In collaboration with its French partner AGRIPOWER France, German manufacturer WELTEC BIOPOWER is currently building a biomethane plant for the Elivia Group. France’s second-major beef producer is headquartered in Le Lion-d’Angers in the Pays de la Loire region, western France. At this location, the plant will go into operation in November 2025 near the company’s own slaughterhouse and feed biomethane into the public gas grid. One of Elivia’s goals is to significantly reduce its carbon emissions. With this investment of approximately EUR 6M, the French industrial and commercial company highlights the importance of green energy sources.
In France, biomethane plays an increasingly important role in decarbonising the energy sector. By 2030, the share of biomethane in energy production is set to double. At present, about 670 plants feed 11 TWh of biomethane into the gas grid. Currently, it is being considered whether to raise the biomethane production target from 22 TWh to 44 TWh by 2030. Long-standing partners WELTEC BIOPOWER and AGRIPOWER are ready to support this goal. Over the past 13 years, the cooperation has already yielded the successful rollout of 25 biogas projects.