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Genesis Biopartner opens EUR 5 mln biogas cogeneration plant in Romania

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Romanian holding Genesis Biopartner inaugurated on Tuesday the first biogas cogeneration plant in Romania, following an investment of EUR 5 million. The plant has a 1MW capacity for electricity generation and 1.2MW for thermal energy.

Under the current renewable support scheme, the project will be granted three green certificates for each megawatt in generates.

The plant processes 49 tons of organic matter daily, which is generated from the nearby agricultural fields. The holding plans to further include the waste from CrisTim’s plant in the production chain.  

AB Energy supplied the equipment for the cogeneration installations, while the MT Energie provided the fermentation technology and designed the automatization of the biogas production chain.

Romania has little over 40MW of incentivized biomass projects, out of which less than 5MW are biogas plants, according to data published by grid operator Transelectrica.

Source: http://business-review.eu 10 July 2013