Industrial ecology involving an agricultural college and its neighbours
Project details
- Main leader : Etablissements agricoles (EPL) 67
- Type of initiative :
- Périmètre : Alsace
- Localisation : 44 Boulevard de l'Europe, 67210 Obernai
- Date de début : janvier 2013
Economy circular topics
- Industrial and regional ecology
- Recycling
- Extending useful service life
- Responsible consumption
- Functional service economy
- Eco-design
- Sustainable procurement
The agricultural college of Obernai has 65 hectares of mixed farmland and a herd of 160 cattle.
Since 2013, the digester in the college has been transforming organic matter from agricultural, urban and industrial waste such as liquid and solid manure, and grape residue from its operations and from other local energy companies.
The plant is designed to process 8,000 tonnes per year.
Qualitative benefits
This digester can locally convert bio-waste produced by the project partners.
This is a fine example of local synergies benefiting the environment.
Stages of the initiative
• 2005: start of thinking about the project
• 2007: start of the search for financial and technical partners
• 2012: building the unit
• 2013: start-up
Areas of activity
- Agriculture
- Energy
- Recycling
Resources
- Biowaste
- Methanation
Pillar(s) of the circular economy
- Industrial and regional ecology
- Recycling
Technical resources
Biogas plant: 1,500 m3 digester 180 kWe cogeneration powerHuman resources
1 half-time job to manage the digester
Financers
- programme ENERGIVIE.INFO
energivie.info is the name of the programme of the Region and ADEME with the European Union to develop energy efficiency in Alsace.
