Colin Steel, Weltec Biopower

1. FEEDSTOCK –
SEPARATION AND PRE-
TREATMENT
#UKADBiogas @adbioresources
PANEL:
TIJANA DURIC, BASF
TONY CLUTTEN, HUBER TECHNOLOGY
COLIN STEEL, WELTEC BIOPOWER

2. Anaerobic Digestion Plants
made from Stainless steel
Introduction “Gilfresh”
July 2015
Colin Steel

3. WELTEC BIOPOWER (UK) Ltd.
Founded in 2011
Today: 11 UK Biogas Plants
First UK plants installed 2006
UK Office: Stoneleigh, Warwickshire
Employees: 6
UK Project Manager
UK Service Engineer
UK Parts Storage
Expert Knowledge of the UK Market
About to close our first 2 x BtG
Projects
About Us
Corporate Structure
WELTEC BIOPOWER

4. WELTEC BIOPOWER GmbH
Located in Vechta, Germany
Founded in 2001
World Market Leader of Stainless
Steel Biogas Plants
More than 300 biogas plants in 25
countries worldwide
More than 80 employees
ISO 9001 & ISO 14001 certified
About us
Corporate Structure
WELTEC BIOPOWER
USA Germany
Uruguay South Korea

5. Technical solutions based on energy crops and animal waste
Technical solutions based on different organic wastes of
communities and industries
Technical solutions of processing of biogas and gas supply
Agriculture
Industry + Local Authorities
Biomethane
WELTEC AD Plants
Full range

6. Gilfresh Produce AD Plant

7. Based in Loughall, Northern Ireland
Family owned
Established over 50 years
Grows and manages over 2,500 acres
Mainly Brassica’s, Root Vegetables + Salad
Crops
Environmentally aware
High energy consumers
www.gilfreshproduce.com
About Gilfresh
Our Customer
Gilfresh Produce, NI

8. Project Development
Gilfresh Produce, NI
Operate Plant: Biological
and Service Support
Initial Design
Fine Tuning
Feasible Project
FEEDSTOCKS
+ Discussion
FEEDSTOCKS
+ Discussion

9. Facts & Figures
Start of construction: January 2015
Date of Commissioning: July 2015
Installed Capacity: 500 kW
Digester: 2x 2,625m³ (stainl. steel)
Input substrates:
Vegetable waste from processing factory
and packaging unit
Cattle slurry
Vegetable wash water
Small amounts of silage (whole crop rye,
maize and grass)
AD Plant
Gilfresh Produce, NI

10. WELTEC BIOPOWER: Vorsprung durch Biologie und Technik
AD Plant
Gilfresh Produce, NI

11. WELTEC BIOPOWER: Vorsprung durch Biologie und Technik
AD Plant
Gilfresh Produce, NI

12. WELTEC BIOPOWER: Vorsprung durch Biologie und Technik
AD Plant
Gilfresh Produce, NI

13. WELTEC BIOPOWER: Vorsprung durch Biologie und Technik
AD Plant
Gilfresh Produce, NI

14. References

15. Facts & Figures
Installed Capacity: 800 kW
Date of Commissioning: 2006
first food waste to energy biogas plants in
Scotland
Digester: 2,500m³
(stainless steel)
Input substrates:
Mainly industrial food manufacturing and
processing wastes
Pig slurry
Very few maize silage
w2e Project in Scotland
Gask Farm, Aberdeenshire

16. WELTEC BIOPOWER: Vorsprung durch Biologie und Technik
Facts & Figures
Commissioned in 2012 + Expansion in 2014
Installed Capacity: 1.6 MW
Digester: 2x 2,500m³ made of stainless
steel
Others: De-packaging unit, pasteurisation, gas-
mix agitators + separation b/w digester and
pasteurisation
Input Substrates:
commercial and industrial food wastes
from restaurants and canteens
out of date packaged food materials
from the retail and supermarket industries
w2e Project in England
Eco Sustainable, Dorchester

17. Facts & Figures
Capacity: 536 kW + 250 kW
approx. 6.288.000 kWh/a
Date of Commissioning: 2012
Digester: 1x 4904 m³ made of stainless
steel
Input Substrates:
Dairy waste
Cattle Slurry
Silage (Maize, Whey, Grass)
United Kingdom Project
Ballyrashane Creamery, NI

18. WELTEC BIOPOWER: Vorsprung durch Biologie und Technik
Facts & Figures
One of the biggest AD plants in the world
Biomethane Production of 15 Mio. Nm³/ yr
8 MWe equivalent
Commissioned in 2009
16 digester with 3500 m³ made of stainless
steel
Input Substrates:
Silage (maize, whole crop and grass)
Beet cuttings
Chicken litter
Biomethane Refinery
Könnern, Germany

19. www.weltec-biopower.co.uk
Organic energy worldwide

20. FEEDSTOCK –
SEPARATION AND PRE-
TREATMENT
#UKADBiogas @adbioresources
PANEL:
TIJANA DURIC, BASF
TONY CLUTTEN, HUBER TECHNOLOGY
COLIN STEEL, WELTEC BIOPOWER