Biomethane, whose production requires elaborate and advanced technologies has become an important alternative for China to cover its rapidly growing energy demand. The construction of a biomethane plant is part of the “Deployment of Renewable Energies through the Use of Modern Biogas Technologies” project, which aims at providing technical and systematical support for efficient Biomethane application.
During the project implementation period, the project will develop a replicable flagship biomethane pilot plant based on German Best Available Techniques (BAT) and Best Environmental Practices (BEP) in Inner Mongolia with total investment of 56 million CNY. The plant will treat 400 tons of swine manure and 37 tons of corn straw daily from the nearby farms with a biomethane production capacity exceeding 10,000 m3 per day and 50,000 tons of organic fertilizer per year.
The project also aims to raise the sectoral awareness on the state-of-the art energy efficiency potential of modern biomethane plants. Combined with local knowledge on construction, operation and feedstock pretreatment, advanced German technologies will be applied to the pilot plant. Based on the replicable case of this pilot project, valuable recommendations will be extracted and beneficial for the whole Chinese biogas sector.