Eric and Caroline’s BioCapsule®
Éric and Caroline Mercier, organic market gardeners in Colmar, wanted to reduce their carbon footprint whilst increasing the energy self-sufficiency of their farm and their shop.
Thanks to the BioCapsule®, they now recycle 400 tonnes of bio-waste per year, consisting of their unsold produce and spent grain from a brewery located just 4 km away.
100 MWh
electricity to power their cold stores
100 MWh
heat for mushroom farming and for heating their buildings
350 tonnes
liquid and solid digestate used to fertilise their crops
6 years
to make the facility profitable through energy savings and the circular management of biowaste CO2
XX tonnes
CO₂ emissions avoided per year
