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来源：Offshore Energy 2023-03-01

翻译：国际海事信息网 赵扬捷 张运鸿

 

        最大的海上风电开发商之一哥本哈根基础设施合作伙伴（Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, CIP），已经从加拿大清洁能源生产商Anaergia手中收购了丹麦Tønder的沼气项目Envo Biogas。

        该工厂被卖给了CIP的先进生物能源基金I（CI ABF I），该基金正在开发利用有机废物生产绿色气体和绿色燃料的项目，为难以消减的行业的去碳化以及欧洲和北美的气体供应安全做出贡献。

        虽然交易的财务条款没有披露，但据说这次收购标志着CI ABF I的首次投资以及CIP对可再生天然气（RNG）的首次投资。

        Anaergia公司在2021年收购了该开发项目，最终完成了开发，并于2022年11月15日将第一批生物甲烷注入丹麦管道。

        一旦工厂全部产能投入使用（预计在2025年），它将成为欧洲最大的沼气厂之一，每年将约90万吨绿色可持续原料——  农业和工业有机废物——转化为约140万兆英热（4000万Nm3）的可再生天然气。这些气体被注入现有的天然气网，从而取代了化石天然气。

        此外，该工厂将产生生物二氧化碳，用于欧洲能源公司在附近Kassø设施建设中的电力转换设施，为集装箱船生产电子甲醇。

        在收获绿色能源后，剩余的有机材料将作为营养物质（肥料）在该地区的农业生产中再循环使用。

        Anaergia公司董事长兼首席执行官Andrew Benedek说："在推进Envo Biogas Tønder项目并增加大量价值之后，现在是Anaergia公司剥离该设施并将所得资金用于推进欧洲其他新项目和现有项目的合适时机。我们期待着帮助哥本哈根基础设施合作伙伴完成这个项目的建设，并在未来与他们进行合作。"

        CIP的合伙人Thomas Dalsgaard补充说："我们非常高兴能在丹麦对一个大规模的现代沼气项目进行首次投资，不仅创造了绿色能源，而且还为当地社区创造了就业机会和投资。Anaergia公司在2022年11月达到第一口气，这是一个伟大的成就，我们期待着与当地的利益相关者、农民和供应商合作 ——并继续建设工厂，一旦全面运营，将为Tønder市和丹麦的绿色转型做出重大贡献。"

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CIP makes its first investment in renewable natural gas

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), one of the largest offshore wind developers, has acquired biogas project Envo Biogas in Tønder, Denmark, from Canada-based clean energy producer Anaergia.

The plant was sold to CIP’s Advanced Bioenergy Fund I (CI ABF I), which is developing projects that produce green gas and green fuels from organic waste, contributing to the decarbonisation of the hard-to-abate sectors as well as the security of gas supply in Europe and North America.

While the financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed, the acquisition is said to mark the first investment in CI ABF I as well as CIP’s first investment in renewable natural gas (RNG).

Anaergia acquired the development project in 2021, finalised the development and injected the first biomethane into Danish pipelines on 15 November 2022.

Once the full capacity of the plant has been commissioned, which is expected by 2025, it will be one of the largest biogas plants in Europe, converting approximately 900,000 tons of green sustainable feedstock – agricultural and industrial organic waste – into approximately 1.4 million MMBtu (40 million Nm3) of renewable natural gas annually. The gas is injected into the existing natural gas grid, thus displacing fossil gas.

Additionally, the plant will produce biogenic CO2 that will be used at European Energy’s power-to-X facility under construction at the nearby Kassø facility, to produce e-methanol for container ships.

After harvesting the green energy the remaining organic material will be recirculated as nutrients (fertilizer) for agriculture production in the region.

“Having advanced the Envo Biogas Tønder project and adding substantial value, the timing is now right for Anaergia to divest of this facility and use the proceeds to advance other new and existing projects in Europe”, said Andrew Benedek, Chairman and CEO of Anaergia. “We look forward to helping Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners complete construction on this project and collaborating with them in the future.”

Thomas Dalsgaard, Partner in CIP, added: “We are very pleased to have made our first investment into a large-scale and modern biogas project in Denmark, creating not just green energy, but also jobs and investments in the local community. It was a great achievement by Anaergia to reach first gas in November 2022, and we look forward to working with local stakeholders, farmers and suppliers – and to continue the construction of the plant that once in full operations will make a significant contribution to the green transition in the municipality of Tønder and in Denmark.”