Methanization

Our knowledge of the agricultural world gives us a unique vision of the "methanization ecosystem", in order to offer you solutions truly tailored to your activity.

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Why assess the risks before launching a methanation project?

Methanization offers numerous advantages, both environmentally and economically. However, it also comes with certain challenges. isques - exits Techniques, human and legal aspects that must be anticipated. To ensure the security and sustainability of a project, the implementation of good prevention practices is essential.

To ensure the security and sustainability of a project, the implementation of good prevention practices is essential.

In order to ensure sustainable and controlled development, risk assessment and the purchase of appropriate insurance are key steps to protect the investment and secure operations.

To ensure the security and sustainability of a project, the implementation of good prevention practices is essential.

The contracts to be planned to secure your project

Construction Phase 

  • All Risks Assembly Testing
  • Anticipated business losses
  • Civil Liability of the Principal Contractor

Exploitation Phase

  • Property damage
  • Loss of earnings/loss of income
  • Civil liability of operation and energy producer
  • RC Environment
  • RC of Corporate Officers

Benefit from an independent insurance audit.

By offering insurance audits to banking partners financing methanization units, we allow our clients to secure their projects from the construction phase onwards.

Drawing on our European experience and close relationships with banking actors, we offer sharp risk analysis and tailored solutions, ensuring the reliability of commitments and the protection of investments.

The ten-year liability insurance

Thanks to our in-depth knowledge of the market, we now offer biogas plant builders specifically designed Civil Liability and Decennial contracts to meet the requirements of these emerging activities.

Every builder is legally responsible towards the client for damages compromising the stability or purpose of the construction. With over 11,000 client companies, our expertise allows us to guide you towards the most suitable solution for your profile and your challenges.

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An exclusive solution to anticipate the environmental impacts of methanization.

We have designed an exclusive environmental insurance solution, intended to complement the very limited coverage of traditional liability insurance contracts. These contracts do not cover either the principle of the "polluter pays" or the obligation of natural restoration of soils, waters, and fauna (Directive 2004/35/EC and article 541-2 of the Environmental Code).

Indeed, certain operations related to the operation of your methanization unit can have direct or indirect impacts on the environment, in the short or long term:

  • Pollution of surface and groundwater.
  • Spreading operation of digestate.
  • Transport of inputs,
  • Crisis Management
  • Personal responsibility of the Leader,
  • Legal Protection
  • And many others...
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Vincent Allonier
Methanization is a powerful lever for the energy transition of agricultural operations. At Howden, we support project leaders in securing their facilities, from the construction phase to operation, with tailor-made insurance solutions designed for the technical, environmental, and financial challenges of the sector.
Vincent Allonier
Vincent Allonier - Energy Director

Why choose Howden?

  • An advisory approach based on field experience and feedback from European operators.
  • Independent assurance audits for banking partners and chambers of agriculture
  • Recognized expertise in structuring complex projects
  • An international network and solutions tailored to local requirements.

Frequently asked questions

Energy production facilities are not subject to regulation, as clarified by the legislator in Ordinance 2005-658 of 8 June 2005, unless they are ancillary to a facility that is subject to regulation.

This ordinance is transcribed in the Insurance Code – Article L243-1-1:

"Roads, pedestrian structures, car parks, various networks, pipelines, lines or cables and their supports, energy transport, production, storage and distribution facilities, structures for the storage and treatment of bulk solids, fluids and liquids, telecommunications structures, uncovered sports facilities, as well as their equipment, are also excluded from the insurance obligations mentioned in the first paragraph, unless the structure or equipment is ancillary to a structure subject to these insurance obligations."

  • Fire and explosion (flammable gas, pressurised equipments
  • Accidental pollution (digestate, leaks)
  • Machinery breakdown
  • Electrical or mechanical failures
  • Environmental legal risks

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