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€51 million for biogas sector in France
Evergaz and Meridiam strengthen their capacity for investing in the biogas sector with a €51 million transaction designed to finance their French projects. This funding will allow Evergaz to continue its strategic development in France, and optimise the existing portfolio.
Biogas upgrading in Château-Gontier, France
Evergaz welcomed the President of the Regional Council, Mrs Christelle Morançais, Mrs Céline Broquin-Lacombe, Sub-Prefect in charge of economic recovery for the Prefect of the Mayenne department, and Mr Philippe Henry, President of the Pays de Château-Gontier Community of municipalities, to the Biogaz anaerobic digestion unit du Pays de Château-Gontier (Mayenne), to lay the first stone of its biogas upgrading equipment..
Development in France
This acquisition strengthens Evergaz's territorial coverage, which now has 10 units in its portfolio in France, saving around 50,000 tonnes of CO2 per year, equivalent to the emissions of more than 30,000 cars.
Development in France
Biométhanisation Partenaires, joint venture of Evergaz and Meridiam specialised in anaerobic digestion, is strengthening its presence in France by acquiring the Methaneo subsidiary of the Albioma Group.
ACQUISITION IN GERMANY
Evergaz reinforces its presence in Germany with the acquisition of a biomethane plant in Lower Saxony. It is the third Evergaz biogas plant in Germany which is the most mature biogas market in Europe.
Evergaz in Belgium
Evergaz continues to develop in Europe by investing in two anaerobic digestion units in Belgium: AM Power (44%) in Egem and Bio NRGY (44%) in Aalter. These two plants are a joint venture with Stefaan Delabie, a biogas pioneer in Belgium.
Partnership with Meridiam
Evergaz continues to develop in Europe by investing in two anaerobic digestion units in Belgium: AM Power (44%) in Egem and Bio NRGY (44%) in Aalter. These two plants are a joint venture with Stefaan Delabie, a biogas pioneer in Belgium.
In keeping with their development in Germany in 2017, their partnership with SICAE-Oise to develop anaerobic digestion in the Oise, Somme and Aisne departments in February, and after the Meridiam investment fund acquired an interest in Evergaz in April, this Belgian transaction confirms Evergaz’s strong ambition while reinforcing their status as French and European expert in biogas.
With a capacity of 7.5MWel. and the ability to treat 180,000 metric tonnes of waste per year, AM Power is one of Europe’s largest sites. The unit was developed and started up in 2012 by Stefaan Delabie. It treats a broad range of waste and by-products, essentially livestock manure and waste from agri-food industries, and supplies power to more than 11,000 people. Dry digestate is sold as natural fertiliser.
In operation since 2012, BioNRGY, initially owned by Eneco (a Dutch company specialising in green energy production), was taken over by Stefaan Delabie in 2014. The unit treats manure, slurry, by-products, glycerin, etc., with a treatment capacity of 60,000 metric tonnes per year, and biogas recovery in a 2.9MWel cogeneration unit.
The partnership between Evergaz and Stefaan Delabie was established based on an innovative industrial digestate treatment project, developed and tested by Stefaan Delabie for 5 years.
Partnership with Meridiam
French and European biogas specialist, Evergaz, strengthens its capital and infrastructure platform with Meridiam Transition, a fund dedicated to the ecological transition in European infrastructures.This transaction will enhance Evergaz’s development and investment capacity, as they intend to own and operate, in partnership with territorial stakeholders (farmers, public authorities, industrial companies, etc.), thirty biogas plants in Europe by 2020.
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Evergaz, an integrated biogas operator, today announced the acquisition of two biogas plants in Germany alongside Meridiam. With these acquisitions, Evergaz aims to create a European leader in methanization.Together these two units represent a capacity of 1,400 Nm3/h of biomethane and 950 kWel; they have the particularity of realizing a double valorization of biomethane injected into the network of natural gas and in green electricity.
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