Biomass power station, Germany. Biomass plant Bischofferode, Holungen interior view of biomass fuel (woodchip) storage bunker. The automatic grab transports the biomass fuel to woodchip bunkers 1 and 2 (fuel stockpiling) and then to the boiler feed fuel bunkers 1 and 2 (homogenisation of the fuel ensures consistent operation of the plant).This 20 MW condensing power station without heat extraction is built on the brownfield site of a disused potash mine and burns approx. 16.5 tons of residual forest wood per hour. The station generates 160,000 MWh of electricity per annum, enough to supply 60,000 households. Efficiency of this, the largest biomass power station in Germany, is increased through the use of steam reheating and the plant takes advantage of the EEG (Renewable Energy Law) in Germany, which provides higher subsidies for high-efficiency, CO2-reducing power generation. The net amount of carbon released into the atmosphere is decreased since renewable biomass is carbon-neutral and the volume of CO2 emitted into the atmosphere is approximately 85,000 tons per annum less than a conventional power station of the same output. The station is operated by Stadtwerke Leipzig.