Stock Photo - Biomass plant Bischofferode, Holungen High pressure turbine, low pressure turbine and reduction gearbox assembly from left to right 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 Germany