Yuzefo-Mykolaiv Biogas Complex

The complex was designed using ADVERIO’s Dutch zero-waste anaerobic digestion technology.
Preliminary methanation tests were conducted by Opure (Netherlands). The technical solution includes two Methantank reactors:
an industrial anaerobic digestion reactor 21 m high with a volume of 8,000^{m³, and} an agricultural reactor
—a digester-degasser 10.5 meters high with a volume of 4,000^m³.

The work lasted 18 months. More than 60% of the biogas equipment—including anaerobic digestion reactors, mixers, agitators, heat exchangers, conveyors, screw conveyors, dewatering units, flotation units, scrubbers, filters, and boilers—was designed under license and manufactured at UTC’s own production facility, KEMP. Manufacturing a portion of the equipment directly in Ukraine reduces capital investments, recoups 10% of the equipment cost, and increases the “green” tariff rate to 136.3 EUR per MW for the next 5 years.

The final stages of the project included piping, automation, commissioning, and staff training. The facility has been in operation since November 2019.

Processing of 85 metric tons of beet pulp and 115 metric tons of silage per day. Operations run 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Number of employees per shift: 5. Biogas production: 1,350^m³/hour; electricity generation: 3.2 MW; dry cake production: 40 metric tons per day. The construction of the second phase of the YUMBK is
UTC’s current project.