Biogaz Europe 2015

Biogas is a combustible gas composed primarily (60%) of methane (CH4), and carbon dioxide (CO2) derived from the breakdown of organic matter in the absence of oxygen. This process is called anaerobic digestion.

Biogas can be produced using digesters or be directly captured in landfill sites. All organic matter can be converted into biogas with varying concentrations of methane gas. Liquid manure, agricultural waste and energy crops can be fed into biogas plants in farms or in collective units that treat different types of waste associated with a significant proportion of manure.

Sewage effluents can be digested in sewage treatment plants. Green and municipal solid wastes can also be converted into biogas in solid waste digester units.

Anaerobic digestion allows farmers, specifically dairy farmers, to substitute their chemical fertilizers with the nutritional by product of anaerobic digestion, thereby in parallel contributing to resolving the problem of storage and waste treatment.