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-: BioCirc is a green energy scale-up that has grown
to become one of the largest biogas producers in the world
and has done so in just over two years.
I'm here to speak with Bertel Maigaard, the founder and CEO,
around his vision for how to meet the energy demands
of local communities with green energy,
so follow me.
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Hi, Bertel. -: Hi, Mads.
-: Good to see you. -: Good to see you.
-: We're happy to spend the day with you here at Vinkel.
-: The vision of BioCirc is to be a best-in-class developer,
owner and operator of green energy clusters,
displacing the use of fossil energy locally.
We are a fully circular bioeconomic company
that abates CO2 emissions by producing green energy
in the form of gas, fuel, electricity and heat.
We do that by converting biological waste
from food or animal waste into biogas.
With the eight biogas facilities,
we today produce around two terawatt-hours per year
that correspond to more than 430,000 households'
electricity consumption in Denmark.
The vision we are pursuing is to develop
and operate truly circular green energy clusters,
allowing local communities
to decarbonize across all energy forms.
The clusters form around a biogas plant
and can take the green energy produced
and use it to meet a whole range
of different needs within the community,
so the biogas is an enabler
for a whole new system of energy.
We offer a one-stop shop solution for local communities,
making it easier for them to reach their net zero targets.
We are aiming to increase our capacity
by tenfold until 2030.
I think it's inspiring to work with local communities,
reaching their net zero targets.
Let's take Viborg municipality, for example.
100,000 citizens reaching net zero before 2030?
That's really inspiring to work with, but I also believe
that chapter two will be even more inspiring,
taking these local solutions in Denmark
and scaling them out to the rest of the world.
Boston Consulting Group has been a valuable partner
for BioCirc realizing the ideas, the vision,
the mission I had for the company initially,
but that also means that Boston Consulting Group went
from working with a startup business
to now working with a leading green energy company.
-: Working with startups and scale-ups is always exciting,
and that's been particularly true with BioCirc
due to its rapid growth and innovative business model.
As the world works together to accelerate green solutions,
we'll need businesses of all shapes and sizes,
and it's been our privilege as BCG to partner with BioCirc
to scale a business that solves a fundamental problem.
At BCG, we are committed to working
with the winners of tomorrow, building a better future.
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