Poldanor and the first biogas plant in Poland.


Owing to the pro-ecological policy of the company, in 2005 the Management Board of Poldanor SA decided to build several agricultural biogas plants in the vicinity of farms managed by the company. In order to execute the idea and to carry out the necessary actions, the Biogas Department was established, with Benny Hedegaard Laursen appointed as its head and coordinator of its work. The team of highly qualified specialists in power production, building construction and biogas production are responsible for planning, design and supervision of the construction of the biogas production plant. The department also actively cooperates with the Institute for Renewable Energy as well as with research and development centres of universities in Poland and Denmark in the promotion and development of renewable energy sources. Agricultural biogas plants are biogas production facilities in which the technological process is based on mesophilic (37 ± 2°C) or thermophilic fermentation. The process of fermentation by methanogenic bacteria results in biogas containing 58-64% of biomethane and 36-42% of carbon dioxide. The energy raw materials used for biogas production include animal and plant production waste, maize silage, ground grain and glycerol. The biogas produced in the process is burned in a CHP module, which produces electricity and heat. The electric and heat is used partly by the facility itself, but the remaining part is sold to external consumers. The post-production waste in biogas production is a fermented mixture of the energy raw materials, which can be used as a fertiliser or for compost production.

Merits of agricultural biogas plants:

• reduced consumption of fossil fuels and emission of substances
produced in their combustion,
• reduced emission of greenhouse gases, nitrogen suboxide and
methane,
• improved fertilisation of cultivated land as compared with the use
of non-fermented liquid manure,
• destruction of weed seeds, in consequence reduced consumption
of chemical pesticides,
• reduced risk of contamination of ground and surface water
(decrease of levels of N03 and N02 and pathogens contained in
animal faeces, such as Salmonella bacteria, Escherichia Coli
bacteria).

 
 


"On its farms in Człuchów district, Poldanor S.A. employs 330 people, which significantly affects the situation in employment in the district. The company participates actively in social and economic life of the district. It supports financially and materially road-construction and establishing of other infrastructure, Poldanor is a significant donor to the District Grant Fund and other social activities.”

Aleksander Gappa
Starosta of Człuchów District
 

 




Tom Axelgaard – Chairman of the Supervisory Board Poldanor SA
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