“After imminent shut down biogas sector stabilises”
German Biogas Association
150 new biogas plants with a joint capacity of 23 megawatt were installed in 2015, the German Biogas Association (Fachverband Biogas) reports. Some 130 of them were small facilities running on liquid manure, others included biomethan and waste fermentation installations. 2015 marked the least addition to the German biomass-power capacity since 2000, the association said. Twenty plants were retired in 2015, leaving a total installed capacity of 4,018 megawatt that can supply eight million households. With the 2016/2017 reform of the Renewable Energy Act, the sector was regarding the future more promising, a press release said.
Read the press release in German here.
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