The EnviThan gas upgrading plant, which has a capacity of 449 Nm³/h of biomethane, was installed together with a raw gas treatment system at an existing biogas plant. The input material in Bierovce consists of 70% food waste and organic industrial waste, poultry manure, and corn and grass silage. The project is owned by ENERGE s.r.o.
“With this plant, our customer aims to expand its portfolio of flexible electricity supplies for local grid operators,” says Miroslav Kováčik, head of the Czech EnviTec subsidiary.
The Czech subsidiary of EnviTec Service s.r.o. is conveniently located in Velké Meziříčí, Czech Republic, directly on the D1 motorway between Prague and Brno. This will enable quick delivery of spare parts and also save money by maintenance done by the experienced Czech-Slovak EnviTec Service team.
Second gas processing project in Ožďany already under construction
The team on site value their collaboration with Slovakian experts.
“By awarding the contract for the construction of the feed-in station and booster compressor to a regional provider, our customer is supporting the regional economy and ensuring time-optimized processes, not only in communication and construction work, but also in later maintenance,” says Kováčik.
EnviTec Biogas is implementing a second gas upgrading project in Ožďany. The recently signed project involves the addition of a 417 Nm³/h EnviThan plant.
The EnviThan gas upgrading plant is already being manufactured in Saerbeck. With this plant, the customer intends to process 750 Nm³/h of biogas into biomethane and eventually expand to a maximum production of 1,300 Nm³/h of biogas.
Driving the green transformation
Slovakia is aiming to promote the green energy transformation. According to the target market analysis of the Energy Export Initiative of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), the country plans to invest heavily in the expansion of renewable energies over the coming years.
According to the analysis, the production of biomethane will play a key role here. A total of €103 million in funding from the EU Recovery Fund is available for the construction of new renewable energy plants.
“These expansion plans open up promising market prospects for us – something we can already see from the inquiries we are receiving from other potential customers,” adds Maurice Markerink, Managing Director of EnviTec Anlagenbau. In 2021, Slovakia’s 96 agricultural biogas plants fed 470 GWh of electricity into the grid, with total feed-in compensation amounting to €42.6 million. The analysis shows that a total of 34 biogas plants in Slovakia have the potential to produce biomethane.
