German company Verbio opens a world first

Worlds first industrial straw processing plant

German company Verbio has recently opened the worlds first industrial straw processing plant for the production of biomethane in Zörbig, Saxony-Anhalt. “I’m very proud that we’ve managed to start up the first plant of this type anywhere in the world and that we’re a technological pioneer setting new standards in the biofuels industry,” declared Claus Sauter, CEO of VERBIO. “It means we already have a biofuel production process in place which meets the demands for future fuel production expressed by both politicians and the public: no raw foodstuffs, no displacement of farmland and high CO2 efficiency without charging consumers more.” Read more ...