WELTEC Biogas Park Construction Starts in Arneburg

WELTEC BIOPOWER started building one of Germany‘s largest biogas refinery in Arneburg, Stendal District, Saxony-Anhalt. At this plant, about 6 million cubic metres of biomethane (more than 700 cubic metres/hour) will be produced every year in four fermenters, six digestate storage units, and one liquid reservoir and will be fed into the natural gas grid.
„This biogas refinery, which will start feeding in its first biomethane in December 2012, will create about ten permanent jobs and two training positions“, says Jens Albartus, Director of WELTEC BIOPOWER GmbH. The sustainability concept of the plant that is being built on a site of about 6 hectares provides for the use of renewable raw materials and manure from 30 farms. Among other things, it was made sure that the farmers – who will also use the digestate – do not need to travel more than 9 miles, on average, to deliver the substrate.