Obtaining Biogas from Food Industry Waste

A new biogas plant has been established recently in the AZTI-Technalia campus in Derio, Spain. The plant will exploit the enormous potential of obtaining biogas from the organic matter contained in agricultural food waste that will eventually help the food industry to reduce the environmental impact caused by organic waste. Using anaerobic digestion, organic material will be transformed into biogas and a digested sludge. Biogas consists of carbon dioxide and methane which can be used as renewable source or electrical and/or thermal energy as well as fuel for vehicles.

Researchers at the facility are focused on the viability of obtaining benefit from a number of agricultural food by-products such as sludge from purifying plants, food waste, animal husbandry silage and agricultural food industries. The facility is open for use by government research institutions, food enterprises and environmental services which have similar research interests.

For details, see press release at: http://www.basqueresearch.com/berria_irakurri.asp?Berri_Kod=2144&hizk=I#hasiera