WELTEC BIOPOWER, a manufacturer of biogas plants, has commenced construction of a 370 kW biogas plant in Bure, Switzerland. The electricity produced will be fed into the power grid and the excess heat will be utilized for heating the Swiss Army’s local barracks.
WELTEC BIOPOWER started building a biogas plant with an electrical output of 370 kW in Switzerland. The plant‘s entire heat surplus will be used to heat the local training barracks in the back.
The “Bio.Etique. Energie SA” plant is located in the Swiss Canton of Jura. It is a major agricultural area as it has fertile soil. The WELTEC plant will process farm manure, dung, liquid manure, green waste, and grain waste. The plant will employ wet fermentation technology to process the heterogeneous wastes. A 3,994 m3 fermenter and a 4,078 m3 gas-tight storage unit form part of the plant. A 45 m3 solid matter dosing feeder is to be used for loading the substrates into the fermenter.
The WELTEC plant will be feeding 3 GWh into the power grid annually. This amount will be able to provide continuous power for 900 residences. The plant will generate 2.6 GWh of excess heat annually and this will be used for heating the barracks housing around 1,400 trainees.
Switzerland has plenty of resources for biogas. In agriculture - organic waste, crop residue, dung and liquid manure of about 20 million t are available. About 5% of Switzerland’s heating requirements and 4.5% of its power requirements can be generated from biogas. The use of biogas will have a positive eco-balance.
In 2011, Switzerland also decided to phase out nuclear energy like Germany. By 2050, the country aims to increase its renewable energy power generation by one third.
Source: http://www.weltec-biopower.com/
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