PROJECTS
EFG Production
Division
EFG Commodities
Division
EFG Logistics
Division
EFG Services
Division
The company was founded in 2012 to build the first waste-processing biogas plant in the Czech Republic to produce biomethane. Instead of standard agricultural crops, biogas plant mainly processes kitchen waste, from which it produces green energy, including an ecological alternative to natural gas.
Overview
▶ Total investment EUR 12 million
▶ Processing capacity 30,000 t/year
▶ Energy production for about 5,300 households
▶ Biomethane production 40 GWh/year
▶ Electricity production 4.2 GWh/year
▶ PV output 165.6 kWp
▶ Thermal energy production 7,200 GJ/year
Source of income
▶ Sale of electricity
▶ Sale of heat
▶ Sale of biogas (in cooperation with EFG Green gas)
The biogas plant in Vyškov offers new possibilities for the processing and utilisation of biodegradable waste, animal by-products and other raw materials in the region. Thanks to modern technologies, it can produce electricity and heat from the input material with a very low emission footprint. The expansion and modernization of the biogas plant, including the installation of a biomethane upgrading unit, was completed in 2024.
Overview
▶ Total investment EUR 9 million
▶ Processing capacity 30,000 t/year
▶ Energy production for about 4,000 households
▶ Biomethane production 30 GWh/year
▶ Electricity production 2.9 GWh/year
▶ Thermal energy production 5,950 GJ/year
Source of income
▶ Waste processing
▶ Sale of electricity
▶ Sale of heat
▶ Sale of biogas (in cooperation with EFG Green gas)
Within the group, it focuses on the efficient acquisition and use of biogas produced in waste plants. Thanks to the upgrading of biogas through the process of membrane separation, almost pure biomethane is obtained, with a composition practically identical to natural gas. As a result, it can be injected into the gas distribution system or used in the form of BioCNG or BioLNG as an ecological alternative to conventional fossil fuels for the propulsion of cars or public transport vehicles.
Overview
Biomethane = natural gas
▶ Suitable as BioCNG and BioLNG fuel
▶ Can be delivered to the gas distribution system
▶ Low emissions
▶ Decentralised source
▶ Realization of the first biomethan production at a biogas plant in the Czech Republic for EFG Rapotín BPS (2019).
The latest addition in Energy financial group’s investment portfolio is the waste biogas plant in Vysoké Mýto, with work on its renewed launch to began in 2025. The strategy is to focus on the production of biomethane as a key commodity within the group and the development of support services (power balance services).
Expected investments
▶ The renewal and modernisation of the plant will amount to around EUR 2–3 million (without the upgrading technology)
▶ Potential of biomethane upgrading 16 GWh/year
Renewed operations (2026)
▶ Biomethane production
▶ Power balance services
Overview
▶ Power balance services investment EUR 1.6 million
▶ Amount of electricity produced 40,000 MWh/year
▶ Energy production for about 20,000 households
▶ Flexible output for power balance services 11 MW
Sources of income
▶ Power balance services (in cooperation with EFG Energy trading)
efg-energy.cz
By supplying energy, the group complements the assortment of services offered to the customer. It offers electricity and natural gas for sale, whereas the purpose of the project is to enable Czech households to draw on local energy. Energy financial group provides it as a producer in cooperation with its own trading department, which makes it easier to regulate conditions for customers.
Overview
▶ 100% green electricity
▶ Electricity coming from EFG sources
▶ Produced in the Czech Republic
Trader on the Czech organised energy market with energy exclusively from renewable sources, which complements the services of Energy financial group’s portfolio. The company focuses on trading electricity and gas produced from EFG sources and the provision of power balance services of the electricity transmission system.
Overview
▶ Trading on the PXE
▶ Trade of energy from RES to third parties
▶ Trade in biomethane
▶ Trade in guarantees of origin
▶ Power balance services:
▶ MOSTEK energo 11 MW of flexible output
▶ EFG Vyškov SVR 20 MW of flexible output (in construction)
The group has a strategic advantage in the form of its own collection company EFG Waste logistic. It provides the distribution and collection of biodegradable waste containers and the subsequent processing in waste biogas plants managed by Energy financial group. It cooperates with companies from the food and processing industry, business entities, cities, and municipalities.
Overview
▶ Areas of operation: South Moravian, Hradec Králové, Moravian-Silesian, Olomouc, Pardubice, and Zlín regions
▶ Collection capacity 20,000 t/year
Sources of income
▶ The collection, processing and utilization of waste
▶ Services in the group
▶ Consultation and logistics services
Gastrowaste accounts for up to a third of the content of “black bins”. When sorted out, not only does the amount of mixed municipal waste stored in landfills decrease, but so do the costs for its liquidation. The purpose of the project is to use this waste as a renewable source instead of sending it to landfills and to process it for energy use in local biogas plants. Cooperation takes place at the level of Czech cities, municipalities and companies.
Overview*
▶ Average collection approx. tons/year 5,000 t/year
▶ Collection locations: Bludov, Kopřivnice, Krnov, Lipník nad Bečvou, Litovel, Loštice, Loučná nad Desnou, Lutín, Nový Jičín, Nový Malín, Olomouc, Opava, Přerov, Rapotín, Šumperk, Uherský Brod, Uničov, Velké Losiny, Velký Týnec, Vikýřovice, etc.
*Estimate for 2025 (gastrowaste + used oils and fats)
A technology company that arranges projects for the reconstruction and technical development of biogas plants within Energy financial group. The activities of EFG Engineering cover the entire project implementation cycle, from the design of the concept of the reconstruction of acquired biogas plants, the projection and arrangement of the necessary permits to the implementation of the complete reconstruction and commissioning of the plants. The company team has many years of experience in the fields of biogas and biomethane.
Services provided to the companies of the EFG
▶ Projection and permits for biogas/biomethane projects
▶ Preparation and management of projects for the technical development of the portfolio
▶ Management of the construction and reconstruction of biogas plants and biomethane upgrading installations
▶ A partner for the technological development of companies in Energy financial group’s portfolio.
The company is involved in acquisition opportunities that are essential to meet the EFG objectives by 2030. This means the dynamic expansion of the portfolio of biogas plants and biomethane installations. The project is the result of several years of the parent company’s experience from the complex process of the installation and commissioning of the “green gas” units up to its trading.
Description of planned investments
▶ Optimisation of agricultural plants to waste plants
▶ Purchase of technologies for the purpose of the development of biogas plants
▶ The company was one of the first green bond issuers in the Czech Republic to meet the international standards of the Green Bond Principles.
The educational organisation EFG Educa, z.ú., is dedicated to the creation of seminars for pupils and students at all levels of education from kindergarten to secondary schools. Its aim is to provide students with the basics of responsible behaviour and experience in areas where efficient waste recycling or, for example, renewable sources are effective.
What do we offer schools?
▶ Experience with topics such as recycling or green energy
▶ Diploma for promoting education in the field of sustainability
Presentation of good practices