Bio Energy

Bioenergy in the Renewable Energy Mix

Energy from biomass plays an important role in the mix of renewable energies like wind, water, solar and geothermics. Biogas can be stored can be transformed into power and heat in a combined heat and power plant as soon as this is required. Alternatively, biogas can be fed into the natural gas grid after appropriate preparation.
The technical and economic potentials usable in the short-term are substantial and greater than that of all other renewable energy sources. At the same time, the opportunities of energetic biomass usage are very diverse.

Exploiting Waste
Both plants grown only for energy use and waste material can be utilized. Both possibilities offer benefits besides energy use. Already today, the production of renewable raw materials contributes to securing many agricultural existences and is a large growth market. By exploiting organic waste material in specially designed plants, supply and disposal problems can be solved at the same time. Compared to this, conventional recycling like composting are often more expensive and require additional energy input.

Growing Importance of Bioenergy
In 2010, biogas plant operators in Germany generated more than 13 billion kilowatt hours of biogas electricity and sold it to local grid operators at a price defined in the German Renewable Energies Act (EEG). This corresponds to more than two percent of the German electricity consumption. By substituting fossil fuels (oil, coal, natural gas), the electricity production from biogas reduces the carbon dioxide emission by more than ten million tons per year. Furthermore, the controlled fermentation of liquid manure or compostable waste prevents the escape of gases, such as methane, which are even more harmful to the climate than carbon dioxide, for example.
From about two million cubic metres of biogas, a biogas plant with an installed electrical capacity of about 500 kilowatts (kW) generates about 4 million kilowatt hours of electricity and 3.5 million kilowatt hours of heat per year. This substitutes approximately 1.2 million litres of fuel oil. A farmer can therefore generate enough electricity for more than 1,000 average households in his own plant. At the same time, the combined heat and power plant produces enough heat to heat about 150 households.

Project Development
So far, ABO Wind only constructs biogas projects in Germany. For now, an expansion of this business area to other countries is not planned. For the construction and operation of biogas plants, ABO Wind cooperates with local farmers, craftsmen and businesses as well as communities, power and waste removal companies.

ABO Wind first analyses the technical and economic feasibility of possible locations. Then we take care of the planning, permit, tendering and construction of the plants as well as financing and the subsequent operational management.