Name

Bionerga

Legal name

BIONERGA N.V.

Website

https://bionerga.be

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Waste-to-Energy and Material Recovery Services

NAICS

Materials Recovery Facilities (56292), Compost Manufacturing (325315)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Cogeneration Services & Small Power Producers (4991)

akta.pro primary industry

Digestate Processing, Nutrient Recovery & Fertilizer Products (Struvite, Ammonia, Compost) (EUAAAEAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Composting & Co-Composting (Biosolids + Green Waste) (EUANAHAF)

Keywords

• Waste-to-energy services
• Residual waste processing
• Organic waste composting
• Plastic and PMD recycling
• Biomass drying and wood chips

Headquarters

HQ city

Hasselt

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Gate fees for waste processing: Charges municipalities, intercommunales (primarily Limburg.net) and businesses for processing household residual waste, business waste, organic waste and non-recyclable plastic waste at the biostoom centrales, composting sites and recycling units. Primary and most stable revenue stream; contracted via intercommunale Limburg.net.
2. Sale of electricity, heat and steam: Revenue from electricity generated (Beringen ~50,000 households equivalent, Oostende ~42,000-45,000 households) plus sale of residual steam and heat to industrial neighbours on the Ravenshout heat network (Borealis, GRL, FROMTO, Aquafin) and at Oostende. Long-term offtake contracts.
3. Sale of compost (green and GFT): Sells Vlaco-keuringsattest certified green compost (Houthalen-Helchteren, Maasmechelen, Pelt) and GFT-compost (Bilzen-Hoeselt, Maasmechelen) to households, gardeners, agriculture and public green spaces. Includes accompanying product documents and general terms of sale.
4. Sale of secondary materials and recyclates: Valorises bottom ash from Biostoom centrales (ferro, non-ferro and minerals) via specialised recyclers; from FROMTO sells recycled plastic granules/regrind for re-use in new products (bin bags, packaging film).
5. Sale of dried wood chips (Biomassaplein): Dries and sieves wood chips from regional landscape management (50%→20% moisture) and sells them as biomass fuel to municipalities, schools, swimming pools, sports halls and cultural centres.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Bionerga processes residual, organic and plastic waste through two waste-to-energy plants (Biostoom Beringen and Biostoom Oostende), five composting installations, and recycling lines (Optimo sorting, FROMTO, Ecoo Beringen). It sells the resulting outputs — electricity, steam/heat, Vlaco-certified compost, recyclates and wood chips — to industrial offtakers, intercommunales, businesses and consumers.

Product overview

Bionerga is a vertically integrated Flemish waste-to-resources platform built around three interconnected pillars. (1) Energy recovery from residual waste via two biostoomcentrales - Biostoom Beringen (200,000 t/year) and Biostoom Oostende (183,000 t/year) - that incinerate non-recyclable waste to generate electricity, steam, and district heat, with Biostoom Beringen acting as the anchor of an energy and materials hub at Ravenshout-Beringen that supplies residual heat to Borealis, GRL, FROMTO, and Aquafin via a local heat network. (2) Organic waste processing at five composting sites producing GFT-compost (Bilzen-Hoeselt, Maasmechelen) and Groencompost (Houthalen-Helchteren, Maasmechelen, Pelt). (3) Materials recycling via the Optimo sortering (multi-stream bag sorting at Beringen), Biomassaplein (biomass drying at Houthalen-Helchteren), FROMTO (AI-assisted plastic film recycling), and Ecoo Beringen (PMD recycling center). These named facilities operate jointly to deliver residual-waste processing, renewable energy, compost, recyclate, and industrial heat, and are complemented by continuous emission monitoring under Vlarem III and VCDO sustainability certification.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Biostoom Beringen: Branding for the biostoomcentrale in Beringen — waste-to-energy facility processing 200,000 tonnes of non-recyclable waste per year into electricity, heat and steam for the Ravenshout energy and materials hub.
• Biostoom Oostende
• FROMTO
• Biomassaplein

Products and services

• Biostoom Beringen — residual waste-to-energy service Waste-to-energy combustion service at the Beringen site processing residual household and industrial waste into electricity, steam and heat. Outputs are sold to industrial offtakers at the Ravenshout cluster and to the grid. Customers are intercommunales and industrial offtakers under long-term bilateral contracts.
• Biostoom Oostende — residual waste-to-energy service Second waste-to-energy plant at Oostende processing residual waste from intercommunales in West Flanders into electricity, steam and heat. Customers are intercommunales and industrial offtakers; the site also hosts a public EV charging plaza.
• Ravenshout heat network — industrial steam/heat offtake On-site pipeline heat network linking Biostoom Beringen to neighbouring industrial customers (Borealis, GRL, Aquafin, ArcelorMittal) for direct supply of steam and process heat.
• Tunnel composting (GFT and green compost)

Quantifiable outcome

• 200,000 t/jr verwerkt in Biostoom Beringen, elektriciteit voor 50.000+ gezinnen, 105 t/u stoom geleverd aan warmtenet
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Vlaams minister Jo Brouns (Departement Omgeving)coreOthers · 8 June 2026Op 8 juni 2026 besliste Vlaams minister van Omgeving Jo Brouns om de vergunning voor de GFT-composteerinstallatie in Bilzen-Hoeselt te verlengen tot eind 2032 onder strenge bijkomende voorwaarden (geurbeheersplan, operationele en infrastructurele voorwaarden, waterwinning), nadat de provincie Limburg in december 2025 een kortere termijn van 3 jaar had opgelegd.
• AquafinflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 June 2026Aquafin bouwt een nieuwe milieuvriendelijke slibdroger op het bedrijventerrein in Beringen die 6 MW restwarmte van Biostoom Beringen zal afnemen. Het gedroogde slib wordt tot pellets geperst en geleverd aan een nieuwe verbrandingsinstallatie bij ArcelorMittal voor de productie van hogedrukstoom — een gesloten kringloop zonder fossiele brandstoffen.
• Glasrecyclage Limburg (GRL)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 June 2025Op 6 juni 2025 opende GRL in Beringen Europa's meest duurzame glasrecyclagefabriek, met een innovatief droogproces waarbij de benodigde warmte wordt geleverd door Biostoom Beringen. Onderdeel van het Ravenshout warmtenet.
• Fost PlusflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 September 2022Fost Plus, Biostoom Beringen en Ecoo Group hebben samen Ecoo Beringen geopend — een ultramodern recyclagecentrum waar polyethyleen-folies worden gerecycleerd tot grondstof voor vuilniszakken en verpakkingsfolies. Bionerga levert energie aan het bedrijf.
• Ecoo GroupflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 September 2022Ecoo Group is samen met Fost Plus en Biostoom Beringen initiatiefnemer van Ecoo Beringen, het ultramoderne recyclagecentrum voor PE-folies dat binnen de circulaire hub van Ravenshout valt.
• BorealisflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerBorealis (chemie) maakt gebruik van het lokale warmtenet rond Biostoom Beringen. Maakt samen met GRL, FROMTO en Aquafin deel uit van het unieke circulaire samenwerkingsverband op de bedrijvenzone Ravenshout.
• Regionaal Landschap Lage Kempen (RLLK)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRLLK is co-initiatiefnemer van het Biomassaplein in Houthalen-Helchteren samen met Bionerga en de Provincie Limburg. RLLK-medewerkers onderhouden houtkanten in het Limburgse landschap en leveren de verse snippers aan het Biomassaplein.
• Provincie LimburgcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDe Provincie Limburg is samen met Bionerga en RLLK initiatiefnemer van het Biomassaplein in Houthalen-Helchteren. Daarnaast is de provincie de vergunningverlener voor de milieuvergunningen van Bionerga's composteerinstallaties (bv. groencompostering Pelt, GFT Bilzen-Hoeselt).
• INTERREGminorGTM or Marketing PartnerIn samenwerking met INTERREG en POM West-Vlaanderen nam Biostoom Oostende deel aan het project 'Zonne-Energie Delen' voor de installatie van 8 laadpalen, 2 snellaadpunten en een 360 kW supercharger gevoed door lokaal opgewekte groene stroom.
• POM West-VlaanderenminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPOM West-Vlaanderen werkte samen met Biostoom Oostende en INTERREG aan het project 'Zonne-Energie Delen' voor de realisatie van het publieke laadplein in Oostende.
• VOKA-KVK LimburgcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerVOKA-KVK Limburg reikt het Voka Charter Duurzaam Ondernemen (VCDO) uit; Biostoom Beringen behaalde in 2025 de SDG-pionier erkenning, Biostoom Oostende ontvangt jaarlijks het VCDO-jaarcertificaat sedert 2010 en in 2020 het UNITAR SDG Pioneer certificaat.
• Lidwina (maatwerkbedrijf)minorOthersBiostoom Beringen werkt actief samen met maatwerkbedrijf Lidwina om periodieke zwerfvuilacties op de sites van Biostoom en FROMTO uit te voeren — biedt zinvolle werkgelegenheid aan personen die extra ondersteuning nodig hebben.
• Belgian Waste-to-EnergyminorGTM or Marketing PartnerBiostoom Oostende en Beringen namen op 28 april 2022 deel aan de Belgian Waste-to-Energy sensibiliseringsactie rond valgevaar en persoonlijke beschermingsmiddelen voor chauffeurs op de storthallen.
• Vlaco vzwcoreTechnology or IntegrationVlaco keurt en certificeert de groen- en GFT-compost van Bionerga's composteerinstallaties en publiceert de gemiddelde samenstelling. Begeleidende productdocumenten en keuringsattesten per site zijn beschikbaar via de Downloads-pagina van Bionerga.
• ArcelorMittalflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerArcelorMittal bouwt een nieuwe verbrandingsinstallatie bij zijn staalfabriek die de pellets van Aquafin's slibdroger (gevoed door Biostoom-restwarmte) zal verbranden voor de productie van hogedrukstoom voor industriële toepassingen. Sluit de circulaire keten op het Ravenshout warmtenet.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Limburg.net: Flemish intercommunale for waste collection across 32 Limburg municipalities and Diest, and majority shareholder of Bionerga. Supplies the bulk of household residual, GFT and green waste feedstock that underpins Bionerga's biostoomcentrales and composting installations.
• Aquafin: Belgian Flemish wastewater treatment company. Signed a June 2026 circular partnership with Biostoom Beringen to take 6 MW of residual heat for an eco-friendly sludge dryer at Ravenshout; strategically linked to Bionerga as a flagship industrial heat offtaker and partner.
• Fost Plus: Belgian Extended Producer Responsibility organisation for household packaging. Co-initiator (with Biostoom Beringen) of Ecoo Beringen PMD recycling centre and a key counterpart in the Flemish PMD value chain that funnels feedstock into Bionerga's recycling and recovery operations.

Emerging players

• Ecoo Group: Belgian PMD recycling company that jointly operates Ecoo Beringen with Biostoom Beringen and Fost Plus. Directly comparable to Bionerga's FROMTO sub-brand in polyethylene film recycling and is a strategic partner inside the Ravenshout circular hub.

Direct peers

• HVC: Dutch regional waste and energy company owned by municipalities and water authorities, operating waste incineration, composting and sorting. Comparable to Bionerga's public-shareholder structure, household waste mandate, and integrated waste-to-energy/sorting platform.
• Attero: Dutch waste processor with significant composting (GFT/groen) and energy-from-waste operations. Comparable to Bionerga's composting pillar (5 sites, Vlaco-equivalent certification) and waste-to-energy activities in the Benelux regional market.
• Renewi: Dutch/Belgian listed waste management company with operations in household and commercial waste collection, sorting, recycling and energy-from-waste. Comparable to Bionerga in Benelux geography, public-sector waste mandates and integrated recycling/energy platform.
• Indaver: Belgian waste-to-energy operator with multiple biostoom/incineration plants across Belgium and Northern Europe. Directly comparable to Bionerga in core waste-to-energy and material recovery activities, serving municipalities and industrial customers.

Broad incumbents

• Veolia: Global waste management and environmental services incumbent operating waste-to-energy, composting and recycling across Europe. Overlaps with Bionerga's energy recovery, organic waste processing and circular industrial symbiosis services, but at vastly greater scale and as part of a diversified portfolio.
• SUEZ: Global waste management and water services group with significant Benelux waste-to-energy and recycling operations. Comparable to Bionerga in core waste-to-energy and materials recovery but operates much more broadly across the value chain.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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