Together with our partner Bloom Energy, we celebrated the official opening of the 1 MW plant - built with Bloom Energy Serverโข - at the Riofreddo Agricultural Cooperative Society in Cavallermaggiore. This is not simply another biogas project.
It is ๐ถ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น ๐๐๐ผ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ป๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฏ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ถ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฑ๐ถ( ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐) ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐น ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ผ๐ด๐ฎ๐ xml-ph-0
๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ตรฉ is ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฒ. For years, endothermic engines have been the standard.
But the "standard" is not sufficient to meet current decarbonization goals. By replacing traditional combustion with Bloom Energy's SOFC technology, Riofreddo now:
-๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ ๐น๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ: extracts significantly more electricity from the same amount of biogas derived from grain residues.
-๐๐ต๐ถ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐น ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฐ๐น๐ผ: uses an integrated waste heat recovery module to maintain anaerobic digester temperatures, without the need for external energy.
-๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ร : supplies clean, reliable and quiet energy to the Italian national grid with the GSE tariff.
๐๐น ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ. "This milestone was made possible by the synergy between Bloom Energy's world-leading efficiency and Cefla Engineering's historical EPC, construction and management expertise in the Italian biogas-to-power market.
Seeing nearly 150 potential customers visit the site yesterday confirms one thing: the industry is hungry for this level of innovation." Patrizio Prunecchi of Bloom Energy tells us.
๐จ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ. A special tribute to Dario Solavaggione, owner of the Riofreddo farm. It takes a true innovator to move away from "the way things have always been done" and embrace the future. His commitment to sustainability has turned his farm into a beacon for the entire European agricultural ecosystem.
๐๐น ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ผ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐บ๐ผ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฎ๐บ๐ผ ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ด๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ร ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฎ. ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐น๐ฎ, ๐๐ถ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ผ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฒ. The future of biogas is not coming. It is already happening now.