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Biomass Generator #20

Biomass power plant in Brandenburg, Germany. Approximate location 51.4662, 13.5046.

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Biomass Generator #20 is a 13 MW biomass power plant in Brandenburg, Germany. It is operated by Danpower GmbH. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 17,344 homes (estimated). It ranks #658 of 1,369 Germany power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2004, it is around 22 years old — relatively modern. In context, biomass supplies about 10.1% of Germany's electricity; the national grid averages 330 gCO₂/kWh (59.1% low-carbon) (2025).

13MW installed capacity
17,344homes powered (est.)
2004commissioned (~22 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1006108.

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Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Danpower GmbH.

Local climate & thermal context

This biomass plant burns organic material (wood, residues) to raise steam for a turbine. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 51.5°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

9.2°Cannual mean temp
3,207heating degree-days (base 18°C)
26cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
111 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 0 °CJF: 1 °CFM: 4 °CMA: 8 °CAM: 14 °CMJ: 17 °CJJ: 19 °CJA: 18 °CAS: 14 °CSO: 10 °CON: 5 °CND: 1 °CD19 °C

Heating degree-days here run 30% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 68/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #60 largest biomass power plant of 72 in Germany by capacity.

Germany has 72 biomass power plants in this dataset, together about 2,427 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 51.4662, 13.5046 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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