The plant – Xergi’s fifth order in France in three years – is being supplied to the biogas company Méthalandes in the town of Hagetmau, south of Bordeaux in southwestern France.
Behind the plant are the shareholders Eneria Ren and the state-owned bank Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations. Eneria Ren is owned by the company Groupe Monnoyeur, which, among other things, is a leading European retailer and wholesaler of industrial engines and construction machinery from the American firm Caterpillar.
Once up and running, the biogas plant in Hagetmau will treat a total of 153,000 tonnes of biomass annually. The biogas obtained will be used to produce 37.8 million kWh of electricity, or the equivalent of 9,000 households’ combined electricity consumption.
Construction will start during the first quarter of 2014, and the plant will be put into operation in 2015.
Source: Xergi
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