Case study

Uilenkraal Farm, Darling, South Africa

The first heated and mixed in-ground sequential bio-digester in Southern Africa

13 GWh over project lifetime

>4,200,000 tons of avoided CO2

99% Up-time

500 kVa Installed generator capacity

  • Bio-digester design capacity 750 kVA

  • 2 x 250 kVA naturally aspirated engines

  • Built in-house

  • 22-litre V-12 engine

  • Electrical efficiency 32.5%

Plant specification

200 - 350m3 fed per day

  • Feedstock - cow manure and dairy wash water (1700 cattle)

  • 3% to 7% total dry solids

  • 20 to 30 day Retention time

>7,200m3 digester slurry volume

  • Heated and mixed in-ground sequential bio-digester

  • Integrated biogas storage capacity > 6 MWh

Bio-digestion characteristics

Plant performance

10 years in operation

  • Total energy generated over system lifetime:  13 GWh
    (Farm load tracking uses <60% of capacity and biogas)

  • Plant availability = 99%

  • Engine availability = 97%

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