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WELtec Builds Biogas Park in Arneburg
From 2011 on, more than 350 million cubic feet of biomethane (more than 35,000 cubit feet/hour) will be produced every year in six fermenters, four digestate storage units, and one liquid reservoir, and will be fed into the natural gas grid.
Vechta-based WELtec BioPower GmbH is the general contractor, and NordMethan Produktion Arneburg GmbH is the investor and operator.
"With this large plant, a total investment of approximately EUR 21 million, whose turnkey handover will take place in the Arneburg industrial zone in February 2011, we also create 10 permanent jobs and two training positions," said Jens Albartus, Director of WELtec
The concept of the biogas park, which will be erected at a 10-hectare (25-acre) site, comprises the use of renewable raw materials and manure from 30 farmers who will need to travel no more than 9.3 miles, on average, to deliver the substrates. Moreover, the digestate accumulating at the plant will be used by the farmers.
This arrangement represents another consistent step towards reliable energy supply along with a high degree of energy efficiency and ecological sustainability.
Besides providing new jobs, the plant will also form the basis for new regional value chains.
The biogas will undergo chemical treatment (amine treatment) to ensure a very high biomethane quality. The generated biomethane will be sufficient to supply 7,000 households with electricity and heat or to power 6,000 cars with an annual mileage of about 18,000 miles.
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