22 December 2007

Schmack Biogas AG Signs Framework for 12 to 15 Biogas Plants

DJ DGAP-News: Schmack Biogas signs framework agreement with HgCapital
Schmack Biogas AG (20.12.2007)

Schmack Biogas (Germany)has announced that it has signed a framework agreement with HgCapital to an Order volume of approx. EUR 130 million until 2010.

Schwandorf, December 20, 2007. Schmack Biogas AG and HgCapital, a leading private equity investor in Europe, have signed a EUR 130 million framework agreement that will run until 2010. Under the agreement, Schmack Biogas will build 12 to 15 biogas plants with a combined capacity of approximately 30 MW. The bulk of the plant construction volume is expected to be ordered in 2008 and 2009. The framework agreement also covers the development of the respective project sites. Schmack Biogas AG assumes that the site development services provided will be reflected in 2007 and 2008 sales and earnings.

Ulrich Schmack, CEO of Schmack Biogas AG: 'HgCapital is an experienced investor in renewable energies and already has extensive experience with biogas technology. Against this background, the strategic partnership is all the more valuable. We are particularly pleased that Aufwind Schmack, Regensburg, will be in charge of the commercial management of the projects, as the company has already worked successfully with HgCapital in the past.'

Emma Tinker, Director at HgCapital, said: 'We are delighted to have expanded our existing investment commitment in biogas through our partnership with Schmack Biogas, the world's leading biogas business. We believe that biogas is the most technically efficient and economically attractive segment of the bioenergy industry and that the feeding-in of biogas into the natural gas grid is a market with huge potential. Through Aufwind Schmack we have already invested in a number of biogas plants in Germany that use Schmack Biogas's technology. In Schmack Biogas we have found a partner that combines mature technology with a compelling and innovative feedstock and service concept.'

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09 December 2007

New Video Describes the Anaerobic Digestion Process

At www.anaerobic-digestion.com we have produced a video which is under 5 minutes long and describes the basis of the AD Process.

Click on the title of this posting to visit our web page to view this new video.

All readers of the posting are welcome to visit YouTube and obtain the embedding code and to freely use this video in your blogs and web pages etc.

The more people that understand the great AD process advantages, the better!

BBC's Archers Programme Features Anaerobic Digestion

The BBC has awoken to the possibilities of Anaerobic Digestion and has a storyline about UK farmers Adam and Debbie who are thinking of building an AD Plant on their Farm.

Feelings about the project are mixed in the country town of Ambridge about which this long-running BBC serial is based.

If you want to kow what the listening public thinks about the idea of Anaerobic digestion on farms you should visit the BBC archers web site, by clicking on the title above.

02 December 2007

The UK Government's Comprehensive Spending Review October 2007 - Resourcing, CHP and Biofuels

Things are looking up for Anaerobic Digestion Projects.

To gain an extra £2bn in Private Finance Initiative credits between now and 2011 to help fund new facilities is good for the sector, and this was promised in the UK waste management review in May. This is good going by any estimation. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority was handed more money, and the development of renewable energy technologies was backed to the tune of £370M during the three years between 2008/9 and 2010/11, as covered by the latest CSR.

Read more about the good news for technologies such as Anaerobic Digestion.

But, it is not all roses! British construction's heavy workload and lack of resources are likely to combine and push tender prices up at a pace that the public purse will be unable to keep up with.

Read more at the
Anaerobic Digestion community web site here.

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