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01-Nov-2007
France's Biggest Biogas Plant Comes Online
The largest biogas upgrading plant in France, built by Greenlane in the city of Lille was officially opened in September 2007. The 2 x CSFR 600 units produce four million cubic metres of biomethane annually and supply 180 buses with fuel. The raw material for gas production is biomass from household waste. "Greenlane Biogas is not only the first company in France to upgrade biogas for the transport sector; we are still the only one with commercial-scale experience", says Yann Pierre, Project Manager.
Having a biogas upgrading plant of this size makes it easier for Lille to fight air pollution and the effects of global warming. In addition it gives a substantial benefit to the local economy, by utilising local resources.
Moreover, Greenlane has initiated replacement of the first French biogas upgrading plant built in Lille Marquette as a pilot unit by the company in 1992. The new plant will begin operating in 2008, upgrading biogas from a municipal wastewater plant. Capacity of the new plant is 100 Nm3/h of raw biogas, which will be sufficient to fuel 10 buses.
"The fact that our team was chosen to renew the prototype is of high symbolic value to us. This is proof that the city of Lille has confidence in Flotech Group and particularly in our technology", says Morgan Jansson, Managing Director of Greenlane Biogas in Europe.
For both projects the best available technologies are used, including 4th generation water-scrubbing solutions, which are a Greenlane proprietary technology. The company has installed its gas-purifying technology in Europe and Asia during the last decade, and remains the market leader in delivering clean biomethane fuel from waste streams.
Biogas upgrading plant, Centre for Organic Recovery in Sequedin, France