2. DE BIOh Verbiostraw Showcase of a successful NER300 RES project
Fabian Bonk
VERBIO AG

3. Content
Company profile
VERBIO Straw Technology

4. 1. Company Profile
VERBIO is one of the leading independent producers of biofuels and the only industrial- scale producer of biodiesel, bioethanol and biomethane in Europe.
We are a technology based company, improving our bio-refineries with innovative products and technologies developed by us.
Main products
t t GWh
Co-products: Pharmaceutical gylcerine, Phytosterol, Protein-rich livestock feed, Fertilizer

5. 1. Company Profile Milestones in history Key financials 9 months 18/19
2019
Construction of two 100% straw-biomethane plants in Punjab, India + Iowa, USA
2018
Production Start-up of second 100% straw-biomethane plant in Germany
2014
Commissioning of 100 % straw – biomethane plant
2011
Start of our straw processing pilot project for biomethane production
2010
Start-up of biomethane production facilities in Zörbig and Schwedt
2006
Foundation VERBIO AG (Bioethanol + Biodiesel)
Production (mt)
540,357
Sales (EUR mill.)
573.7
EBITDA (EUR mill.)
84.4
EBIT (EUR mill.)
68.5
EPS (EUR/share)
0.79
Equity ratio (%) 78
Operating Cash Flow
57.2
Net Cash (EUR mill.)
100.8

6. 2. VERBIO Straw Technology
NER 300 DE BIOh Verbiostraw Project
Awarded by EU NER 300 Program

7. 2. VERBIO Straw Technology
Production cycle

8. 2. VERBIO Straw Technology
Key Facts of VERBIO‘s Straw Plant – production phase
Plant was build based on our design and by our engineering department
Mono straw technology developed in our R&D department since 2009
Straw types possible: wheat/rye/corn/rape/rice
We commissioned the plant on 4th of October 2014
Official starting point (after grace period) was 1st January 2017
Final capacity 16.5 MW in 2021
Current plant capacity 10 MW
Current straw feeding rate
3 - 4 mt/h
final feeding rate mt/h (2021)
CO2 Savings in 2018:
14,070,815 kg CO2

9. 2. VERBIO straw technology
Straw bales needed for the annual energy demand of these cars

10. Our Straw Plant was awarded by the NER 300 program in 2013
3. VERBIO Straw Technology
Key Facts of VERBIO‘s Straw Plant – financial figures
Our Straw Plant was awarded by the NER 300 program in 2013
Awarded in 12/2012 / signed grant agreement 12/2013
Funding based on innovative pure straw technology
No up front funding only support per produced MWh of energy
Additional 59 €/ MWh of produced biomethane
Annual payment of the funding appr. 5 months after the end of the year

11. 3. VERBIO Straw Technology
Finance for the low carbon future / NER 300 Program
This support is strongly needed!
Innovative low carbon technologies are not competitive in its premature years
As first of its kind biomass projects we are facing multiple challenges:
raw material quality is fluctuating in wide ranges
No established market quality
most of the equipments are demonstration types by themselves
biological fermentation process has adaptation times of 4-6 month

12. 3. VERBIO Straw Technology
Finance for the low carbon future / NER 300 Program
This support is strongly needed!
We are behind our predicted volumes from 2011 application
But NER 300 funding enables us to make this technology successful
by additional project team members for trouble shooting
by improvement of the supply chain
by improvement of the technology
But time is needed for improvements!
First years of such big pilot plants are always critical
Adaptation of date of entry into operation enables us to reach predicted goals

13. 3. VERBIO Straw Technology
Finance for the low carbon future / NER 300 Program
This support is strongly needed!
Next steps of our low carbon technology
Our straw technology is developed close to market
Second plant in commissioning phase / Germany
Two additional plants in construction phase:
India, huge surplus in rice straw
USA, huge surplus in corn straw

14. Thank you for your attention
Straw technology by Verbio
„The next generation of biofuels“
Highest efficiency
Green & sustainable mobility
Local supply chain and local employment
Lowest Greenhousegas Emissions
Energy security
100 % Straw
VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG Ritterstraße 23 • Leipzig T: +49 (0) • F: +49 (0) •