Gustav Wehner. Dipl. Ing.-agr. Since 1983 working for credits for agriculture and renewable energies

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1 Gustav Wehner Dipl. Ing.-agr. Since 1983 working for credits for agriculture and renewable energies Since 2003 only project financing biogas and wind Since 2007 Speaker of Finanziererbeirat - Financing Advisory Board

2 Finanziererbeirat - Financing Advisory Board Committee founded in 2007 by several banks engaged in financing of biogas plants Meetings four times a year. If necessary more. Aims: Investigating and fixing special problems in financing biogas plants Defining standards Knowledge transfer to make biogas more attractive to other banks Statements and policy papers about draft laws

3 Members of the Board B I O G A S - A K A D E M I E Campus GmbH Bremer Landesbank DKB Deutsche Kreditbank AG Dr. Gehrig Management- & Technologieberatung GmbH DZ Bank AG IB Investitionsbank Schleswig-Holstein Energieagentur kfw Bankengruppe Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank Oldenburgische Landesbank AG Südwestbank AG UmweltBank AG

4 Topics Advisory Board Guests legislative amendment EEG external conditions economic conditions environmental conditions agriculture planning and building laws and regulations technical issues lawyers technical experts energy traders scientists Recommendation for action to political parties and associations.

5 Risc in biogas The biggest security risc is not the machine, it is the man. The investment in the education of the operator is more worth than a new tractor. The bank should also insist on proof that the respective certificate of type examination from an accredited testing centre exists.

6 Demands to the factors in the project lifecycle Project construction putting into service operation WIND / PV human technology economic risk for the bank BIOGAS human technology economic risk for the bank

7 Which kind of mistakes can happen: Construction phase Mistake divergence from building permission defective construction remedy independet expert independet expert second-rate components independet expert polluted surface water independet expert

8 Defective construction Impossible Mass of pollated Water endangering the environment

9 This plant is like it should be

10 Second-rate components Bad construction

11 A great mistake in the organisation oft the plant Explosion after power failure They had no emergency power generator (yellow)

12 Which kind of mistake can happen: Action of the user 1. Use of not allowed substrates 2. Volume of manure less than agreed rates 3. More volume of corn than allowed Will endanger 1. operating license 2. Bonus 3. reductions in revenue, loss of guaranteed price

13 The different perspectives on security Approval authority comply with regulations current legislation

14 The different perspectives on security INSURANCE Explosion safety operational safety of the machines prevention of an accident

15 The different perspectives on security Population No smell emissions No traffic endangerment No pollution of soils

16 The different perspectives on security In the beginning the approval authorities didn t know much about biogas plants, but they made great progress up the learning curve We had a strengthening of laws and administration measures in biogas in the last years. Each legislative amendment brought higher costs and reduction in income additional investments That is the reason why the security interest of the bank is greater than the interest of the insurance company.

17 The different perspectives on security What the bank wants long-term operational stability, long-term operational safety safety from sabotage Measures Good quality of components quality control of substrates, remote monitoring and care as well as rapid-reaction service industrial standard fencing of the locations Embankments padlocks at the penstocks

18 Forgotten maintenance

19 The different perspectives on security What the bank wants preservation of the operating license usability oft he biogas plant Measures Only allowed input materials. no amount of capacity added, meet environmental standards Cleanliness Compliance with the maintenance intervals maintenance of the components.

20 The different perspectives on security What the bank wants Measures protection for investors from negative changes in legislation This is only a dream for biogas in Germany

21 recommendation for action Not every employee is able to finance biogas built up a group of biogas specialists Concentration of knowledge depending on the volume of Your biogas involvement it would be advisable to employ agricultural engineers. establishment of a nationwide network of external appraisers

22 Thanks Un grand merci au fin If there are any questions how to finance a biogas plant, contact me. Si vous ou avez des questions spéciales, veuillez prendre contact avec moi. Thank You for your attention! Merci de m'avoir offert l'occasion de m'exprimer.