BIOGAS

BIOGASNORD
NORDAG
AG
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CONTENT

1.

Biogas Nord Company:

2.

The BiNoLiquifeed

3.

The BiNoPerformanceGuarantee

history, key facts and financial figures

Anno

History and development

1996

2000

Biogas Nord GmbH

Gerrit Holz starts to
was established,
construct biogas plants.
build Biogas plats
in the North of
Germany.

2006

The company is
listed at the
Frankfurt stock
market by its
holding Biogas
Nord AG. IPO - 6M
Euro.
Subsidiaries were
established in the
UK, Italy , Spain,
France and USA

2007

The capitalized
value of the
company reached
67 Millon Euro.

Proceeds from a
further capital
increase
Euro 5.1 Million

2008

Rapid extension, the

global finacial crisis
and a drop in demand
created a liquity
squeeze which
plunged the company
into crisis.
Proceeds from a
further capital
increase
Euro 2.3 Million

Anno

History and development

2009

European Business
Partners Sp. z o. o.,
a Polish company
wholly owned by
Alexander Rechter,
purchased 44.3 %
of the shares of the
company from
Gerrit Holz.
Alexander Rechter
became CEO.
Asnat Druianov
became CFO.

2010

A capital increase of
Euro 1.3M was made
through the issue of
convertible bonds,
99% of which were
exercised.
Friedrich-W
Schwenker became
COO.
Subsidiaries were
established in Poland
and South Korea.
Biogas Nord Power
AG was established.

2011

2012 (e)

The companies
The companys
turnover reached
turnover is
approx. 80 Million
expected to reach
Euro.
92 Million Euro.
The company has The company has
build 400 plants in
build more than 450
13 countries,
plants in 15
including Germany,
countries.
the Netherlands,
the USA, Italy, the
UK, Ireland,
Thailand, Cuba,
Belarus, Romania,
Belgium and Latvia.

BIOGAS NORD KEY FACTS

OVER 16 YEARS of experience in building biogas plants

OVER 160 employees

OVER 400 BIOGAS PLANTS built worldwide

13 COUNTRIES where we have built biogas plants:

Germany, Belgium, Cuba, France, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, Romania, Belarus, Thailand, the UK, the USA

37 KW our smallest plant

4 MW our largest plant

5 COUNTRIES where we have subsidiaries: Italy, Poland, Spain, South Korea, the UK

90% of our plants work at over 90% of their potential capacity

BIOGAS NORD AG
Turnover in Mio. Euro
60
50
40
30
20
10
0

56
28,7

37,1

31,9
12,1

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

BIOGAS NORD AG
Human Resources Development (2007-2010)
Employees

2010

2009

2008

2007

121

115

149

155

Personnel expenses (TEUR)

6.048

5.857

6.749

5.665

Turnover per number of

employees (TEUR)

462

322

80

246

Number of employees
(annual average)

600
400

273

322

246

462

80

200
0
2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

The BiNoLiquifeed
The biogas process under anaerobic conditions takes place in two phases which
request different conditions in terms of ph-value and temperature.
1. Short phase in which under alternating aerobic and anaerobic conditions
2. Long phase in which the biomass is further split up into acids, alcohols and
acetic acids.
Common procedure is to combine the two stages in one digester.
The BiNoLiquifeed technology enables a speeding up of the biogas process by
dividing the stages in two separate tanks.

The BiNoLiquifeed
Increased efficiency

Reduced energy consumption from agitation, pumping and feeding

Reduced retention times (without BiNoLiquifeed: 40-100 days; with BiNoLiquifeed: <30 days)
Increased loading rates
Process stability
Fibrous materials such as grass, straw and hay can be easily digested
The technology can handle frequent changes in types and qualities of substrates
Reduced risk of floating layers

The benefits of BiNoLiqifeed

Increased biogas production when using the same digester volume

The same volume of biogas with a reduced digester volume

The BiNoPerformanceGuarantee

Guarantees a minimum level of energy production.

The BiNoPerformanceGuarantee forms part of a

service and maintenance agreement with Biogas Nord. Other
conditions are available upon request.

The BiNoPerformanceGuarantee ensures a constant stream of income

for investors and financers.

The BiNoPerformanceGuarantee provides security and reliability.

BIOGAS
BIOGASNORD
NORDAG
AG
German
Global expertise.
THEtechnology.
EXPERTS