What BioConstruct does

BioConstruct GmbH is a German family-owned engineering, procurement, construction, and operations company specializing in biogas and biomethane plants, founded in 2001 and headquartered in Melle, Lower Saxony. The firm designs and builds anaerobic digestion facilities that convert organic substrates — livestock manure and slurry, agricultural residues, energy crops, and industrial food waste — into renewable electricity, heat, and grid-quality biomethane. Core technical components include fermenters, combined-heat-and-power (CHP) cogeneration units (supplied in part by long-term partner 2G Energy AG and GE Jenbacher), Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) modules for exhaust-heat-to-power conversion, external biological desulfurization, cavitation-based substrate treatment, and Malmberg pressure-water biomethane upgrading. The proprietary BioControl 2.0 software platform provides load management, demand-responsive generation, multi-plant monitoring, and electronic documentation, and is compatible with Siemens S7 controllers for retrofit on third-party plants. The in-house Krukum Agricultural Technology Center (ATZ) supports R&D and substrate testing.

The company operates a full one-source service model spanning feasibility, permitting, EPC delivery, and long-term technical and commercial plant management. It has delivered more than 300 turnkey projects with individual investments exceeding €25 million, manages 20+ plants under its own operations, and has deployed over €80 million across a co-investment portfolio alongside farmers and investor partners. Customer segments include on-farm agricultural operators, municipal and energy-utility districts, industrial and food-processing waste producers, and energy/transport-fuel buyers (bio-LNG, bio-CNG). Go-to-market is consultative enterprise field sales with named regional contacts across Germany, the UK, France, Italy, the Czech Republic, Greece, and the US, supplemented by local channel partners (Bioplyncs.cz in Czechia, CPL Biogaz in France) and wholly-owned operating subsidiaries (Bioconstruct Italia Srl, bioconstruct NewEnergy in the UK). Pricing is project-quoted and not publicly disclosed, with revenue generated from one-time EPC contracts, recurring managed-services fees, and equity participation in plant cash flows.

Name

BioConstruct

Legal name

bioconstruct GmbH

Website

https://it.bioconstruct.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

BioConstruct GmbH is a German family-owned EPC and operations company founded in 2001 that designs, builds, and manages biogas and biomethane plants converting organic waste into renewable electricity, heat, and grid-quality gas for agricultural, municipal, and industrial customers across Europe and the US.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Biogas Plant Engineering and Operations

NAICS

Biomass Electric Power Generation (221117)

SIC

Cogeneration Services & Small Power Producers (4991)

akta.pro primary industry

Biofuel Plant EPC, O&M & Process Technology Providers (EUAAAHAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Biogas Upgrading-to-Power (Biomethane-to-Power, Pipeline Injection + Power) (EUACAIAJ), Biofuels & Renewable Fuels Switching (Biomethane/RNG, Bio-oils, Sustainable Biomass) (EUABAJAD), Organics-to-Energy & CHP from Biogas (On-site Power/Heat) (EUAIAEAG), Food Waste-to-Energy (Organic Waste AD & Thermal) (EUACAIAH), Organic & Bio-based Fertilizers (Manure/Compost/Biochar) (IMAEAEAF)

Keywords

• Biogas plant construction
• Anaerobic digestion systems
• Biomethane upgrading
• Renewable energy engineering
• Biogas operations management

Headquarters

HQ city

Melle

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Turnkey Biogas Plant Construction: Design, construction, and commissioning of biogas plants as general contractor. Delivered over 300 turnkey projects with investments exceeding 25 million euros per individual project.
2. Technical and Commercial Plant Management: Full technical and commercial operations management of biogas plants, including maintenance, spare parts procurement, regulatory compliance (electricity tax refunds, conformity declarations), and on-site operational personnel. Manages over 20 plants.
3. Own Plant Operations and Co-Investment: Bioconstruct operates more than 20 biogas plants, either independently or together with farmers or investor partners. Total investment volume exceeds 80 million euros across co-investment models.
4. Biogas Support and Assistance Services: Biogas assistance services including spare parts supply, plant rehabilitation, inspections and testing (including DGUV A3 inspections, thermographic inspections, tank leak testing), and repowering solutions.
5. Biomethane and Fuel Market: Biogas valorization through biomethane injection into natural gas grid, and use as vehicle fuel (bio-LNG, bio-CNG) for transport operators.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

BioConstruct designs, engineers, builds, and operates turnkey biogas and biomethane plants for agricultural, municipal, and industrial customers across Europe and the US. The company converts organic substrates (manure, agricultural residues, food-industry waste, energy crops) into renewable electricity, heat, and grid-quality biomethane. Beyond construction, the company provides proprietary BioControl process control software, ongoing plant operations and maintenance management, project development support, and a co-investment model for selected projects.

Product overview

BioConstruct is a family-owned biogas plant construction and operations company offering a comprehensive suite of renewable energy solutions. The core offering consists of turnkey biogas plant design, construction, and management for agricultural, municipal, and industrial applications. BioControl is the proprietary software platform that manages plant operations, load control, and energy generation. Supporting modules include Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) systems for enhanced electricity production, biomethane upgrading plants for grid injection, wind and photovoltaic installations, and comprehensive operational management and assistance services. The company manages over 20 of its own biogas plants and has delivered over 300 turnkey projects globally, with individual project investments exceeding 25 million euros.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Turnkey Biogas Plants End-to-end design, engineering, permitting, construction, and commissioning of complete biogas plants delivered to agricultural, industrial, and municipal customers as a single fixed-price project.
• Agricultural Biogas Plants Biogas plants purpose-built for farms and agricultural operations, designed to process manure, agricultural residues, and energy crops into renewable electricity, heat, and digestate.
• Industrial Biogas Plants Biogas plants designed for industrial customers including food processors and beverage manufacturers, converting organic processing residues and waste streams into on-site heat, power, or upgraded biomethane.
• Biomethane Plants Plants that upgrade raw biogas into grid-quality biomethane for injection into natural-gas grids or use as a transport fuel, employing dedicated upgrading systems such as Pressure Water Washing (Malmberg).
• Plant Operations Management Long-term managed service in which BioConstruct operates and maintains customer biogas or biomethane plants on behalf of the asset owner, ensuring uptime, regulatory compliance, and yield optimization using BioControl software.
• BioControl 2.0 Process Control Software Proprietary software platform that automates and monitors biogas plant processes, providing visualization and control of substrate dosing, digester conditions, gas output, and downstream equipment to maximize yield and uptime.
• Biogas Assistance (Owner-Operator Support) Specialist advisory and operations-support service for owners who operate their own plants, providing expert troubleshooting, performance optimization, and remote assistance delivered by BioConstruct engineers.
• Project Development Services Feasibility, permitting, and engineering design services performed before construction, including assessment of substrates, heat/power off-take options, and regulatory approvals.
• Biomethane Marketing Service Service to biogas plant owners for marketing produced biomethane into the natural-gas grid or transport-fuel sector, including offtake agreements, certification, and revenue settlement.

Quantifiable outcome

• 4,618,691 tonnes of CO2 saved through biogas, wind energy, and photovoltaic projects
• +10 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered regional, core, major and minor.

• CPL Biogaz (France)regionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2020French development partner for the Charpentier biogas plant project (Chailly-en-Brie, commissioned 2021). CPL Biogaz, represented by CEO Baptiste Charpentier (who is himself active in agriculture), developed and managed the project. Bioconstruct was selected for biogas technology supply.
• Saumur Energie Vertes (France)regionalStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019French project developer for the Saumur biogas plant (commissioned 2020). Developed the project in collaboration with Servizio Agriopale (composting service). Bioconstruct supplied and installed fermentation technology, pretreatment, substrate supply, and digestate processing.
• Next KraftwerkecoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership for virtual power plant management. Next Kraftwerke intelligently coordinates and interconnects wind, solar, and biogas plants through their virtual power plant platform to ensure optimal grid feed-in based on real-time demand.
• 2G Energy AGcoreTechnology or IntegrationLong-standing partnership (over 10 years) for decentralized renewable energy generation. 2G provides highly efficient cogeneration units that run on biogas for power and heat. Bioconstruct integrates 2G units into its biogas plant designs. The partnership contributes to sustainable, decentralized energy supply in Germany and abroad.
• GE JenbachermajorTechnology or IntegrationSupplier of cogeneration (CHP) units for bioconstruct's large-scale biogas plants. Four GE Jenbacher CHP units installed at the Imperial Park plant (5.1 MW total capacity).
• Malmberg Water AB (Sweden)majorTechnology or IntegrationTechnology supplier for chemical pressure water washing process for biomethane upgrading. Installed at Vettweiß plant with 550 Nm³/hour treatment capacity. Enables biogas to be upgraded to natural gas grid quality.
• RheinEnergie AG KölnmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal energy utility partner for the Randkanal Nord biogas plant in Cologne. Bioconstruct designed and constructed the plant for RheinEnergie AG. The utility manages raw material supply through long-standing cooperation with local farmers (over 20 years, initially for groundwater protection).
• Stadtwerke Lünen GmbHmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal utility partner for the Lünen biogas plant (10 x 250 kW CHP). Stadtwerke Lünen GmbH collaborated with bioconstruct on a district heating project using a 6.5 km micro-gas network connecting satellite CHP units across the city.
• Bioplyncs.cz (Czech Republic)regionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCzech partner company for local sales and support. First Czech project (Bukovec, 2009) was developed with this partner. Control system written in Czech and entire plant labeled in two languages for local market.
• SAS ASTECA (France)regionalImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerFrench engineering studio collaborating on the Charpentier biogas plant construction project. Worked alongside CPL Biogaz and bioconstruct for project delivery.
• Bioenergiepark Dahlenburg GmbH & Co.KGmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOperator of the Dahlenburg biogas plant (4 x 549 kW, connected 2007). E-Werk Dahlenburg desired advanced heat utilization concepts and partnered with bioconstruct to install a thermal network with heat sinks and satellite CHP.
• Agricultural Cooperatives and Local Farmers (Multi-country)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of agricultural cooperatives and individual farmers across Germany, Italy, UK, France, and Czech Republic who provide substrate (manure, energy crops, agricultural residues) for biogas plants. Farmers benefit from income diversification, digestate fertilizer, and methane emission reduction.
• Buchenhof (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCustomer partnership example: a Schleswig-Holstein client established a collaboration with a rose grower. Greenhouses are ideal partners for biogas plants — they need heat (produced cheaply from CHP) and CO2 (from exhaust gas for plant growth).

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• PlanET Biogas Group: German-Canadian biogas EPC with turnkey plant construction, service, and proprietary control technology. Overlaps with BioConstruct on AD plant delivery and operations management.
• EnviTec Biogas AG: German-headquartered EPC and operator of biogas and biomethane plants across Europe. Closest comparable to BioConstruct by geography, customer base (agriculture and municipalities), and full-service EPC + O&M model.
• agriKomp GmbH: German manufacturer and EPC of agricultural biogas plants with proprietary substrate handling and CHP technology. Comparable mid-sized direct peer for farm-scale AD.
• Naskeo Environnement: French biogas plant builder and operator serving agricultural and industrial clients. Direct competitor to BioConstruct's French operations and a relevant reference for its CPL Biogaz / SAS ASTECA partnerships.
• WELTEC BIOPOWER GmbH: German biogas plant builder with several hundred turnkey AD projects across Europe and a strong agricultural customer focus. Directly competes with BioConstruct for farm-scale and industrial-scale AD builds.
• Zorg Biogas: Italian biogas EPC with focus on agricultural and industrial anaerobic digestion projects. Competes directly with BioConstruct in the Italian AD market.
• HoSt B.V. Dutch biogas and biomethane plant EPC and technology provider with strong European footprint. Competes head-to-head with BioConstruct on industrial and agricultural AD/biomethane projects.
• BTS Biogas Srl: Italian biogas plant EPC and operator with deep presence in the Italian agricultural market where BioConstruct Italia Srl also operates. Direct competitor for farm-based AD projects.

Broad incumbents

• Hitachi Zosen Inova (Schmack Biogas): Larger industrial player offering biogas technology (via acquired Schmack) within a broader waste-to-energy and EPC portfolio. Adjacent incumbent with overlapping AD technology offerings to BioConstruct's plants.

Others

• 2G Energy AG: German CHP/gas engine manufacturer and long-standing BioConstruct partner (10+ years). Relevant as a key technology supplier inside BioConstruct's plants and as a benchmark for the CHP equipment layer of the value chain.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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