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AT AUCTION: Inactive biogas power plant in Santa Maria La Fossa (CE), Via Cancellone, no street number - LOT 5

Biogas power generation plant consisting of a concrete digester and a containerised internal combustion cogeneration engine, together with equipment such as pipes, pumps, trenches and storage sheds, and an electrical substation, located on Via Cancellone.

The plant was built on land owned by third parties under a contract granting the right of superficies over third-party land for a term of 20 years, automatically extendable twice by 5 years each, and therefore by a total of 10 years, unless the concessionaire exercises its right to opt out. The annual fee was set at EUR 2,500 for the first 20 years and EUR 3,000 per year for the following 10 years.

The plant has an electrical capacity of 100 kW, with a maximum deliverable electrical output of 700 kW, and consists of a single fermenter fed with livestock effluent (as well as any by-products of food origin), collected in a suitably sized pre-tank created using volumes already available on the farm. The fermenter is equipped with a gas holder dome for storing the biogas.
The biogas produced is conveyed to the cogeneration engine to generate electricity and heat, after undergoing pre-treatment for dehumidification and desulphurisation, while the digestate is conveyed to the existing storage tanks for reuse as a stabilised soil conditioner for fertilising fields. The plant is fed using effluent produced by the livestock farm next to which the plant itself was built. This allows the biomass to be moved into and out of the digester exclusively through underground pipes and pumps, avoiding transport by road and/or mechanical vehicles. To ensure a constant supply of biomass to feed the digester and prevent any decline in biogas production, a backup system for loading stackable material was also planned, capable of addressing any temporary shortage of pumpable biomass due to potential operational issues on the farm. There is no need to provide the area with any storage site for supplementary biomass, since the raw material is to be transported to the site as needed, according to the requirements for supplementation and feeding.

To maximise the plant's value and profitability, it would be advisable to convert the currently inactive biogas production plant to biomethane production.

A right of superficies and an easement were established over the plant on 11/07/2016 (registered in Naples 1 on 21/07/2016, no. 15024, Series 1T).

For further information, please consult the appraisal report and the attached documentation.