DGAP-News: BDI - BioEnergy International AG / Key word(s): Alliance Brau Union Österreich AG commissions BDI - BioEnergy International AG: The first 'Major Green Brewery' becomes reality in Göss 10.02.2015 / 10:00 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Brau Union Österreich AG commissions BDI - BioEnergy International AG: The first "Major Green Brewery" becomes reality in Göss * In future, a spent-grain fermentation plant generates renewable energy from brewery residues * Investment volume in the mid-single-digit million range (Göss/Leoben, 10.02.2015) "Brewing a better Future" is the name of Heineken's sustainability initiative. A key technology for the implementation of this objective to produce biogas comes from the Styrian plant manufacturer BDI - BioEnergy International AG: Brewery residues will be recycled in a spent-grain fermentation plant for the energy supply of the Göss brewery. Investment in the turnkey BDI plant is in the mid-single-digit million range. Brewery Göss, one of the most important breweries of Brau Union Österreich and part of the Heineken family, is opting for sustainability in beer production. Within the Group-wide initiative entitled "Brewing a Better Future", the first major green brewery in the world will now become reality - "Green Brewery Göss" has decided to use renewable energies in all its processes. Therefore only renewable energy sources will be used for energy supply and thus fossil-fuel CO2 emissions in the complete brewing process will be reduced to zero. With electricity from hydro-electric power, biomass district heating and solar heat, this objective has largely been implemented. With the BDI spent-grain fermentation plant, fossil-fuel gas will also be replaced. The energy created from the residual materials is used in the brewery to create steam, and excess gas is converted to electrical power. In addition the digestate, a by-product of the spent-grain fermentation plant, is used as high-quality fertiliser. "As a result of the optimum technical integration of the demanding environmental requirements in the BDI process, we were able to convince Brau Union Österreich of our solution", said Hermann Stockinger, PhD, Director of Global Sales of BDI - BioEnergy International AG. "The Göss spent-grain fermentation plant opens for BDI not just the possibility of further global cooperation with Heineken, but also constitutes an industrial reference plant for the sustainable generation of energy from residual materials from the food and beverage industry", emphasises Stockinger. "We are aware that we, as the leading brewery company in Austria, have a great responsibility to the customers, consumers, employees, environment but also to society. Beer is a natural product - it consists of raw materials that require an intact environment. Therefore, in addition to our commitment to employees and society, the environment and climate protection is a major issue for us", stresses Markus Liebl, CEO of Brau Union Österreich. "We try of course to carry out sustainability initiatives in all our breweries. We already saw one of our breweries in Styria as a pioneering project: The Göss brewery is a shining example of Brau Union Österreich's commitment to sustainability", said Markus Liebl. Around 40% of the brewery's heating requirement are already covered by the waste heat from the neighbouring wood processing Mayr-Melnhof plant; 90% of the waste heat generated by the brewing process is used to heat up water. In addition, a new type of boiling system is used during the brewing process, which helps to save electricity and water. A solar plant that is around 1500 square metres large also helps to obtain environmentally-friendly energy. Now a further milestone - unique in the world - has been reached: "Our final objective was to turn the Göss brewery into a completely carbon-neutral plant - this objective has been achieved with the spent-grain fermentation plant to produce biogas", explains Andreas Werner, brew-master of Göss Brewery, proudly. About BDI - BioEnergy International AG BDI - BioEnergy International AG is market and technology leader in the construction of customised BioDiesel plants using the Multi-Feedstock Technology the company has developed itself, which can manufacture BioDiesel from different raw materials, such as Vegetable Oils, Used Cooking Oils and Animal Fats. BDI has specialised in the development of technologies that make optimum use of resources in the industrial processing of by- and waste products ever since it was established in 1996 and owns an extensive patent portfolio that has resulted from its in-house research and development activities. As a leading constructor of special plants, BDI also supplies efficient plant concepts in the from waste to value field that are designed to produce BioGas from industrial and municipal waste. The range of services includes public authority, basic and detailed engineering, installation and start-up as well as after-sales support. BDI - BioEnergy International AG and the companies it consolidates currently have 110 employees. The shares of BDI - BioEnergy International AG (ISIN AT0000A02177) are listed in the General Standard/Regulated Market at Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Contact for further information: Hermann Stockinger, PhD, Director of Global Sales BDI - BioEnergy International AG Parkring 18 A-8074 Grambach/Graz, Austria Tel: +43 / 316 / 4009 - 100 Fax: +43 / 316 / 4009 - 110 www.bdi-bioenergy.com [email protected] About Brau Union Österreich AG Brau Union in Österreich produces around 4,800,000 hectolitres beer per year - with fourteen leading beer brands and more than 100 types of beer. Brau Union Österreich is a leader of innovation and stands for both international premium brands such as Heineken, Desperados and Affligem as well as for national top brands such as Gösser or Zipfer and for regional brands such as Puntigamer, Kaiser, Schwechater, Schladminger, Reininghaus or Wieselburger. 2,200 employees in the whole of Austria ensure that around 49,000 customers in the whole country are supplied with beer. It goes without saying that Brau Union Österreich uses the best raw materials, highest quality and sustainable production on the process - both in terms of environmental and commercial factors. Brau Union Österreich is part of the international Heineken family since 2003. Contact for further information: Dr. Gabriela Maria Straka, EMBA Certified Beer Sommelier Communication/PR Manager Tel.: 0732 6979 2670 Email: [email protected] www.brauunion.at --------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.02.2015 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: BDI - BioEnergy International AG Parkring 18 A-8074 Grambach/Graz Austria Phone: +43 - 316 - 4009-100 Fax: +43 - 316 - 4009-110 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.bdi-bioenergy.com ISIN: AT0000A02177 WKN: A0LAXT Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (General Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, München, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News-Service --------------------------------------------------------------------- 320641 10.02.2015