entnehmen Sie bitte der Anlage.
Function for invited guests and representatives of the press.
Text: Leonhardmair / Klebs
Contact for press:
About the biogas plant
Prof. Dr. agr. Thomas Jungbluth, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences (Dean), Tel.: 0711 459-22322, E-Mail: agrar@uni-hohenheim.de
Dr. sc. agr. Hans Oechsner, Regional Office for Agricultural Machine and Construction (head), Tel.: 0711 459-22683, E-Mail: oechsner@uni-hohenheim.de
About the location Unterer Lindenhof
Dipl.-agr.oec Leopold Peitz, University of Hohenheim, Unterer Lindenhof experiment station
Tel.: (07121)9897-12, E-Mail: peitz@uni-hohenheim.de
On the subject of the Foodstuffs Crisis and Global Nutrition Safety
Prof. Dr. Manfred Zeller, Institute for Agricultural and Social Economics in the Tropics and Subtropics (Director), Tel.: 0711 459-22175, E-Mail: manfred.zeller@uni-hohenheim.de
