Spanish company Ferry Group is to invest €42/US$55.2 million in a project for the production of biomass fuel pellets in Bulgaria.
The 3-year project consists of establishing plantations of paulownia trees near the city of Tran. Paulownia is a fast-growing tree used for the commercial production of fuel pellets.
German biogas association: green gas can replace 50 percent of Germany's Russian gas imports
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Earlier we reported about the contro- versial remark made by an energy advisor to the German government who said that biogas produced from dedicated energy crops can replace all of Germany's natural gas imports from Russia by 2030. No doubt, the statement must be placed within the context of the recent energy negotiations between the EU and Russia, which were dominated by questions about long term energy security and rising doubts about Russia's commitment to engage in an equitable relationship with the EU (earlier post).
The advisor in question, Ulrich Schmack, is the co-founder of the world's largest biogas plant manufacturer and operator, Schmack Biogas AG. This publicly traded company has meanwhile put its money where its mouth is, and has started feeding highly purified biogas from biomass crops into the national natural gas grid. Unlike the more than 2300 medium-scale biogas plants in Germany that are already delivering electricity locally to farmers and small towns, Schmack's approach is that of an industrial-scale energy provider. In order to scale-up and to get a stake in the distribution sector, the company recently created a joint-venture with Erdgas Südbayern Wärme GmbH, a natural gas energy company that delivers electricity and heat to households.
Schmack's remark that dedicated biomass crops can produce over 40 billion cubic meters (1.4 trillion cubic feet) of biogas per year in 2030, was nuanced by the German Biogas Association (Fachverband Biogas), which made a statement at the closing of BioEnergy Europe 2006, a major industry event held in Hannover last week. The Association said that in 2006, investments in Germany's biogas sector will surpass 1 billion euros. This makes it the fastest growing renewable energy sector in the country. Some 10,000 people have found employment in this sector (planning, construction, manufacture and operation of biogas plants; producing feedstocks). By the end of the year, Germany will have some 3,500 medium-scale plants online. In 2006, some five billion KWh of electricity will be generated from biogas in the country, and the amount will double once again in the first half of next year. The Association concludes that at this pace and with current technologies, the industry will tap a potential that can replace half of all Russian gas imports 'in the near future' [entry ends here].
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Earlier we reported about the contro- versial remark made by an energy advisor to the German government who said that biogas produced from dedicated energy crops can replace all of Germany's natural gas imports from Russia by 2030. No doubt, the statement must be placed within the context of the recent energy negotiations between the EU and Russia, which were dominated by questions about long term energy security and rising doubts about Russia's commitment to engage in an equitable relationship with the EU (earlier post).The advisor in question, Ulrich Schmack, is the co-founder of the world's largest biogas plant manufacturer and operator, Schmack Biogas AG. This publicly traded company has meanwhile put its money where its mouth is, and has started feeding highly purified biogas from biomass crops into the national natural gas grid. Unlike the more than 2300 medium-scale biogas plants in Germany that are already delivering electricity locally to farmers and small towns, Schmack's approach is that of an industrial-scale energy provider. In order to scale-up and to get a stake in the distribution sector, the company recently created a joint-venture with Erdgas Südbayern Wärme GmbH, a natural gas energy company that delivers electricity and heat to households.
Schmack's remark that dedicated biomass crops can produce over 40 billion cubic meters (1.4 trillion cubic feet) of biogas per year in 2030, was nuanced by the German Biogas Association (Fachverband Biogas), which made a statement at the closing of BioEnergy Europe 2006, a major industry event held in Hannover last week. The Association said that in 2006, investments in Germany's biogas sector will surpass 1 billion euros. This makes it the fastest growing renewable energy sector in the country. Some 10,000 people have found employment in this sector (planning, construction, manufacture and operation of biogas plants; producing feedstocks). By the end of the year, Germany will have some 3,500 medium-scale plants online. In 2006, some five billion KWh of electricity will be generated from biogas in the country, and the amount will double once again in the first half of next year. The Association concludes that at this pace and with current technologies, the industry will tap a potential that can replace half of all Russian gas imports 'in the near future' [entry ends here].
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