Suiker Unie, GasTerra and BioMCN sign biogas LOI

Thursday, 22 September 2011 15:18

suikerunie-gasterra Suiker Unie, GasTerra and BioMCN sign a letter of intent for the production and delivery of biogas. The Dutch companies Suiker Unie, BioMCN and GasTerra have signed a letter of intent this week for an annual production and delivery of 10 million m3 of biogas which will be converted into renewable bio-fuels. The letter of intent describes the production of the biogas by Suiker Unie, the logistics and supply by GasTerra and ultimately the conversion into bio-methanol by BioMCN. The agreement is one of the largest biogas deals in the Netherlands.

Suiker Unie is currently building a new  production site in the North of the Netherlands (Groningen) with an annual capacity of 10 million m3 of biogas generated from 100,000 tons of vegetable residues, such as sugar beet tails and leaves that are released when processing  sugar beet into sugar. With an average annual gas consumption of 1,617 m3 per household[1] in the Netherlands, this corresponds to the annual gas consumption of about 6,200 households. With the launch of this new plant, Suiker Unie will increase its current biogas capacity from 15 million m3 to a total of 25 million m3, making it one of the largest biogas producers in the Netherlands.

After production, GasTerra delivers the biogas –together with its biogas certificates[2]- to BioMCN, which processes the gas into second generation bio-methanol. Bio-methanol is an important renewable raw material for various applications, such as biofuels, plastics and paints.

All parties involved are currently finalizing the details of the project, and aim to commence delivery of the biogas immediately after completion of the plant (expected Q4 2012).

For more information, please contact:

Edelman Amsterdam

Maarten Simons

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+31 20-3010980

 


[1] Report Energy in the Netherlands 2011: Average gas consumption per household in 2010 according to industry organizations Energy Netherlands and Netbeheer Netherlands.

[2] Green gas certificates are issued by Vertogas, a subsidiary of Gasunie the Netherlands. Gasunie is independent and impartial, as they have no interests in respect to biogas and is not trading (bio) gas. The biogas certificates provide clarity and certainty about the origin of the biogas to producers, traders and buyers.

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