BTS Biogas, a leading Italian technological leader in the development and construction of biogas and biomethane plants, aims to enter the French market in a big way with the construction of two biogas plants in the country - one in Brittany and the other in Upper France.

 

The top European group has signed an agreement with Oudon Biogaz, a company comprising 72 farms in the Mayenne Department, for the development of a project for the production of agricultural biogas in the Loire Region. 

 

In April this year, Oudon Biogas had laid the first brick of the plant - which is being built with BTS Biogas anaerobic digestion technologies, in the municipality of Livré La Touche, near Craon - and is set to become operational in 2023.

 

Oudon Biogaz's goal is to sustainably recover the more than 140,000 tonnes of manure produced on its 72 farms, 85% of which is agricultural by-products such as slurry, manure and straw, to generate 55GWh of biomethane per year, equivalent to the consumption of 9,000 families in the Craon area. 

 

BTS Biogas has also signed an agreement with the farmers of the Lisières de l'Oise, for the development of the Biomethane du Vandy project, at Saint Etienne Roilaye, in Upper France. 

 

A world-renowned technological innovator in the renewable energy market, BTS Biogas is responsible for the development, engineering, construction and maintenance of over 250 biogas and biomethane plants across Europe, North America and East Asia. 

 

The biogas plant, which is expected to become operational in 2023, will be powered mainly by corn silage, CIVE and beet pulp which will generate about 250 Nm3/h. 

 

The plant will make it possible to produce green energy for 3,000 families in the area, create 4 direct jobs, offer a new outlet for co-products and make digestate available to farms, a natural fertilizer with agronomic characteristics capable of replacing chemical fertilizers.

 

"The construction of two new plants in France consolidates the position of BTS Biogas on the transalpine market, in a sector that has been growing rapidly in recent years," stated Franco Lusuriello, CEO of BTS Biogas.

 

"Our company, which has been operating on the French market since 2014 with 11 plants in production mode, 9 under construction and a pipeline of 10 orders, is contributing significantly to the development of this sector. In addition to the Biomethane du Vandy project, we are also working on the Oudon Biogaz site, the largest French biogas plant for volumes handled powered by over 1400,000 t/y of livestock manure," he added.-TradeArabia News Service