Biovoima - Biogas Plant
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Biogas plant is used for the treatment of municipal and industrial organic waste, agricultural biomass and sewage sludge and their conversion into renewable energy.
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Biogas plant – from organic waste and side streams to income
With a biogas plant organic waste and side streams are converted into income by producing renewable energy and organic fertilizer cost-effectively. Produced biogas can be utilized for electricity and heat production. Biogas can be also upgraded to biomethane that can be used as vehicle fuel or fed into the natural gas grid as a substitute for fossil gas. Since biogas digester size is scalable almost limitlessly, biogas producers typically include:
- Waste management companies
- Agricultural sector
- Sewage treatment plants
- Food industry companies
Biogas is a gas mixture that occurs when organic waste rots in oxygen-free environment (anaerobic digestion). Biogas formation occurs naturally for example in landfills, but in biogas plants it is produced in a controlled and efficient way from waste streams that would often be unused. Depending on the feedstock material, biogas is 50-70 % methane with excellent fuel properties. One cubic meter of methane is equivalent to one liter of diesel fuel, and requires about 7 kg of biowaste, for example. The rest of the gas mixture is mainly carbon dioxide.
Almost all organic materials, except wood, are suitable for biogas production. Typical input materials include:
- Organic fractions of municipal solid waste
- Agricultural manure and energy crops
- Food industry side streams
- Wastewater treatment plant sewage
- Slaughterhouse waste
- Fish processing waste
The use of biogas as a fuel is undoubtedly a positive environmental impact. It is 100 % renewable and therefore carbon-neutral, its combustion does not generate any particulate matter and it does not contain sulfur or heavy metals. Biogas refined to biomethane is suitable as transport fuel and can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 85-95 % throughout the entire production process. In addition, biogas production prevents the release of methane into the atmosphere resulting from the decomposition of organic waste. This is an ecological effort in itself, as methane is 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Biogas production is part of a waste management.
Profitability of the biogas plant
The payback period of a biogas plant can be a few years. However, it depends on several factors, the most important of which are:
- Feedstock reception (gate fees)
- Savings in waste management costs
- Feedstock properties, methane yield
- Gas utilization method and revenue flows
- Income flows and / or savings related to the fertilizer
- Technology used and energy efficiency of the plant
You can be in touch with us, and we will be happy to help you evaluate your biogas project profitability.
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