APERGAS – BIOGAS AND RENEWABLE ENERGIES

Installation of a weighing system for a Biogas plant

Giropes has installed a BPPSE EVO weighbridge at the new biogas plant built and managed by Apergas and located in Vilanant, Girona.

Apergas is a pioneering company in the creation of biogas, being the second in Spain to open a plant of this type when it did so in Sant Esteve de Guialves (Girona) in 2009. Already at this first biogas installation Giropes had installed one of its weighbridges, in this case a BPGSH, to control the entry of waste into the plant.

With the inauguration of a new biogas plant, Apergas seeks to contribute to the generation of a more sustainable waste management model by converting waste into energy. Thanks to this, they will help mitigate emissions into the atmosphere and produce cleaner energy, as well as make better use of agricultural and livestock waste.

The new plant that has just come into operation is based on the treatment of livestock waste and other organic waste from the agri-food industry. This plant will help to supply the farm to which it is connected by transforming the waste it generates and, in the future, it is expected that, by means of an extension, it will be able to connect directly to the electricity grid to supply energy.

Currently, in the first phase of operation, the plant generates thermal energy, producing a total of 946,599m3 of biogas per year for self-sufficiency. Even so, when it is extended in the second phase in which the generation of electricity will be added, it is expected to produce, in addition to the same amount of biogas, a total of 2,522 MWh per year which will be distributed between self-consumption for the plant itself and injection into the electricity grid.

Giropes took part in this new installation with the incorporation of a BPPSE EVO mixed ground level weighbridge, with a length of 18 metres and a width of 3.3 metres. In addition, this model of lorry weighbridge is designed with a modular structure, facilitating the handling and assembly of its parts.

The weighbridge is complemented by a GI430 indicator with lorry weighing software with an integrated printer, which allows control of waste inputs for conversion into renewable energy, specifically biogas. In addition, cleaner fertilizer is also generated to supply the fields in the area.