Best biogas plant in the wastewater treatment category:
CS Bioenergia, Brazil
At the "4th Southern Brazilian Biogas and Biomethane Forum" the winners of the "Best of Biogas" awards were announced. Our customer, CS Bionergia S.A., was chosen as the "Best Biogas Plant" in the Wastewater Treatment category. The plant was built in 2017.
2012 Sustainable Plant of the Year:
SIF Oregon, USA
Our biogas plant SIF Oregon in USA was awarded by the magazine Food Engineering with the title "2012 Sustainable Plant of the Year".
Energy Globe Austria overall winning: Berglandmilch Wels
The biogas plant of Berglandmilch in Wels produces power for 1.500 households and enough heat to cover a third of their internal demand - a novel and unique project in Europe:
The energy is gained from whey generated as waste from the cheddar cheese produktion. Up to now Berglandmilch disposed 50.000 tons (more than 1.500 truck loads) - the whey has been used as pig fodder.
The plant will amortize within only four to five years despite the investment costs of 2 million Euro because: Berglandmilch saves on whey disposal costs, produces 2/3 of their own heating demand and for the next 13 years they sell the electric power to the public grid for a favorable green power tariff.
The environment benefits from a reduction of CO2 emissions from fossile fuel on the amount of 2.000 tons annually.
Also surrounding farmers benefit by receiving a high quality fertilizer generated in the whey fermentation process.