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Waste-to-Energy Project in Kenya
150 kW
Biogas Pilot
Plant
in Kilifi
Agricultural Waste Treatment: Biogas in Kenya‘s Food IndustryJames Kothanikkel
October, 14th 2013
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agriKomp GmbH – efficient Biogas Plants
• Founded in 1990
• Founding Partners: Robert Bugar, Michael Engelhardt
• agriKomp has a full-service, one-stop approach where it
provides both, the turnkey installation of the biogas
plant/energy system, and adjacent services from initial
planning, engineering up to monitoring.
• With more than 660+ biogas plants in Europe and Asia and
North America and a total installed capacity of more than 500
MW, agriKomp is one of the leading companies in the industry.
• agriKomp has more than 250 employees worldwide and a
strong international network of partners.
Company Information - agriKomp Biogas Plant
agriKomp Europe
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Biogas Plant in Kenya – Historic Milestones
2010:
Initial talks about a
waste water
treatment facility
with the project
sponsors
2011:
The use of solid
waste for energy
production was
evaluated and
tested and agreed.
2012:
Heads of Terms
agreement closed;
in-depth technical
and financial
planning for a
biogas plant under
a BOOT agreement
2012:
Environmental
Impact Assessment
Study was
accepted.
Environmental
licences awarded.
2013:
Financial/Technical
Planning closed;
Equity/Debt
Financing Process
ongoing
2013:
Feasibility Studies finalized.
FiT process ongoing
BOOT negotiations ongoing
2014:
Begin of
Construction
2015:
End of
Construction.
Commercial
operation begins
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Biogas Plant in Kenya – A Custom-Made Plant Layout
The planned biogas plant will be largest biogas plant in Africa so far
• The biogas plant is build on the premises of the largest producer and
exporter of processed food (fruits, beverages, etc.) in Kenya.
• The biogas plant will have an installed capacity of nearly 5 MWel.
• The biogas plant uses waste from the food processing and field waste as a
substrate.
• This specific waste (e.g. pineapple) is not used as a substrate as of now.
agriKomp tested the substrate with very good results in terms of biogas
standard volume and organic dry substance (ODS) figures.
• The biogas plant will have four digesters and 2 post-digesters and will
roughly produce more than 21,000,000 m³ of biogas per year.
Biogas Plant Overview
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Biogas Plant in Kenya – Products
The planned biogas plant will cover the total electricity demand of the food processing
company and will feed-in the rest into the grid under the FIT scheme of 2012
Products
The biogas plant is designed to meet the specific demands of the food-processing company (main customer). Thus, the biogas plant will also
produce steam for the food processing.
Electricity:
• The biogas plant produces electricity which will meet the main customers total demand.
• The rest will be fed into the national grid (Kenya Power) at the FiT scheme of 2012 (currently 10UScents/kWh).
Biogas as Biofuel:
• Because of the food processing the main customer needs a very significant amount of steam which is currently generated by burning
fossil fuels. Here, the biogas plant will provide biogas which will be burned in a dual-fuel burner.
Steam:
• Besides the biogas which will be used as biofuel, the biogas plant will produce steam out of exhaust heat from the CHP generators. In
total, approx. 50% of steam will be provided by the biogas plant.
Fertilizer:
• The biogas plants will produce effluent, both liquid and solid, which is rich in nutrients. This will be sold to the market.
Certified Emission Reductions (CER):
• The project is already registered under the Kyoto Protocol/Clean Development Mechanism and will generate CERs which can be sold in
the market.
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Biogas Plant in Kenya – Discussions with Customers
Food-Processing Company Kenya Power (KPLC)
• A Heads-of-Terms agreement was signed which governs the
currently agreed terms, e.g. price for electricity, land lease,
sourcing of raw materials, etc.
• The discussions with the food-processing company are
constantly ongoing and very positive.
• The Managing Director has expressed his interest in the biogas
technology as he sees the advantages for his company, e.g.
� energy cost savings,
� fertilizer for agricultural use,
� reputational benefits (renewable energy, Clean
Development Mechanism),
� and more reliable and stable energy production.
• The biogas plant in Kenya will have a BOOT agreement
between the parties to guarantee supply of substrate and fixed
energy costs.
• The Feed-in-Tariff process was started by submitting the EOI –
the Expression of Interest.
• The next steps include an evaluation of the site, the
assessment of the Feasibility Study and the Environmental
Impact Assessment Study as well as the obtaining of required
licences, etc.
• Currently, a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Kenya
Power is prepared.
• The negotiations with Kenya Power with respect to the PPA will
commence presumably in November 2013.
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Biogas Plant in Kenya – GIZ/Project Development Programme (PDP) Sub-Saharan
Africa Involvement
GIZ-PDP members acted as an intermediator between the project sponsors and
different stakeholders in Kenya, e.g. food-processing company, local property
owners and played a role in increasing the FiT scheme from 8 USD-cents/kWh to
10 USD-cents/kWh.
GIZ-PDP bore some up-front expenses, e.g. legal expenses (a.o.).
Currently, GIZ-PDP has a strong role in facilitating potential business relation with
local and international partners, e.g. financing, sourcing etc.
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Biogas Plant in Kenya –
Potential in Africa – Why Africa is so exciting for us?
The energy costs in Africa are rising as many energy sources currently used are pegged to the oil/gas (fossil fuel) price.
There is a huge potential of similar agricultural companies with high energy costs in East Africa alone, e.g. flower
production, etc.
→ The planned biogas plant in Kenya is seen as a role model for the biogas technology in Africa.
The governments of many countries have expressed their strong will to support the installation of clean technologies, e.g.
wind, solar, biogas/biomass, geothermal or hydro power and will support their efforts with attractive subsidies and custom-
free imports of technical components.
The market for Biogas in Africa is currently not very well developed, although overall good condition for this technology
prevail. A first mover advantage with support of government backed development institutions will provide advantageous
market.
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• Substrates: manure, maize and grass silage
• Installed capacity: 195 kWel
• System Layout: 1x digester, 1x post-digester
Biogas Plant in Kenya – References of agriKomp
References
• Substrates: corn and slure (liquid manure)
• Installed capacity: 1,700 kWel (6 engines)
• System Layout: 2x digester, 2x post-digester, 3x
digestate storage areas
Biogas plant at Triesdorf, Germany Biogas plant at Triesdorf, Germany
Biogas plant “BiWok” at Krebeck/Wollbrandshausen, GermanyBiogas plant “BiWok” at Krebeck/Wollbrandshausen, Germany