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In Brazil, our farms (cattle, pigs and chicken) Tillage / Farming
are full of manure, alcohol production Gas Storage Solar Power
plants are full of vinasse, a lot of organic Biofertilizer Plant Electric
waste and landfill. On one hand, a perfect Storage Energy
scenario for biogas production, on the other
hand we solve the environmental problem Gasometer Inverter
of the emissivity of that waste, but mainly
we solve the problem of dispatch: biogas Manure Primary
has a high capacity to store energy, but it Pit
unfortunately has a slow discharge time. Biodigester
Gas Motor
Battery
So batteries fit perfectly here, they have a Pruning
Waste
low capacity for energy storage, but with Waste and Slurry
a fast discharge time. To supply electricity Generator
quickly, in an eventual small lack of energy,
either on a cloudy day or a low biogas
production day, as you can see, in the First stage of storage: Batteries, low 2) Financial reliability: you can produce
charts below: capacity for energy store, but fast discharge energy at the time of consumer
time. consumption demand, reducing the
exposure of the consumer on the spot
Sunny Day
Second stage of storage: Biogas, high market, with better revenue prediction.
capacity for energy store, but slow
discharge time. 3) Demand fee reduction: for Brazilian
Generation
utility companies, we have to pay a
Therefore, combining biogas, solar and demand fee, equivalent of the capacity
Battery 00:00 23:00 batteries is the perfect fit for environment, of the power plant, so the bigger the
financial and dispatch. power plant’s capacity, the more you
pay. Combining biogas, with the capacity
Cloudy/Rainy Day
Financially we have a lot of advantages by factor, your demand fee will be always
using this system to supply energy: lower compared to a pure solar or pure
wind power plant.
Generation
1) More energy produced: obviously the
more energy you produce, the more 4) Timing: you can choose to produce
energy you sell/lease and the more energy at the time it is more expensive,
00:00 23:00
Battery revenue you make. which consequently will increase your
revenue.

Low Biogas Generation

Generation
Energy
Alexandria Hybrid Grid/Utility
Power Plant
Battery

PPA/Leasing Energy

Consumer

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