Whether you’re seeking to utilise residues sustainably, diversify your agricultural business, generate energy in combination with heat, upgrade gas for feed-in to the grid or generate fuel, HZI Schmack can supply a turnkey concept for your plant – also independently of the Germany Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG).

• Expertise in matters related to the EEG
• Accurate economic assessment of your plant
• Suitable concept for individual operation
• Biological expertise, also spanning complex substrate mixtures
• Technical and biological services

To be able to continue operating older plants economically, it’s essential to take a proactive approach to planning modernisation and optimisation work. You also have to keep pace with a constantly changing legal framework that opens up new options for ongoing operation. Often even minor conversion work or modifications to the biological, technical and organisational processes are sufficient to increase overall efficiency. We can

• Advise you on the new economic options arising from changes in the legal framework
• Create a modernisation concept individually tailored to your plant to optimise performance and yields
• Make sure that all the relevant technical requirements relating to operational reliability are met
• Extend the life cycle of your plant
• Boost your profits by improving the efficiency of your plant

Biogas substrates require special handling at the storage, preparation, feeding and mixing phases. For many years HZI Schmack has been developing and manufacturing its own high-quality components. We also supply and build in components from other manufacturers. We’d be glad to advise you.

The main factor in the success of a biogas plant is smooth, economically efficient operation. To assure this, HZI Schmack provides expert advice, preventive maintenance and intelligent planning. The operating costs, as opposed to the investment costs, make up around 85 per cent of the total costs over the life cycle of a plant. You can find out more about our technical services here.

Whether you need an initial biological consultation, support in the event of process malfunctions or an all-in service, HZI Schmack can help you with over 25 years of experience, the sound know-how of its scientific staff and various levels of support with process biology. Our lab is:

• DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018-accredited (in accordance with the test method specified on the accreditation certificate)
• Notified and approved for analytics and sampling
• Approved in accordance with the requirements of the German Federal Compost Association

Our all-inclusive service for your biogas plant minimises the work and expense involved for you in running the plant. The service spans the complete range of plant management duties, including operational management, procuring raw materials and assuming administrative tasks.