Bio Agri Energies France - Agricole Biogas
Harnessing biogas from organic waste to produce low-carbon energy, reduce emissions, and benefit local communities.
Key figures
- Of CO₂ the project avoids within five years
- More than34,000 tonnes
- Of clean energy the site can produce
- Up to34 gigawatt-hours
- Of waste upcycled to produce energy
- More than19,000 tonnes
- Local households heated with low-carbon energy every year
- More than5,000
Overview
This biogas project gathers eight farmers, and is able to produce up to 400 normal cubic meters per hour (Nm3/h), heating more than 5,000 local households with low-carbon energy every year.
Key results
- The project avoids more than 34,000 tonnes of CO₂ within five years by replacing natural gas consumption.
- The site can produce up to 34 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of clean energy, answering the needs of over 5,000 households.
- More than 19,000 tonnes of waste upcycled to produce energy.
Natural gas represents 20% of France's greenhouse gas emissions. Biogas reduces the carbon footprint by 90% for the same usage. Biogas aims to represent 7% of the consumption of gas by 2030 and 20% by 2050, but today only represents 0.9%.
The project site produces biogas through methanation, also referred to as anaerobic digestion. This process is especially environmentally interesting because it does not only produce clean energy, it also treats organic waste (mostly agricultural waste), and produces organic fertilizer (in the form of digestate).
The project needs additional funding to increase the overall production of the site to maximum capacity, finance the 284,467€ inflation on the project's initial cost due to the energy crisis (electricity and feedstock inputs), and upgrade the installation and design to improve its efficiency.
Carbon avoidance and co-benefits indicators are verified every year by an accredited auditor: ISO 17029 (Finexfi for 2022).
Certification
RiverseRIV
Riverse is a carbon credit certification standard for Greentech projects in Europe.
Project highlights
Creates local educational opportunities
Improves community environmental literacy
Creates local job opportunities
UN Sustainable Development Goals
Affordable and Clean Energy
Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
Decent Work and Economic Growth
Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
Sustainable Cities and Communities
Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
Partnerships for the Goals
Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development
Text, figures and photographs on this page are reproduced from the project’s public record on offset.org.
