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English Issue Biogas Journal | Autumn_2017 COMPONENTS FOR BIOGAS ■ Fermenter agitators for wall and roof installation ■ Separators for Biogas Plants ■ Agitators for secondary digester and final storage ■ Pump technology for Biogas Plants ■ Panorama inspection glasses PAULMICHL GmbH Kisslegger Straße 19 · D - 88299 Leutkirch Tel. +49 (0) 7563/8471 · Fax 07563/8012 www.paulmichl-gmbh.de QUALITY OF RESPONSIBILITY IMPRint Publisher: German Biogas Association General Manager Dr. Claudius da Costa Gomez (Person responsible according to German press law) Andrea Horbelt (editorial support) Angerbrunnenstraße 12 D-85356 Freising Phone: +49 81 61 98 46 60 Fax: +49 81 61 98 46 70 e-mail: info@biogas.org Internet: www.biogas.org Editor: Martin Bensmann German Biogas Association Phone: +49 54 09 9 06 94 26 e-mail: martin.bensmann@biogas.org Advertising management & Layout: bigbenreklamebureau GmbH An der Surheide 29 D-28870 Ottersberg-Fischerhude Phone: +49 42 93 890 89-0 Fax: +49 42 93 890 89-29 e-mail: info@bb-rb.de Printing: Druckhaus Fromm, Osnabrück Circulation: 3,000 BENEDICT Technischer Handelsunternehmen Parts www.benedict-tho.nl for profs ! www.benedict-tho.nl Vulcanize again your old rubber rotary lobes! The newspaper, and all articles contained within it, are protected by copyright. Articles with named authors represent the opinion of the author, which does not necessarily coincide with the position of the German Biogas Association. Reprinting, recording in databases, online services and the Internet, reproduction on data carriers such as CD-ROMs is only permitted after written agreement. Any articles received by the editor’s office assume agreement with complete or partial publication. Before / damaged After being vulcanized again Rotary lobe spareparts Rotary lobes Segment lobes Now online sign in and buy right away in our webshop! WWW.BENEDICT-THO.NL Phone: +31 54 54 82 157 | Mobile: +31 65 51 87 118 | E-mail: info@benedict-tho.nl 4
Biogas Journal | Autumn_2017 English Issue Editorial 3 Tender volume not fully utilised By Martin Bensmann Biogas Journal Editor German Biogas Association 4 Imprint Germany 6 Still growth in biomethane feed-in plants in 2016 By Martin Bensmann 8 Large battery storage contributes to system integration By Thomas Gaul 12 Grain maize stover – A substrate that inspires hope By Monika Fleschhut and Martin Strobl 12 20 Sugar-beets sweeten maize straw silage By Martin Bensmann 26 Waste product potential for producing biogas is standing by in the hull By Jessica Hudde, Maik Orth and Thilo Seibicke Country reports 30 Mexico: A prickly pear cactus provides biogas By Klaus Sieg 38 Brazil: Biogas in Brazil – New perspectives in times of crisis By Jens Giersdorf and Wolfgang Roller 30 42 Chile: Biogas as an energy source for the Chilean dairy sector By Marianela Rosas, Javier Obach and Christian Malebrán 46 Costa Rica: Strategic alliances in Costa Rica thanks to biogas By Giannina Bontempo, Ana Lucía Alfaro, Carolina Hernández, Marco Sánchez and Carsten Linnenberg The Biogas Journal contains an insert of the European Biogas Association, EBA cover: bigbebreklamebureau Photos: Monika Fleschhut, Martin Egbert and AD Solutions UG 46 5
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English Issue<br />
Biogas Journal<br />
| <strong>Autumn</strong>_<strong>2017</strong><br />
COMPON<strong>EN</strong>TS FOR BIOGAS<br />
■ Fermenter agitators for wall and roof installation<br />
■ Separators for Biogas Plants<br />
■ Agitators for secondary digester and final storage<br />
■ Pump technology for Biogas Plants<br />
■ Panorama inspection glasses<br />
PAULMICHL GmbH<br />
Kisslegger Straße 19 · D - 88299 Leutkirch<br />
Tel. +49 (0) 7563/8471 · Fax 07563/8012<br />
www.paulmichl-gmbh.de<br />
QUALITY<br />
OF<br />
RESPONSIBILITY<br />
IMPRint<br />
Publisher:<br />
German Biogas Association<br />
General Manager Dr. Claudius da Costa Gomez<br />
(Person responsible according to German press law)<br />
Andrea Horbelt (editorial support)<br />
Angerbrunnenstraße 12<br />
D-85356 Freising<br />
Phone: +49 81 61 98 46 60<br />
Fax: +49 81 61 98 46 70<br />
e-mail: info@biogas.org<br />
Internet: www.biogas.org<br />
Editor:<br />
Martin Bensmann<br />
German Biogas Association<br />
Phone: +49 54 09 9 06 94 26<br />
e-mail: martin.bensmann@biogas.org<br />
Advertising management & Layout:<br />
bigbenreklamebureau GmbH<br />
An der Surheide 29<br />
D-28870 Ottersberg-Fischerhude<br />
Phone: +49 42 93 890 89-0<br />
Fax: +49 42 93 890 89-29<br />
e-mail: info@bb-rb.de<br />
Printing:<br />
Druckhaus Fromm, Osnabrück<br />
Circulation: 3,000<br />
B<strong>EN</strong>EDICT<br />
Technischer Handelsunternehmen<br />
Parts<br />
www.benedict-tho.nl<br />
for profs !<br />
www.benedict-tho.nl<br />
Vulcanize again your old rubber rotary lobes!<br />
The newspaper, and all articles contained within<br />
it, are protected by copyright.<br />
Articles with named authors represent the opinion<br />
of the author, which does not necessarily coincide<br />
with the position of the German Biogas Association.<br />
Reprinting, recording in databases, online<br />
services and the Internet, reproduction on data<br />
carriers such as CD-ROMs is only permitted after<br />
written agreement. Any articles received by the<br />
editor’s office assume agreement with complete<br />
or partial publication.<br />
Before / damaged<br />
After being<br />
vulcanized again<br />
Rotary lobe spareparts<br />
Rotary lobes Segment lobes<br />
Now online sign in and buy right away in our webshop!<br />
WWW.B<strong>EN</strong>EDICT-THO.NL<br />
Phone: +31 54 54 82 157 | Mobile: +31 65 51 87 118 | E-mail: info@benedict-tho.nl<br />
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