WELtec BioPower received an order for the establishment of a biogas plant in Liberec, Northern Bohemia, in summer 2009 which the farmer and the investor will feed with maize, manure, and grass silage. The 1.2-million-euro plant, which is operational since january 2010, has two fermenters with about 88,000 cubic feet each and two final storage units with a volume of 141,000 cubit feet. At the combined heat and power plant, a 536-kW gas-engine genset generates green energy sufficient for the equivalent of 1,000 three-person households.
The EU and the Czech government provide special investment incentives for biogas plant projects in the Czech Republic. In line with the EU climate protection goals, the government intends to generate 10 percent of the energy from alternative sources by 2010.
Czech power producers receive 12.9 or 15.2 ct/kWh for a period of 15 years. The eco tax, which was introduced in 2008 and which makes fossil energy sources more expensive, serves as an additional incentive.
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