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EnviTec Biogas AG: Deutscher Bauernverband (DBV) awards a prize to
EnviThan biogas preparation
11.05.2012 / 12:00
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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:End of Corporate News
Thomas Bolte
Tel: +49 25 74 88 88 -198
Email: t.bolte(at)envitec-biogas.de
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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: info(at)envitec-biogas.de
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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