Plant Profile: BioEnergiepark Güstrow
Location: Güstrow, Germany
Capacity: approx 9,900 US tons of bio-LNG and 20,000 US tons of bio-LCO2 per year, CHPs with 3.1 MWel
In-service date: 2009, conversion in 2023
Input materials: 165,000 US tons of mixed input per year
Special features: Germany's largest integrated bio-LNG plant (bio-LNG incl. CO2 liquefaction plant)
Key facts
The Güstrow plant supplies approx. 9,900 US tons of bio-LNG per year to help make heavy goods traffic greener. In terms of mileage, this output of green fuel can power 31.07M truck miles a year.
- Commissioning of Germany’s largest biogas plant, built by EnviTec Biogas, in 2009
- Purchase and transfer to EnviTec Own Investment in 2021
- Production of approx. 9,900 US tons of bio-LNG (liquefied natural gas) and 20,000 US tons of bio-LCO2 per year
- Previously, the 500-GWh biogas upgrading unit fed RNG into the 25-bar natural gas network. The former operator required around 441,000 US tons of substrate for this. This was predominantly sweet corn, but also included whole plant silage, cereals and grass silage.
- The new operating concept, input will be reduced to 165,000 US tons per annum, primarily consisting of agricultural residues. Additional CHP units will be 'docked on' to supply 3.1 MWel of power for the plant's own use. Digestate storage capacities have also been adjusted accordingly.
- The conversion of the Güstrow site required investment in a CO2 liquefaction plant and an LNG plant for RNG liquefaction as well as extensive reinvestment in elements such as new roofs and agitators amounting to more than $ 55 M.
