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&nbsp;Nowadays, due to intense global technological competition, ex-portation without innovations isn&rsquo;t possible anymore. In order to maintain its export capacity, Ukrainian companies have to cooperate with international tech-nological leaders. Global challenges and international standards make businesses &laquo;greener&raquo; and, as a result, only the goods with minimum carbon footprint be-come popular in the markets. The world is changing and in this world innova-tions and &laquo;green&raquo; projects are the necessary conditions for business existence.
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 &nbsp;Ukraine and Germany are trading and technological partners
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Germany is one of the key trading and investment partners of Ukraine. During the last years Germany was gaining the lead among the European trading partners of Ukraine with approximately 18% share in general turnover.
According to the data on foreign direct investments in the Ukrainian economy in 2019, Germany was on the 4th rank among the main investors in the economy of Ukraine. Nowadays there are almost 250 representatives of German companies in Ukraine, the number of German enterprises and joint ventures is almost 950, and the trend is growing. In total, there are more that 1200 firms with German capital in Ukraine.
The priority spheres of German economic and political cooperation for develop-ment with Ukraine include fostering actions in the following fields: energy effi-ciency, sustainable economic development, moreover, there is active common work on climate protection, especially on promoting low-carbon approaches.
The implementation of the Association Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine signed in June 2014 is an important basis for cooperation. It in-cludes almost 30 directives on the environmental issues that have to be adopted and implemented during the transition period.
The EU, as well as the whole world, watches attentively the German energy tran-sition that became a so-called trademark of Germany. The demand on know-how and technologies &laquo;made in Germany&raquo; is very high; they are used all-over the world for current, heat and fuels from renewable sources production.
The Federal Government of Germany, both within the EU and in its relations with international partners, supports rapid development of renewable energy sources. Special attention of Germany is paid to bioenergy and biogas fields.
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Biogas in Germany and Ukraine
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 Biogas is an elegant technology that transforms organic waste into &laquo;clean&raquo; en-ergy and organic fertilizers.
Biogas technologies are rapidly developing in the whole world. Such develop-ment makes a significant contribution to ecological and energy security of states. It is also an important component of circular economy and sustainable develop-ment, as well as a powerful factor of greenhouse gas emissions reduction. Biogas sector has a potential in reducing the greenhouse gas emissions by 10% in the EU.
There are 18855 biogas plants in Europe, and approximately 9000 are located in Germany. That is why Germany can be considered as a leader in biogas produc-tion both in EU and globally. In the future, in case of optimal use of biogas in Germany, this type of fuel would be able to provide 12 million of households with electricity.
Ukraine, with its powerful agricultural sector and its natural resources base, has perfect prerequisites for biogas technologies development. However, the level of electricity from biogas production in Ukraine is much lower that in the European Union. But, at the same time, the biomass potential is 250 times higher than used now.
34 companies in our country operate 52 biogas facilities. The total amount of in-stalled capacity of biogas field facilities in Ukraine that received &laquo;feed-in tariff&raquo; is 102 MW. Just to compare, in Germany the total installed electric capacity of bio-gas facilities is equal to approximately 5000 MW.
At the same time, the potential of biogas production in Ukraine in 2018 was es-timated at the level of 7,8 billion cubic metres per year that makes approximately 25% of natural gas consumption.Agroindustrial holding MHP is the pioneer and innovative leader in biogas and bioenergy fields in Ukraine.
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 &nbsp;&laquo;Biogas Ladyzhyn&raquo; Complex by MHP is the most powerful Ukrainian- German eco-innovative project
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Biogas projects by MHP make an essential impact in the energy independence of the company and its ecological responsibility.
In December 2019 agroindustrial holding MHP put into operation the first phase of biogas complex &laquo;Biogas Ladyzhyn&raquo; with installed energy capacity of 12 MW. The object is situated near Ladyzhyn city in Vinnytsia region. It is the biggest bi-ogas complex in Europe where the organic waste from broilers chickens is recy-cled.
Several powerful German and Ukrainian companies and producers took part in the implementation of the project &laquo;Biogas Ladyzhyn&raquo; by MHP. In particu-lar, among German companies were the following: Wolfsystem, Ellman Engineer-ing, ABB Germany, Siemens, Caterpillar Germany etc.
Wolfsystem is a leader in concrete tanks construction in Europe, its capacity is 5000 such constructions per year. Due to its 50-years experience Wolfsystem constructed, within the project &laquo;Biogas Ladyzhyn&raquo;, the first tanks in Ukraine 41 m in diameter, in height of 6,5 m and with a displacement of 8000 cubic meters without any seams.
Ellman Engineering is a German engineering company that specializes in biogas technologies and water treatment.
The specialists of Ellman Engineering provided the support of the biogas plants construction in more that 20 countries of the world, and the largest one is located in Vinnytsya region and was implemented by MHP company.
Ellman Engineering company proposed the innovative technology of processing poultry manure into biogas. In the realization of the project they were responsi-ble for biogas production and new technological solutions were implemented to-gether with other German partners.
TS Anlagenbau - biogas preparation;
ETW - biogas transportation;
Siemens - automation of the process of preparation and production of biogas.
German company Siemens is worth particular attention. It is a leading global technological concern which has been a symbol of the highest level of engineer-ing, innovations, quality, credibility and global approach to business for more than 170 years.
Caterpillar Germany (MWM Mannheim) specializes in gas reciprocating and cogeneration plants that operate on different types of fuel, for example, biogas. The facilities of the American company are produced on the plant in German city Mannheim. Under &laquo;Biogas Ladyzhyn&raquo; project the company implemented the en-ergy unit on the basis of cogeneration plants by Catterpillar in cooperation with ABB Germany and Aprovis (recycling of exhaust fumes for steam generation).
Some crucial elements of modern technological project were implemented by Ukrainian partners. First of all, the major company which supervised the project realization was PRJSC &laquo;MHP Eco Energy&raquo;. The working project development was fulfilled by PRJSC &laquo;Spectr MHP&raquo;. The draft of connection to the grid was carried out by LLC &laquo;Podilskiy Energoconsulting&raquo;. &laquo;Ukrwat&raquo; company con-structed the cable networks. The works on the energy unit and cogeneration plants construction were fulfilled by Ukrainian company &laquo;Teploenergoresurs&raquo;. Construction of gas and technical grids was exercised by &laquo;Gazmontazh&raquo; com-pany.
Thus, fruitful innovative cooperation of MHP and several Ukrainian and 10 German companies made possible the engineering, construction and implementa-tion of unique , both in European and global scale, project &laquo;Biogas Ladyzhyn&raquo;.
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 &nbsp;&laquo;Clean&raquo; projects development and European Green Deal
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In the end of 2019 the European Commission published the European Green Deal - the document the aim of which is to make the European continent neutral to climate change.
The strategic goal of becoming climatically neutral will foster energy transfor-mation within the EU that will make its impact on all sectors of economy and on the cooperation with other countries of Europe and of the world.
Successful adaptation of climate and energy policy of Ukraine to the new reality will lead to achievement of long-term multiplicative effect that will provide sus-tainable development and competitiveness to our country. However, it is impos-sible without implementing innovative &laquo;green&raquo; projects by Ukrainian companies.
Important role belongs to agricultural transformation which consists of the strat-egy on sustainable use of chemicals and reduction of CO2 emissions in the air. Several transformations have to be foreseen within this strategy, especially for the countryside, modernization and changes in the approaches of agricultural firms work, a number of climate legislation, bioenergy, renewable sources and eco-production development. That is why the realization of bioenergy and biogas projects in agriculture under the European Green Deal is of vital importance.
It is important to mention that MHP company has been exploiting the biogas complex PRJSC &laquo;Oril-Leader&raquo; in Dnipropetrovsk region since 2013. The energy capacity installed is 5,5 MW. The implementation of biogas projects by MHP started long before the European Green Deal presentation. Thereby, My-ronivsky Hliboproduct embodies breakthrough eco-innovative solutions before it becomes a trend or the demand of the modern world. It is a part of ecological re-sponsibility of a company.
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 &nbsp;Prospectives of future cooperation between Ukraine and Germany are im-possible without &laquo;green&raquo; projects realization
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German-Ukrainian Energy Day took place in Kyiv in December 2020. It was the first public event within German-Ukrainian energy partnership established by both countries in summer 2020 in Berlin. Both parts introduced the key spheres of future cooperation and discussed the topical energy and environment protec-tion issues with heads of governments, ministries, businessmen, experts and pub-lic. The 5 main directions of German-Ukrainian energy partnership were defined: coal regions transformation, hydrogen economy, energy efficiency, renewable en-ergy sources and decarbonization.
The German side paid attention to the importance of renewable energy devel-opment, energy efficiency and decarbonization because without these elements effective cooperation of Germany with other countries under the European Green Deal and new EU climate policy becomes impossible.
Among key priorities of innovative activities of MHP in &laquo;green&raquo; sphere are the following; renewable energy, energy efficiency and energy saving, Smart Grids and Energy Storage, digitalization and AI use in energy, bioethanol, bi-odiesel and organic fertilizers production for using in organic agriculture technologies for restoration of soil fertility.
Moreover, the innovative solutions on recycling and use of CO2 in cryogenic technologies, in particular for &laquo;green&raquo; cooling are being elaborated in coopera-tion with German company Ellman Engineering. The project on &laquo;green&raquo; hydro-gen production and its integration with biogas technologies is also iconic. It will increase the capacity of &laquo;green&raquo; biomethane production.
The majority of innovative projects will be implemented near the economic clus-ter of the Vinnytsia Poultry Farm and Ladyzhyn Energy Hub of MHP in Vinny-tsya region. The potential partnership with the most innovative German compa-nies for the breakthrough technologies implementation by MHP is being consid-ered, and it will be difficult to find analogues thereof in the EU and in the whole world.
There are many projects on innovative and technological partnership between Ukraine and Germany ahead, in particular with MHP company.
 Authors:
Oleksandr Dombrovskyi - President of MHP Eco Energy
Dmytro Melnyk - Head of eco-innovations Unit of MHP
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Under current global economic conditions innovations and technologies play a crucial role in the provision of competitiveness of goods on local and interna-tional markets.&nbsp;

MHP: the example of Ukrainian - German eco-innovative partnership

Under current global economic conditions innovations and technologies play a crucial role in the provision of competitiveness of goods on local and interna-tional markets.