Sokratherm GmbH
For over 40 years we work with technologies for the efficient generation of heat and power. Based on this experience, we build ready-to-connect compact CHP units in the power range 50-550 kW. Many of the over 1500 compact CHP units built so far have been reported in the professional press – for example the award-winning „Energiebunker Hamburg, the ‚BHKW des Jahres 2014‘ (CHP plant of the year 2014) in the factory of Rohde AG and the epuipment of several sites of the FU Berlin (Freie Universitaet Berlin) with our compact CHP units. The innovative compact CHP units have an excellent reputation on the market. Numerous reports in the professional press, awards as well as the installation in many pilot and model schemes confirm this as well as the satisfied customers of over 1500 compact CHP units delivered worldwide.
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- Business Type:
- Manufacturer
- Industry Type:
- Power Distribution
- Market Focus:
- Globally (various continents)
- Year Founded:
- 1977
- Employees:
- 101-1000
About us
The product range of SOKRATHERM comprises:
- Compact CHP units with 50 to 550 kW electrical power for the operation with natural gas and the renewable fuels sewage gas, biogas and biomethane
- The erection of turnkey CHP heating centers with one or several CHP units, boilers, buffers, superordinate control and a total power of up to 2200 kW
- Elaborate operation management and servicing concepts which can integrate the CHP operator in an economically sound manner.
SOKRATHERM customers are mainly industry, hotels, power companies, and BOE (Build-Own-Operate) companies as well as municipalities as operators of hospitals, swimming pools and senior resident homes. Internationally, SOKRATHERM CHP units run not only in many western European countries like Ireland, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Switzerland but also in numerous eastern Euopean countries as Poland, Ukraine, Romania, Russia and Slovenia as well as in South America.
With our ISO 9001 certified quality management system we fulfil highest requirements and are listed among the pre-qualified companies of the PQ association. Also, SOKRATHERM is part of the Exportinitiative Energieeffizienz initiated by the German ministry of economics and technology. (2.43 MB)
History
The family-run company SOKRATHERM is active in the field of energy efficient and clean generation of heat and power since its founding in Hiddenhausen (NRW) in 1977. In 1992, SOKRATHERM founded a subsidiary in Nordhausen (Harz) on the site of the then existing engine manufacturer “IFA-Motorenwerke” and erected an own production plant in 1996. With the continuously rising demand for its CHP units, it doubled its production area in 2008 and added a third hall in 2011/2012. The 3.500 m² of workspace today contain the CHP unit production with test sites and switchgear cabinet construction as well as the construction, purchasing, documentation and technical service departments equipped with latest information technology. Central administration, sales and project department are located in Hidddenhausen. In recent years, additional sales offices in Germany, commercial agencies in eastern Europe and international partners have joined. Currently SOKRATHERM engages over 120 employees including ca. 10 apprentices.
The focus of its product range has extended from its beginnings in the 50 kW class to substantially more powerful CHP units: In 1993, the company has become the market leader of the 100 kW compact CHP unit class and presented its first 200 kW compact CHP unit seven years later on the EXPO 2000 fair. In the currently most powerful SOKRATHERM CHP scheme (4 x GG 402) the first GG 402 CHP units built were installed. Since 2013 SOKRATHERM’s most powerful cogeneration unit type GG 530 produces 532 kW of electric power. It is the world’s most compact CHP unit of the 500 kW class.
In 2007 SOKRATHERM emphasized its ambitious quality standard by ISO 9001 certifying its quality management system and laid the foundation for further growth. Due to the high customer satisfaction measured and proven since then, the company continued its growth path in the following years.