São Paulo · BrazilMonte Alto Biomethane
An industrial-scale multi-substrate plant for the regional valorisation of material streams in the state of São Paulo — developed by a German-Brazilian consortium under the Conselho Administrativo do Programa de Biogás Alemanha-Brasil.
Get in touchThe project at a glance
The project is planned as an industrial-scale biomethane plant in the city of Monte Alto-SP, embedded in an agro-industrial cluster with high residue availability from agriculture and processing industry. Its defining feature is the multi-substrate architecture (bagasse, vinasse, cassava residues, animal manure, organic agricultural residues) — this enables year-round substrate availability and stable methane production.
The build-out proceeds in phased stages, beginning with a stage of around 240 tonnes of substrate per day and a scaling-oriented general infrastructure that can accommodate later expansions modularly.
Focus areas
Consortium
The German-Brazilian consortium — Conselho Administrativo, German coordination, Brazilian partners.
The actors →Status & next steps
Current phase, planned milestones, connection to Brazil's biomethane strategy.
Current status →How the project works — material-stream logic
Regional residues are turned into biomethane, a reusable biofertilizer and a CO2-reduction balance. The economic loop closes locally.
Who is involved in the project
The project relies on a regional network of actors that supplies substrates, builds the plant and logistics, and integrates the returned value (biofertilizer) back into agriculture.
Substrate suppliers
Usinas of sugarcane processing (bagasse, vinasse, filter cake), regional cassava processors, livestock operations and the food industry of the micro-region.
Construction firms & EPC partners
Brazilian construction firms for civil works, tank construction, piping and hall construction; a specialised plant-engineering partner for the process technology.
Logistics & supply chain
Regional hauliers, local storage and holding infrastructure, just-in-time delivery and biomethane pipeline feed-in to the distributor networks.
Farmers as biofertilizer offtakers
Regional farmers receive the digested substrate back as a high-quality biofertilizer — the economic loop closes locally instead of leaking out externally.
Scientific support
UNESP / FUNDUNESP as academic partners, complemented by international research collaborations — for substrate optimisation, microbiome monitoring and regional-economic research.
Authorities & municipal administration
Prefeitura de Monte Alto-SP, CETESB, ANP, Junta Comercial São Paulo — institutional support and the permitting framework under the Marco Legal do Biometano.