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EnviTec Biogas AG: Deutscher Bauernverband (DBV) awards a prize to EnviThan biogas preparation
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11.05.2012 / 12:00
Deutscher Bauernverband (DBV) awards a prize to EnviThan biogas preparation
EnviTec Biogas receives the biogas innovation prize in German agriculture
Lohne, 11 May 2012 – EnviTec Biogas AG has won this year's biogas innovation prize in German agriculture for its biogas preparation technology EnviThan in the Economy category. The German Farmers' Association (Deutsche Bauernverband) has awarded the innovative membrane process of EnviTec within the scope of the biogas innovation congress in Osnabrück. The congress dealt with the topic of increase in efficiency and optimisation during biogas production. A large number of biogas companies applied for this prize with more than 50 technological innovations. The two best innovations from Economy and Science were awarded.
'We are extremely proud that we could impress the jury with our innovative gas preparation technology EnviThan', says Jürgen Tenbrink, Chief Technology Officer of EnviTec Biogas AG. 'Going by the increasing importance of preparation of bio-natural gas, we think the future lies in the membrane technology we use that has been far superior to all the preparation processes so far, especially from the point of view of economy and environment', explains Tenbrink.
Since the beginning of the year, EnviTec Biogas has been equipping its preparation systems with membrane modules from Evonik Industries. With the modern hollow-fibre membranes, the crude biogas generated in biogas plants can be cleaned particularly efficiently in order to feed it directly into the natural gas network as highly pure biomethane. Biogas system operators can profit from the advantages of the new technology that are provided for by the amended Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) for prepared biogas.
Evonik has been using the new technology to clean more than 98% of methane content from crude biogas since the beginning of 2011 in a biogas plant in Austria without problems. This technology uses the different sizes of gas molecules: since carbon dioxide molecules are smaller than methane molecules, they can penetrate the micropores of the membrane considerably faster. This leads to methane getting accumulated on the high-pressure side of the membrane when the undesired components of biogas are passing through.
On the way to preparing bio-natural gas, biogas becomes ideal for decentralised energy supply. It is no longer necessary for a biogas plant to be near a heat consumer: biogas that is generated in rural areas can be taken from the natural gas network in the urban areas and can be recycled into heat and electricity in combined heat and power plants (CHP). EnviTec Energy, the subsidiary of EnviTec, provides communal, commercial and industrial customers green heat using the contracting model. Energy marketers and public services can also make use of the natural gas quality of the processed biogas directly from EnviTec Energy in order to use it as bio-natural gas for their customers.
About EnviTec Biogas AG
EnviTec Biogas AG covers the entire value chain for the production of biogas – including the planning and turnkey construction of biogas plants as well as their commissioning. The company provides the biological and technical service, and also offers full plant and operating management. In addition, EnviTec also operates its own biogas plants. In 2011 EnviTec Biogas expanded business operations into the direct marketing of processed biomethane and green electricity and balancing energy marketing with EnviTec Energy Contracting GmbH & Co. KG and its 100% subsidiary EnviTec Stromkontor GmbH & Co. KG. Today, the company is represented in more than 15 countries throughout Europe, as well as in India. EnviTec Biogas generated revenues of EUR 244 million and EBIT of EUR 10.5 million in 2011. The EnviTec Group currently has 457 employees. EnviTec has been listed on the Prime Standard segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since July 2007.
Press contact:
Thomas Bolte
Tel: +49 25 74 88 88 -198
E-Mail: [email protected]
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| Language: | English |
| Company: | EnviTec Biogas AG |
| Industriering 10a | |
| 49393 Lohne | |
| Germany | |
| Phone: | +49 (0) 44 42 – 80 65 0 |
| Fax: | +49 (0) 44 42 – 80 65 103 |
| E-mail: | [email protected] |
| Internet: | www.envitec-biogas.de |
| ISIN: | DE000A0MVLS8 |
| WKN: | A0MVLS |
| Listed: | Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, München, Stuttgart |
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