Germany-headed biogas producer and technology provider EnviTec Biogas AG has announced that it has signed a contract with First Quezon Biogas Corporation (FQBC) in the Philippines to complete its first biogas-to-power plant feeding the electricity into the local grid operated by Meralco.
The 1.4 MW biogas plant belongs to an agricultural cooperative of 14 poultry farmers in Candelaria, Quezon Province.
Starting June 2026, it is planned to feed electricity into the local grid operated by Meralco, the largest power utility in the Southeast Asian archipelago.
The contract is an important breakthrough. We are completing our first reference plant in the Republic of the Philippines. This allows us to showcase our specialized expertise on poultry manure right on site, and we are already seeing interest in follow-up projects, said Thomas Wagner, Head of EnviTec’s Southeast Asia representative office in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Proof of sustainability and quality
Work on the project originally began in 2018 but was temporarily halted due to changes in the investment structure.
The newly signed contract is with a new investor group, marking the successful resumption of activities and demonstrating how consistent commitment and long-term presence in the region ultimately pay off.
On site, two fermenters with a capacity of 5,250 m³ each are already in place, along with the biogas engine and transformer, a clamp silo, a digestate lagoon, and an intake hall for poultry manure.
We have already examined the existing structures and can now pick up seamlessly where work was halted – a testament to the sustainability and quality of our execution. In the first quarter of 2026, we will begin installing the fermenter internals, roofs, pumps, digestate treatment, and plant control system, Thomas Wagner added.
The plant will use poultry manure from the customer’s 4.5 million broilers and rice-straw silage as substrate.
In addition to green power, it will produce high-quality bio-fertilizer.
That creates a genuine win-win for us as the operator and for the environment, said Albert Alquiros, Corporate Secretary of FQBC.
Empower local households
In addition to sustainably disposing of poultry manure in line with legal requirements, state-of-the-art odor-control technology will minimize environmental impacts, and local households will be supplied with power that is not only renewable but free of charge.
The plant will therefore not only ensure sustainable waste management for us as poultry producers, it will also feed renewable energy directly into the national grid, said Sammy De Jesus, President of FQBC.
Expansion plans are already under discussion.
Future expansion phases could include increasing the current capacity and transferring the model to other regions of the country, Thomas Wagner concluded.
