SusBDe: a green energy company

SusBDe is a Biogas company that designs and delivers turnkey Biogas Plants using organic household waste, agricultural feedstock or mono-stream poultry.

SusBDe is a Dutch-based company with international roots and a history dating back to 2009.

What is our ambition?

Making sustainability tangible by developing projects that unlock the untapped energy and environmental potential of organic feedstock.

How do we achieve this?

SusBDe initiates projects through local partnerships, securing land and permits, and ensuring smooth integration with stakeholders. Custom designs by local EPCM and tech partners enable coordinated execution. We oversee commissioning, offering continuous performance monitoring and recommendations for optimal efficiency and reliability.

Impactful development

The vision of our Founder Mr. Bert Jägel is still part of our DNA which has a strong focus on contributing to society by having an impact via developing sustainability projects.

SusBDe has projects in construction and development in India, Senegal, Poland and Morocco.

Strategy

The projects we deliver are supported by the relevant stakeholders.

Working together with our partner organizations, we ensures that all important aspects are included in the feasibility assessments.

Our projects are ready to be engineered, built and taken into operation with necessary permits by our partner organizations.

Our approach

  • ⁠Our offer is the realization of a Ready to Operate plant (fully operational , with onsite know how, 24/24 monitoring and technical operational and maintenance support).
  • ⁠We provide a long term (10-30 years) technical guarantee on the performance of the plant as per the final Mass Balance (input, process, output parameters).
  • We provide a 10 year financial guarantee on output performance securing any shortfall in energy sales.
  • We deliver a comprehensive insurance program to secure compensation for any type of damage (including errors), liability or loss of revenues and extra costs (including financing costs) during the construction phase and operational life time of the plant.
  • ⁠SusBDe together with its EPC-M partners will realize the actual construction and commissioning of the plant to COD within a period of 21 months (subject to the availability of irrevocable permits).

SusBDe designs and delivers turnkey biogas plants using organic household waste, agricultural feedstock or poultry litter.

Our proven and bankable anaerobic digestion concept minimizes CHG emissions and water consumption.

Since the early 2000s, we've developed over 100 biogas plants worldwide in close cooperation with partners.

Our project team has over 60 years of combined experience and a track record of delivering industrial and renewable projects globally. SusBDe and partners operate over 100 plants, covering everything from conceptual development to operations and maintenance. We handle biogas projects end-to-end, from feedstock pre-treatment to supplying pure CBG to the local grid.

Unique selling points

Through our structured and methodical modular project development approach, SusBDe has not only created a viable project solution but has also ensured that the financial results are covered by insurance.

SusBDe's offerings

  • Utilizes the expertise of our experienced project team.
  • Engages experts for comprehensive development and reviews of biogas production and civil design.
  • Works with European technology partners, for advanced pre-treatment and upgradation solutions.
  • Works with the top research groups who are biological experts for Anaerobic digestion.
  • Cooperates & Collaborates with leading research institutes with a focus on developing anaerobic digestion biology and additives to enhance gas yields.
About our insurances

Explore all of our propositions

Proposition - Chicken Litter

Chicken litter converted into biogas, removing harmful nitrogen emissions, eliminating disposal costs and offering clean energy.
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Proposition - Municipal Waste

Municipalities benefit from viewing waste as a resource, offering a long-term solution to the shortage of dumping space for MSW.
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Core processes for Chicken Litter valorization

1. At the heart: Segregation

Organic materials form the basis for biogas fermentation. Therefore, the organic matter gets separated from other fractions in the waste, through a segregation system, designed to handle the unsorted MSW waste with high moisture contents and contamination.

The mechanical system comprises of a hopper, a steel slag conveyor, trommel screens, belt conveyors, an air separator, magnets, etc. In case of any escape of small quantity, it will not affect the biogas production as well as compost.

2. Digestion

Biogas is generated through the anaerobic digestion process, in which bacteria break down organic materials like solid animal manure, biowaste, and food waste in an oxygen-deprived environment.

This sustainable approach harnesses the potential of these organic resources, transforming them into biogas—a valuable source of energy in the form of gas, as well as beneficial soil products in the form of liquids and solids. Biogas systems leverage anaerobic digestion to efficiently repurpose these organic materials, promoting both environmental conservation and energy production.

3. Purification

During fermentation, biogas is extracted from the resulting mass. This process is closely monitored to allow for optimal gas extraction.

Afterwards, biogas is further purified. The Biogas purification technique is based on Membrane upgrading technology, as this is consistent and delivering of the highest possible methane.

4. Composting

The fourth step is Composting. This is an organic method of producing compost manure by decomposition and stabilization of organic matter. Composting process is a commonly used method and results in the production of stable compost product reduced in size (when compared to initial size) and free from offensive odors.

Composting can be carried out in ways including aerobically, anaerobically, vermi-composting and by any other biological mechanism.

1: Preparation

Pre digestion treatment of organic matter.

2: Fermentation

Formation of biogas from organic matter.

3: Biogas purification

Creation of fuel-grade methane.

4: Tie into Distribution Grid

Transferring the generated Bio-CNG or Electricity to the Distribution grid.

From biogas to high-efficiency compressed biogas

Biogas generation

Biogas is produced from poultry manure through anaerobic digestion, where microorganisms decompose organic matter in the absence of oxygen.

Primary Composition: CH4 – 50-70%; CO2 – 30-50%

Biogas upgradaton

Impurities like Nitrogen, CO2, H2S, and moisture are removed to increase the methane content from generated Biogas. This purified biogas is compressed to produce CBG.

Additional off-take

Generation of Biogas creates streams of additional off-takes, like Liquid Fertilizer (Liquid Digestate) and Compost (Solid Digestate).

Project phases

The development of a project is divided into:

  1. Development Phase
    1. Initiation Phase
    2. Definition Phase
    3. Procurement Phase
  2. Construction Phase
  3. Operational Phase

Development phases

The Development Phase involves planning, securing approvals and attaining financial feasibility. It includes the evolution of design from concept to detail to set the stage for the commencement of Project Execution.

Construction phase

The Construction Phase is the execution stage where the project is built. It includes material procurement, resource mobilization, and construction monitoring, ensuring adherence to standards, timelines, and budgets.

Operational phase

The Operation Phase focuses on maintenance and management. It ensures optimal performance through monitoring and necessary optimization, for long-term success.

Planning

Development phase
Construction phase
Operational phase
4 Months
6 Months
8 Months
12 Months
15 Months
18 Months
21 Months
24 Months and further
Funding
Initiazation
Planning
Conceptual design
Construction permit
Preliminary works
Constr. design
Actual construction of plant
Commisioning
Start up plateau
Compressed biogas production

Planning

Development phase
Construction phase
Operational phase
4 Months
6 Months
8 Months
12 Months
15 Months
18 Months
21 Months
24 Months and further
Funding
Initiazation
Planning
Conceptual design
Construction permit
Preliminary works
Constr. design
Actual construction of plant
Commisioning
Start up plateau
Compressed biogas production

Ready to operate

SusBDe offers the assurance of a fully operational plant, complete with long-term technical warranties and a financial performance guarantee.

This Performance guarantee, compensates for any loss of sales, due to under-performance of the plant.

SusBDe's assurances

  • Feasibility study
  • Effective and Efficient Plant Design
  • Procurement Management
  • Construction management
  • Comprehensive construction insurance program
  • Plant commissioning & Process Optimization
  • Insured Performance Guarantee on output performance
  • Training of local operators
  • Long-term Service Level Agreement
  • Preparation of the off-take contracts
  • Technology Conceptual user Rights
  • Carbon Emission Rights

Business case - Basics

Investment

72.5 million Euro

Feedstock - Resource I

Poultry Litter: 100.000 – 120.000 tons annually

Feedstock - Resource II

DAF sludge: depending on availability, to be added to the process

Tipping fee

Depending to be paid on the agreement with producer

Biogas production

35.000.000 m3

Electricity production

N/A

Required land

6 Ha

Required feedstock

20 years guaranteed

What solution fits you?

We’d love to guide the journey to achieving your business sustainability goals. SusBDe helps you find the right solution to make more out of your waste.