Germany-headed biogas producer and technology supplier Weltec Biopower GmbH has announced that it has signed a cooperation agreement with the Australia-based Enscope Pty Ltd (Enscope), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Quanta Services Inc. The common goal of the partnership is to offer complete biogas solutions from the plant drafting stage to the turnkey rollout in Australia.
Formed in 2009 in Perth, Western Australia (WA), and integrated into Quanta Services in 2015, Enscope is an outcomes-focused project services organization providing project feasibility, management, engineering, project controls, and completions services to the mid-size gas and energy sector.
With Enscope, whose offices are based in Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne, and Darwin, our market position in Australia will become much stronger. The cooperation constitutes a sound foundation for the further expansion of our activities and efficient growth, said Vladimir Bogatov, Sales Manager Asia-Pacific at Weltec Biopower.
Enormous potential
The newly elected Federal Government has a stated policy of a cut in carbon emissions of 43 percent by 2030 when measured against 2005 levels, a significant increase over the previous Governments policy of a cut of between 26 and 28 percent.
Various industry leaders and several State Governments are also calling for mandated Renewable Gas Targets in Australia’s gas distribution networks.
These policies are very supportive of a large-scale ramp-up in Waste to Energy and Renewable Gas Projects over the coming years.
In Australia, there is an enormous potential for developing green energies from renewable organic sources, said Kane Ramsay, President of Enscope.
Accordingly, the range of interests and project targets of WELTEC and Enscope includes multiple aspects such as the reduction of costs for the disposal of organic waste, the development of energy income sources by addressing the demand for energy sources such as biogas for power, heating, and cooling, and the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions or a combination of all of these aspects.
Recognizing the rapidly shifting community sentiment in Australia and the aspirations of our traditional, long-standing natural gas-based customers Enscope is proud to partner with Weltec for the safe, efficient and reliable application of globally leading technologies within the Australian market, Kane Ramsay said.
Weltec and Enscope both look back on a history of more than 20 years of successful project development in the energy and biogas sectors around the globe. Our strategic cooperation will provide the activities in the Australian bioenergy market with substantial impetus, said Vladimir Bogatov.
Australia is not the only place where renewable energy sources are gaining significance.
Back in Europe, the war in Ukraine is now forcing countries like Germany to reach their climate goals faster, to get prepared for the potential discontinuation of the supply of Russian natural gas, and close any resulting supply gap as quickly as possible.
According to Weltec Biopower, in the medium term, Germany could deliver up to 160 TWh of biomethane aka renewable natural gas (RNG) from its existing biomethane and biogas plants alone enough to replace about a third of the imported Russian natural gas.
