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biomass from businesses , agriculture and households and returns the degassed product to the agricultural sector as recycled nutrients . The business simultaneously ensures that the communities surrounding its biogas plants remain as undisturbed as possible .
As Ole Hvelplund , CEO , begins : “ Basically , what we do is what happened millions of years ago in the swamps where fossil natural gas was formed . We use different types of organic waste from households , industry and agriculture . The waste ranges from straw , deep litter , and manure to food waste , potato pulp , and other industrial or household refuse . The organic material is processed anaerobically in a fermenter to produce biogas . By means of a four-step process , the organic material is broken down to two of the smallest and simplest organic molecules : methane and carbon dioxide . When we have degassed the organic waste , the byproduct is given back to farmers to be used as fertilizer ; thereby generating a circular economy .”
While Nature Energy is already making a big difference in the green transition , the business has much bigger ambitions ; hence intensive
investment in research , including at its own laboratory in Odense . The laboratory is a site for research into refining technology , with a view to enabling the extraction of increasing amounts of energy from biomass and the production of superior quality fertilizer for agriculture . The laboratory is also carrying out research into new biomasses to produce green , carbon neutral energy in the future .
New markets
Nature Energy ’ s ambitions to contribute to the green transition together with farmers , businesses and people , reaches beyond Denmark ’ s borders . Over the next few years , Nature Energy will be investing in new large biogas plants in other countries in Europe and North America . Ole elaborates : “ We have a pipeline of around 30 plant projects across Europe and North America . More than a third of these projects are in a medium-to-late development stage in Denmark , the Netherlands and France , but are still subject to future final investment decisions
In terms of future growth , Nature Energy will be collaborating with Énergir
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