Customer to feed power into the grid of the country’s largest utility
A first for EnviTec Biogas in the Philippines: by signing a contract with First Quezon Biogas Corporation (FQBC), the Lower Saxony–based company is seamlessly continuing the steps it began in 2018 to enter the Philippine biogas market. The 1.4 MW biogas plant belongs to an agricultural cooperative of 14 poultry farmers in Candelaria, Quezon Province. Starting June 2026, it is planned to feed electricity into the local grid operated by Meralco, the largest power utility in the Southeast Asian archipelago.
“The contract is an important breakthrough. We are completing our first reference plant in the Republic of the Philippines. This allows us to showcase our specialized expertise on poultry manure right on site, and we are already seeing interest in follow-up projects,” said Thomas Wagner, head of EnviTec’s Southeast Asia representative office in Jakarta.
Work on the project originally began in 2018 but was temporarily halted due to changes in the investment structure. The contract now signed with a new investor group marks the successful resumption of activities and demonstrates how consistent commitment and long-term presence in the region ultimately pay off.
Proof of sustainability and quality
On site, two fermenters with a capacity of 5,250 m³ each are already in place, along with the biogas engine and transformer, a clamp silo, a digestate lagoon, and an intake hall for poultry manure. “We have already examined the existing structures and can now pick up seamlessly where work was halted – a testament to the sustainability and quality of our execution. In the first quarter of 2026, we will begin installing the fermenter internals, roofs, pumps, digestate treatment, and plant control system,” Wagner added.
The plant will run on poultry manure from the customer’s 4.5 million broilers and rice-straw silage. In addition to green power, it will produce high-quality bio-fertilizer. “That creates a genuine win-win for us as the operator and for the environment,” said Albert Alquiros, the corporate secretary of FQBC. In addition to sustainably disposing of poultry manure in line with legal requirements, state-of-the-art odor-control technology will minimize environmental impacts, and local households will be supplied with power that is not only renewable but free of charge.
“The plant will therefore not only ensure sustainable waste management for us as poultry producers, it will also feed renewable energy directly into the national grid,” said Sammy De Jesus, President of FQBC. Expansion plans are already under discussion. “Future expansion phases could include increasing the current capacity and transferring the model to other regions of the country,” Wagner concluded.
