WELTEC BIOPOWER to build biomethane plant in England

German manufacturer WELTEC BIOPOWER has been commissioned by the English recycling company Eco Sustainable Solutions Ltd. to build a biomethane plant.
The plant will be located near Bournemouth Airport in the south of England.
Eco Sustainable will operate the plant and fill the stainless steel tanks with household waste and agricultural residues from nearby businesses and its own farms.
A de-packaging plant for food is already in place at another nearby location.
From the end of 2025, the plant will produce processed biogas, which will be fed into the national gas grid as a natural gas equivalent.
Uniform mix, high system availability
WELTEC‘s modular plant design enables the project to be completed within 18 months. Pump and agitator technologies will be used for sustainable digestion of the previously homogenised organic materials – such as submersible motor and long-axis agitators with high performance, which prevent substrates from settling at the bottom of the tanks and ensure optimal mixing of the input materials.
No interruption to biomethane production is necessary during system maintenance, which contributes to high plant availability.
WELTEC BIOPOWER also supplies pump containers, dosing units, desulphurisation, heating and three downstream hygienisation systems.
The biogas produced is processed into biomethane using an upgrading system with membrane technology.
WELTEC CONTROL ensures simple operation of the plant
The components can be monitored and regulated by Eco Sustainable Solutions at any time via the web-based control system.
“The innovative tool guarantees complete and rapid access to all plant parameters,” explains Stephan Stärk, responsible for automation technology at WELTEC BIOPOWER. WELTEC uses high-quality stainless steel for the construction of the two 5579 cubic meter digesters, the storage tank and the 2 pre-storage tanks.
WELTEC BIOPOWER has already implemented biogas projects for Eco Sustainable Solutions in the past: In Piddlehinton, west of Dorset, there is already a 1.6 megawatt biogas plant made by WELTEC. It was commissioned in 2009 and expanded two years later.