Shining examples

Catalogue with overview of 40 shining examples of biogas plants in eight European countries

Introduction

Biogas is the all-rounder among renewable energy sources. It can be used to generate electricity and heat, as a fuel for transport or it can be injected into the natural gas grid.Biogas can be produced from biogenous residues as well as from energy crops specifically planted for the production of biogas.
The biogas technology offers an energy supply with positive aspects for the environment, the region and the agricultural sector. In strong regions, biogas is also regarded as a very interesting stimulant for the economy.

The biogas plants in Europe are very diverse. Many different systems have emerged depending on the regional framework conditions. In some regions, predominantly agricultural biogas plants that use liquid manure and energy crops from the own production to produce the biogas are found. Other regions have concentrated on the use of biogenous residues and commercially/industrially operated biogas plants. Others again prefer the production of fuels from biogas or the construction of CHP plants to generate electricity and heat. The size of the biogas plants in Europe ranges from very small plants (15 kWel) up to large plants (several MW).
Also regionally different are the economic framework conditions. The promotion of electricity from biogas plants takes place either through feed-in-tariffs for the produced or supplied amount of electricity or through green certificates (GC).

The presented documentation of European biogas plants shows a small excerpt about the variety of the success story biogas in Europe. The catalogue is intended to encourage you to think about biogas in your sphere of action and to help portray biogas as an opportunity for the future.
Biogas is and remains an important energy source of future.

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