OPEN DAY AT BIOGAS PLANT IN PIPRIAC FRANCE | SEPTEMBER 29

Visit the open day at the biogas plant at farmer GAEC Ar Kouerien in Pipriac, France. The open day is on Friday September 29th from 11.00h to 16.00h.

Why visit? You can explore the world of biogas and learn how anaerobic digestion works: from pig manure and organic waste to green electricity and heat.

PROGRAMME
11.00 – 12.00 OFFICIAL OPENING
12.00 – 13.00 LUNCH
13.00 – 15.00 VISITS OF BIOGAS PLANT / GREENHOUSES IN SMALL GROUPS
15.00 – 16.00 CLOSING RECEPTION

BIOGAS PLANT ‘GAEC AR KOUERIEN’

In the village of Pipriac in France HoSt has built a farm scale biogas plant with a capacity of 8,300 ton per year and a large variety of input materials. The input is mainly based on the input of pig manure, fruit and vegetable waste and other co-products such as straw and grass.

This state-of-the-art digester exists of a digester in combination with an after-digester to reach the maximum conversion of ingoing material. The plant is provided with a 250 kWe CHP and a flue gas cooler that is able to recover a maximum amount of heat. The heat is used for greenhouses in the area.