Gaec Bon Vent is a French family farm that includes the breeding of 200 suckler cows and 150 sows, with 540 hectares dedicated to crops and pasture. With the aim of becoming more autonomous, respecting the environment and taking advantage of all the farm's resources, they installed a livestock feed factory in 2004, solar panels in 2009, and in 2018 they launched a 3 kWe ECOMAX 330 BIO cogeneration methanation unit from the Italian firm AB, with an investment of 2,5 million euros without subsidies.
Part of the heat produced is used to heat the building dedicated to the piglets. The rest of the heat is sent to the ORC module supplied by ENOGIA, for the production of additional electricity paid at the same feed-in rate as the cogeneration engine, optimizing income from the sale of electrical energy. The ORC operates with “waste” heat starting at just 70°C.
AB participates in the Valladolid Renewable Gas Show.
More information and videos:
https://www.gruppoab.com/es/stories/cogeneracion-a-partir-de-biogas-agricola-gaec-bon-vent/
