E.ON to produce natural-gas-grade biogas
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E.ON, one of the world's leading energy companies plans to invest massively in renewables and clean coal. Special attention is going to biogas. The green gas is playing a more and more important role for E.ON and for Germany as a whole.
Approximately 700 MW of electrical output has already been installed in Germany, predominantly in small plants. Since a high-representative for the German government recently said he thinks biogas may replace all natural gas imports in the country in the medium to long term, attention for the renewable fuel has skyrocketed (earlier post).
E.ON is amongst those seeing the potential and is stepping up investments. It projects significant efficiency benefits in the future use of biogas by processing it to reach the quality of natural gas and by feeding the processed gas into the gas grid. This will make it possible to use biogas in electricity generation wherever biogas yields the greatest benefit, e.g. in cogeneration and in condensing boilers used for heat generation. In the next few years, E.ON will build demonstration plants for the conversion of biomass into natural-gas-grade biogas and systematically promote the technology for an efficient use of bioenergy.
Readers know we are following developments on biogas technology closely, because the green fuel holds tremendous potential in the developing world, both as a transport fuel as well as for electricity generation. Several emerging economies are investing heavily in the carbon neutral gas. Amongst them, India, which has announced that it will start mixing biogas into its natural gas grid from next year on. The country also sees great potential in the use of biogas in transport (earlier post) [entry ends here].
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E.ON, one of the world's leading energy companies plans to invest massively in renewables and clean coal. Special attention is going to biogas. The green gas is playing a more and more important role for E.ON and for Germany as a whole.
Approximately 700 MW of electrical output has already been installed in Germany, predominantly in small plants. Since a high-representative for the German government recently said he thinks biogas may replace all natural gas imports in the country in the medium to long term, attention for the renewable fuel has skyrocketed (earlier post).
E.ON is amongst those seeing the potential and is stepping up investments. It projects significant efficiency benefits in the future use of biogas by processing it to reach the quality of natural gas and by feeding the processed gas into the gas grid. This will make it possible to use biogas in electricity generation wherever biogas yields the greatest benefit, e.g. in cogeneration and in condensing boilers used for heat generation. In the next few years, E.ON will build demonstration plants for the conversion of biomass into natural-gas-grade biogas and systematically promote the technology for an efficient use of bioenergy.
Readers know we are following developments on biogas technology closely, because the green fuel holds tremendous potential in the developing world, both as a transport fuel as well as for electricity generation. Several emerging economies are investing heavily in the carbon neutral gas. Amongst them, India, which has announced that it will start mixing biogas into its natural gas grid from next year on. The country also sees great potential in the use of biogas in transport (earlier post) [entry ends here].
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