Envitec Biogas builds first biogas plant in the USA

Lohne, Germany

"After successfully establishing ourselves over the last ten years all over Europe and India, we are delighted to announce to our customers and partners that we have expanded our business to the USA, setting another milestone in our international expansion", said Roel Slotman, EnviTec Biogas AG executive in charge of sales.

The construction project was contracted by Donald Jensen II, who is the owner of Lawnhurst Farms, LLC, a family-run dairy farm based in Stanley, New York in operation since 1925. "Conditions are almost ideal for the plant", said EnviTec project manager Patrick Dumpe. According to Dumpe, the agriculturally vibrant region around the well-known Finger Lakes is structurally comparable to EnviTec's headquarters in Lower Saxony, making the construction of the plant almost like playing a home game. The base plate for the fermenter, which is the actual centrepiece of the plant, has already been cast, and the containers are to be set starting in mid-July. After start-up, which is planned for the end of December, the plant will boast a power rating of 541 kW. As input materials, the new biogas plant will primarily utilise dairy feed refusals, cow manure and fats.

Source: IWR Online, 21 Jun 2012