Jönköping, Sweden
- Plant financed, developed, designed, owned and operated by HZI.
- Biogas is upgraded with HZI BioMethan membrane technology, and produced bio-CNG sold to local transport companies and private vehicle fleet operators
- Plant built on former landfill site. Recycled gas from landfill used to heat the two digesters
- Contributing to Sweden’s transport sector decarbonisation strategy
- Full use of liquid and solid fertilizer, thereby closing nutrient cycle 100%
Client: HZI Jönköping Biogas AB
Start-up: 2020
Plant capacity: 40,000 t/a
Biogas production: 36,400,000 Nm3/a
Biogas utilization: Gas upgrading and bio-CNG production
Waste types: Kitchen waste, green waste, commercial waste
Digester type: 2 x PF1500 steel digester
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Anröchte, Germany
- Partial stream digestion without liquid effluent
- Digestate buffering within digester for optimisation of composting process
- Demand-driven electricity production by two CHP’s of 400 and 600 kWel
- Biogas buffering for 12 hours
- High electrical efficiency of > 42%
- In accordance with Germany’s latest low emission standards
Client: ESG Soest
Start-up: 2020
Plant capacity: 15,000 t/a
Biogas production: 1,240,000 Nm3/a
Biogas utilization: Combined heat and power unit
Waste types: Biowaste, green waste
Digester type: PF1500 concrete – steel digester
Nanjing, China
- First Kompogas® plant in China
- The biogas plant will be constructed at a local waste disposal site, where the deliveries of household waste will first be sorted
- For HZI and its local partner GBE, the plant in Chongqing is their first joint project
- Important contribution to China’s COP21 targets
Client: German Bio Energy Technology
Start-up: 2019
Plant capacity: up to 200 t/day
Biogas production: 6,700,000 Nm3/a
Biogas utilization: Fuel for vehicles (CBG)
Waste types: Organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW)
Digester type: PF1800-2 steel digester
Chongqing, China
- Second Kompogas® plant in China
- The biogas plant will be constructed at a local waste disposal site, where the deliveries of household waste will first be sorted
- For HZI and its local partner GBE, the plant in Chongqing is their first joint project
- Important contribution to China’s COP21 targets
Client: German Bio Energy Technology
Start-up: 2018
Plant capacity: up to 200 t/day
Biogas production: 6,700,000 Nm3/a
Biogas utilization: Fuel for vehicles (CBG)
Waste types: Organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW)
Digester type: PF1800-2 steel digester

Foligno, Italy
- Fifth Kompogas® plant in Italy
- HZI provider of the complete AD section to local partner and integrator Cesaro Mac Import
- Biogas upgrading and grid injection, or selling as compressed natural gas (CNG) for vehicle use
- Generated energy supplies up to 2,400 housholds or fuels more than 500 natural gas-driven vehicles per day
Client: ASJA Ambiente Italia SpA / Cesaro Mac Import
Start-up: 2018
Plant capacity: 40,000 t/a
Biogas production: 5,110,000 Nm3/a
Biogas utilization: Biomethane for gas grid injection / CBG
Waste types: Biowaste, green waste
Digester type: PF1300-2 concrete-steel digester
Epirus, Greece
- Greece’s first dry anaerobic digestion plant
- HZI has concluded a service and support contract with its Greek partner Terna Energy
- 12,000 tonnes of CO2 will be saved thanks to the biogas production
- At the end of the digestion process, the digestate will be mixed with other organic substrates and composted for 6 weeks
Client: Terna Energy S.A.
Start-up: 2018
Plant capacity: 38,700 t/a
Biogas production: 5,400,000 Nm3/a
Biogas utilization: Combined heat and power unit
Waste types: Organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW)
Digester type: PF1500-2 steel digester

Högbytorp, Sweden
- First Kompogas® plant in Sweden and largest dry AD plant in Scandinavia, contributing to Sweden’s strategy to decarbonize its transport sector
- EPC turnkey contract for complete plant, incl. civil works
- High specific biogas yield (150 Nm3/t) and high biogas quality
- Biogas is upgraded and injected into the natural gas grid for vehicle use
- Full use of liquid and solid fertilizer (compost as per SPCR quality criteria), thereby closing nutrient cycle 100%
Client: E.ON Biofor Sverige AB
Start-up: 2018
Plant capacity: 83,000 t/a
Biogas production: 12,380,000 Nm3/a
Biogas utilization: Biomethane for gas grid injection
Waste types: Biowaste, food waste, green waste, solid manure
Digester type: PF2100-3 steel digester

Bologna, Italy
- Largest dry AD plant for biowaste in Europe – 4 x PF1800 steel digesters
- Partial stream Kompogas® process (patented), hence no liquid fertilizer
- HZI provider of complete core modules to local partner and integrator Cesaro Mac Import
- Biogas upgrading and grid injection, providing carbon-neutral gas to the city of Bologna
- Full-fledged composting plant, using tunnels and covered windrows
Client: HERA Ambiente / Cesaro Mac Import
Start-up: 2018
Digester: PF1800-4 steel digester
Biogas utilization: Combined heat and power unit
Waste types: Green waste, food waste
Waste throughput: 102,000 t/a
Biogas production: 14,300,000 Nm3/a
79,800,000 kWh/a
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San Luis Obispo, USA
- First Kompogas® plant in the USA
- Design Build Finance Own and Operate (DBFOO) for 20 years by HZI’s subsidiary Kompogas SLO LLC
- Biogas utilization in combined heat and power unit (CHP), covering power needs of more than 600 US households
- The plant contributes to California’s goal to divert food waste from landfills and hence reduce greenhouse gas emissions
- Full use of liquid fertilizer and compost, thereby closing nutrient cycle 100
Client: Kompogas SLO LLC
Start-up: 2018
Digester: PF1800 steel digester
Biogas utilization: Combined heat and power unit
Waste types: Green waste, food waste
Waste throughput: 30,000 t/a
Biogas production: 2,900,000 Nm3/a
16,200,000 kWh/a

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Winterthur, Switzerland
- Typical Swiss Kompogas dry AD plant, with high level of automation
- EPC turnkey contract for complete plant, incl. civil works
- Standardized steel digester with nominal volume of 1500m3
- Biogas is upgraded and injected into the gas grid (upgrading by Amine washing technology)
Client: Kompogas Winterthur AG
Start-up: 2014
Digester: PF1500 steel digester
Biogas upgrading: Amine scrubbing by HZI BioMethan
Biogas utilization: Biomethane for gas grid injection
Waste types: Biowaste, green waste, food waste
Waste throughput: 25,000 t/a
Biogas production: 2,075,000 Nm3/a
10,300,000 kWh/a

Vétroz, Switzerland
- Typical Swiss Kompogas dry AD plant, with high level of automation
- EPC turnkey contract for complete plant, incl. civil works
- Located close to living areas (requiring sound odour control) and a river
- Decantation of press water to reduce amount of liquid fertilizer
- Biogas is upgraded and injected into the gas grid (upgrading by Amine washing technology)
Client: GazEl SA
Start-up: 2014
Digester: PF1300 concrete/steel digester
Biogas upgrading: Amine scrubbing by HZI BioMethan
Biogas usage: Biomethane for grid injection
Waste types: Biowaste, green waste, liquid manure, waste oil
Waste throughput: 20,000 t/a
Biogas production: 2,090,000 Nm3/a
10,300,000 kWh/a
Zurich, Switzerland
- Typical Swiss Kompogas dry AD plant, with pit bunker reception and high automation level
- EPC turnkey contract for complete plant incl. civil works
- Located close to living areas (requiring sound odour control) and a river
- Biogas is upgraded and injected into the gas grid, enough to heat 3’000 homes
- Full use of liquid and solid fertilizer, thereby closing nutrient cycle 100%
- First Kompogas steel digester PF1500 delivered to private client
Client: Biogas Zürich AG
Start-up: 2013
Digester: PF1500 steel digester
Biogas utilization: Biomethane for gas grid injection
Waste types: Biowaste, green waste
Waste throughput: 25,000 t/a
Biogas production: 2,100,000 Nm3/a
12,000,000 kW/h
Client Website: www.biogaszuerich.ch
Fulda, Germany
- EPC turnkey contract for complete plant, incl. civil works
- Biogas green energy park: dry AD combined with wet anaerobic digestion of food waste
- Biogas is collected from both dry and wet AD plants and upgraded to gas grid quality
- Process heat supplied by woodchips boiler
- Full use of liquid and solid fertilizer, thereby closing nutrient cycle 100%
Client: Biothan GmbH
Start-up: 2013
Digester: PF1300-2 concrete/steel digester
Biogas utilization: Biomethane for gas grid injection
Input material: Biowaste, green waste
Plant Capacity: 32,000 t/a
Biogas production: 4,540,000 Nm3/a
24,000,000 kWh/a

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Client Website: www.biothan.de
Backnang, Germany
- Typical German Kompogas dry AD plant, with flat bunker reception and high level of automation
- EPC turnkey contract for complete plant incl. civil work
- Use of excess heat capacity for waste water treatment sludge drying
- Full use of liquid and solid fertilizer, thereby closing nutrient cycle 100%
Client: AWG Rems-Murr-Kreis mbH
Start-up: 2011
Digester : PF1300 concrete/steel digester
Biogas utilization: Combined heat and power unit
Waste types: Biowaste, green waste
Waste throughput: 36,000 t/a
Biogas production: 4,270,000 Nm3/a
23,800,000 kWh/a
Client Website: www.awg-rems-murr.de
Novi, Italy
- Full stream Kompogas process with screw press and decanter recirculating 8% of decanter first stage output liquids
- High gas yield of 140 Nm3/t mainly coming from FORSU
- Project was integrated in existing plant supplying digestion, CHP and dewatering system as EPC by Cesaro Mac Import with sub-supply of Kompogas core module digester
- Full use of solid and liquid digestate to close nutrient cycle 100%
- Main drivers for project is gate fee for FORSU and production of electricity
Client: SRT S.p.A. / Cesaro Mac Import
Start-up: 2012
Digester: PF1300 concrete/steel digester
Biogas utilization: Combined heat and power unit
Waste types: Biowaste (FORSU), green waste
Waste throughput: 16,800 t/a
Biogas production: 2,130,000 Nm3/a
11,900,000 kWh/a
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Terni, Italy
- Partial stream Kompogas process bypassing 40% of material for mixing with digestate – no liquid digestate is generated
- Very high gas yield of 170 Nm3/t mainly coming from FORSU
- Turnkey project including composting plant supplied by Cesaro Mac Import with sub-supply of Kompogas core module digester
- Full use of solid digestate to produce high quality compost and thereby closing nutrient cycle 100%
- Main drivers for project is gate fee for FORSU and production of electricity
Client: Green ASM / Cesaro Mac Import
Start-up: 2012
Digester: PF1300 concrete/steel digester
Biogas utilization: Combined heat and power unit
Waste types: Biowaste (FORSU), green waste
Waste throughput: 17,500 t/a
Mixing material: 10,000 t/a
Biogas production: 2,120,000 Nm3/a
11,800,000 kWh/a
Client Website: www.cesaromacimport.com
Weurt, Netherlands
- Partial stream Kompogas process (patented), hence no liquid digestate
- Lean gas from biogas upgrading process is re-injected into the digester – no loss of CH4
- Capturing of CO2 from biogas upgrading for commercial use
- Synergies with adjacent incineration plant (heat for digesters, combustion of exhaust air, incineration of sieved-out impurities, etc.)
Client: ARN B.V.
Start-up: 2012
Digester: PF1300-2 concrete/steel digester
Biogas utilization: Biomethane for gas grid injection
Waste types: Biowaste, green waste
Waste throughput: 38,000 t/a
Biogas production: 3,830,000 Nm3/a
25,000,000 kWh/a
Biomethane production: 2,600,000 Nm3/a
Client Website: www.arnbv.nl
Faedo, Italy
- Partial stream Kompogas process (patented) and hence no liquid digestate is generated
- Very high gas yield of 160 Nm3/t mainly coming from FORSU – would allow to install additional CHP (permit limited to 1MWel)
- Turnkey project including composting plant supplied by Cesaro Mac Import with sub-supply of Kompogas core module digester
- Full use of solid digestate to produce high quality compost and thereby closing nutrient cycle 100%
- Main drivers for project: gate fee for FORSU and production of electricit
Client: Bioenergia Trentino / Cesaro Mac Import
Start-up: 2012
Digester: PF1300-2 concrete/steel digester
Biogas utilization: Combined heat and power unit
Waste types: Biowaste (FORSU), green waste
Waste throughput: 32,000 t/a
Mixing material: 16,000 t/a
Biogas production: 3,800,000 Nm3/a
18,200,000 kW/h

Client Website: www.bioenergiatrentino.it
Doha, Quatar
- Large integral waste processing plant combining mechanical sorting, Kompogas dry AD and incineration systems
- Largest Kompogas dry AD plant in the world with 15 x PF1300 concrete digesters operating in parallel (12 x OFMSW + 3 x green waste)
- Main driver for dry AD: production of compost
- Biogas usage in Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant
Client: Keppel Seghers Engineering Singapore Pte Ltd
Start-up: 2009
Digester: 5x PF1300-3 concrete/steel digester
Biogas utilization: Combined heat and power unit
Waste types: Organic fraction of MSW, green waste
Waste throughput: 274,000 t/a
Biogas production: 25,300,000 Nm3/a
141,150,000 kWh/a
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Rijesenhout, Netherlands
- Partial stream Kompogas process (patented), hence no liquid digestate
- Biogas upgrading to 99,5%CH4 content and grid injection
- CO2 capturing while biogas upgrading and reuse in neighbouring greenhouses
- Use of condensate water from composting tunnels for street cleaning and surplus heat for neighbouring greenhouses
- On site CNG fueling station for Meerlanden’s own garbage trucks
Client: De Meerlanden Bedrijfsafval
Start-up: 2010
Digester: PF1300-2 concrete/steel digester
Biogas utilization: Biomethane for gas grid injection
Waste types: Biowaste, green waste
Waste throughput: 42,000 t/a
Biogas production: 4,330,000 Nm3/a
23,880,000 kWh/a
Client Website: www.meerlanden.nl
Botarell, Spain
- EPC delivery of AD plant incl. intermediate storage, automatic feeding and dewatering system
- High impurity content in organic fraction sorted from MSW
- High energy yield: in average 160 Nm3 of biogas per metric ton input material
- Dewatering system with centrifuge and subsequent water treatment plant
- Full-fledged composting plant, using composting tunnels
Client: Baix Camp Serveis Comarsals Mediambientals SA
Start-up: 2009
Digester: PF1300-3 concrete
Biogas utilization: Combined heat and power unit
Waste types: Organic fraction of MSW
Waste throughput: 54,000 t/a
Biogas production: 5,916,000 Nm3/a
33,000,000 kWh/a

Montpellier, France
- Largest AD plant in Europe, being integral part of an MBT
- High impurity content in organic fraction sorted from MSW
- High energy yield: in average 140 Nm3 of biogas per metric ton input material
- Dewatering system with centrifuge and subsequent water treatment plant
- Full-fledged composting plant, using tunnels and covered windrows
- Odour treatment with water/acid scrubbing system, fully enclosed biofilter and activated carbon
Client: Amétyst – Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole
Start-up: 2008
Digester: 4 x PF1300-2 concrete/steel digester
Biogas utilization: Combined heat and power unit
Waste types: Organic fraction of MSW, biowaste
Waste throughput: 100,000 t/a
Biogas production: 14,400,000 Nm3/a
80,300,000 kWh/a
Rostock, Germany
- First MSW Kompogas dry AD plant in Germany, increasing throughput capacity of existing MBT plant
- Partial stream digestion, thereby no liquid digestate
- In-vessel composting system for digestate, with stabilized product combusted in nearby incineration plant (mixed-waste compost not allowed to applicate for agricultural landuse in Germany/Europe)
- Very high energy yield: in average 180 Nm3 of biogas per metric ton input material
- Biogas is upgraded and injected into the gas grid, in addition to CHP
Client: EVG / Veolia
Start-up: 2007
Digester: PF1300-3 concrete/steel digester
Biogas utilization: Combined heat and power unit, biomethane for gas grid injection
Waste types: Organic fraction of MSW
Waste throughput: 40,000 t/a
Biogas production: 5,200,000 Nm3/a
29,000,000 kWh/a
Client Website: www.evg-mba-rostock.de
Passau, Germany
- Integration of Kompogas dry AD system into an existing composting plant, doubling the plant’s throughput capacity
- Located close to living areas (requiring sound odour control) and a river
- High efficient CHP
- Full use of liquid and solid fertilizer, thereby closing nutrient cycle 100%
- Uninterrupted operation for more than 10 years with high performance
Client: BGG Donau-Wald
Start of operation: 2004
Digester type PF950-3 concrete / steel digester
Biogas utilization: Combined heat and power unit
Waste types: Biowaste, green waste
Waste throughput: 39,000 t/a
Biogas production: 5,157,000 Nm3/a
28,800,000 kWh/a