What is Biogas?
Biogas is an economical alternative to fuels like diesel and natural gas. It uses your organic waste sources (municipal solid waste, landfill, manure, wastewater sludge, crop residues) to produce valuable energy. When combined with cogeneration, or a combined heat and power (CHP) solution, you can also provide heating and thermal power to your sites.
This makes biogas a long-term solution to deliver power in a cost-effective way no matter how the energy landscape shifts, while minimizing the impact of accumulated waste.
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We understand your goal is to lower greenhouse gas emissions and reach your sustainability goals, but you need to do so in a way that makes economic sense. It’s a challenging task, but biogas could be the answer your business needs.
How Does A Biogas Generator Work?
- Create Biogas:
Biogas is created when organic waste–such as agricultural residue, sewage sludge, or food waste–is broken down by microorganisms in a process called anaerobic digestion.
- Fuel Your Power Assets:
The biogas is then used to fuel a generator set that produces efficient energy for your site(s).
- Enhance Efficiency with CHP:
When the generator sets are running, they produce heat, which is usually wasted by being released into the environment. A CHP solution can capture that heat instead and use its thermal energy for space heating, water heating and drying.
Benefits
Applications
Benefits of Biogas Generator Sets
ENVIRONMENTAL
Using biogas as your energy source can help reduce a site’s total greenhouse gas emissions.
ENERGY
Biogas tends to have a higher reliability rate than other established renewable energy sources e.g. solar PV and wind.
ECONOMIC
Biogas can help lower operational and energy costs and create new revenue streams for wastewater treatment plants and farming.This reduces dependency on the larger electric grid in the case of unplanned power outages.
RESILIENCY
Biogas is often produced and consumed on the same site. This reduces dependency on the larger electric grid in the case of unplanned power outages.
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- Continuous Rating
- 2567 / 2552 ekW @ 1.0pf
- 2567 / 2552 ekW @ 1.0pf
- Fuel Type
- Natural Gas & Propane
- Natural Gas & Propane
- Maximum Electrical Efficiency
- 46.0%
- 46.0%
G3520K
From natural gas to biogas, coal mine gases, or hydrogen fuel blends to support combined heat and power (CHP), emergency power, and local grid support applications, Caterpillar has a wide range of reliable gas power solutions.
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- 2027 / 2007 ekW @ 1.0pf
- 2027 / 2007 ekW @ 1.0pf
- Fuel Type
- Natural Gas, Hydrogen Blend (up to 25%)
- Natural Gas, Hydrogen Blend (up to 25%)
- Maximum Electrical Efficiency
- 45.30%
- 45.30%
G3516H
From natural gas to biogas, coal mine gases, or hydrogen fuel blends to support combined heat and power (CHP), emergency power, and local grid support applications, Caterpillar has a wide range of reliable gas power solutions.
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- 4300 / 4000 ekW @1.0pf
- 4300 / 4000 ekW @1.0pf
- Fuel Type
- Natural Gas, Biogas, Coal Gas, Associated Gas, Synthesis Gas, Hydrogen Blend (to 25%)
- Natural Gas, Biogas, Coal Gas, Associated Gas, Synthesis Gas, Hydrogen Blend (to 25%)
- Maximum Electrical Efficiency
- 44.1 / 43.8%
- 44.1 / 43.8%
CG260-16
From natural gas-fueled combined heat and power (CHP) systems and emergency power for facilities, to renewable biogas energy to support the local grid, or electricity generated from coal mine gases, Caterpillar has a wide range of reliable gas power solutions.
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- 2300 ekW @1.0pf
- 2300 ekW @1.0pf
- Fuel Type
- Natural Gas, Biogas, Coal Gas, Hydrogen Blend (up to 25%)
- Natural Gas, Biogas, Coal Gas, Hydrogen Blend (up to 25%)
- Maximum Electrical Efficiency
- 45.00%
- 45.00%
CG170B-20
State-of-the-art components providing more power: the compact design, a focus on a wide range of applications and highest efficiency values of its class make sure of that. Managed by a smart and secure control system, the new CG170B series offers the optimal balance between profitability and reliability.
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For eight generations, Wanner's Pride-N-Joy Farm has embraced innovation. Discover how they use a biogas powered CHP solution to turn manure into energy, cut costs, and power operations sustainably.
Case Studies
See examples of how biogas generator sets have been used successfully.
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