greenValue, the information and consulting company based in Schwaig near Nuremberg, coordinated the construction of a photovoltaic system in Torgelow, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, as a service for the UDI Group.
The open-space photovoltaic system was built on the site of the Torgelow biogas plant. The solar power generated is consumed directly; it cannot be fed back into the local power grid. “The PV system was designed in such a way that, under ideal solar radiation conditions, 100% of the solar power is immediately used for the process technology of the components of the biogas production and biogas processing technology,” explains Daniel Kellermann, Managing Director of greenValue GmbH.
1,944 polycrystalline photovoltaic modules and 16 string inverters were installed on the commercial property. The alternating current generated is fed into the biogas plant’s power circuit. The principle is easy to explain: If solar power production falls due to weather, electricity consumption from the local power grid increases. If the PV system generates more electricity than the biogas technology needs, the inverters reduce the generation output in stages.
The PV system is monitored on site and remotely. Performance deviations are identified on time and can be remedied. The bottom line is that an annual average of 15% of external electricity purchases are avoided. “This makes economic and ecological sense. After all, purchasing electricity is biogas production’s second largest cost item. Rising prices for electricity purchases and falling production prices for solar power make installing biogas plants interesting,” summarizes Daniel Kellermann.
The Torgelow biomethane plant, with its energy-saving components, sustainable heat supply from wood chips and the innovative solar power generation and consumption concept, is one of Germany’s most modern biogas feed-in plants.
Short portrait of the UDI group
UDI was founded in 1998 and is one of Germany’s market leaders in ecological investments. Today, the UDI Group not only stands for brokering ecological investments, it is also an issuing house and operator of a significant portfolio of “renewable energy systems”.
Around 17,500 investors trust the quality of the investment offers. The equity capital of around 538 million euros brokered to date, together with debt capital, has enabled the construction of 383 wind turbines, 46 biogas plants and 90 solar projects. In addition, a green building was built in Nuremberg, which also houses the UDI offices.
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Background to greenValue GmbH
greenValue GmbH operates as an information and consulting company in the field of renewable energies. The focus is on project management for realizing energy systems and operating one of the largest independent information portals for environmental and renewable energy investments and projects. Since its founding in 2002, visitors have found current overviews of investments, private placements, and individual projects in photovoltaics, wind, bioenergy, geothermal energy, green buildings, recycling, and hydropower on the portal. B2B services for institutional investors and issuers complete the range of services.
Source: October 23, 2018, www.greenvalue.de
