WHY BIOGAS?
Biogas, which is produced by the decomposition of organic substances in an oxygen-free environment with enzymes secreted by microorganisms, is a renewable energy source.
Biogas is an environmentally friendly energy source and can be produced in various capacities, ranging from family and farm-type production to industrial scale. This biofuel is increasingly used in the world for purposes such as heating, motor fuel, and as a turbine fuel for producing electricity and heat.
Biogas is a colourless and odourless gas, which is lighter than air and burns with a bright blue flame. The main constituents of biogas are methane and carbon dioxide, followed by lesser amounts of hydrogen sulfide, nitrogen, and hydrogen. The faeces of animals such as cattle, horses, sheep, and chickens, slaughterhouse wastes, herbal wastes such as finely chopped stalks, straws, stubble, and corn, urban and industrial wastes with organic contents, and sewage sludge can be used as raw materials to obtain biogas. Such substances turn into biogas, a clean and efficient energy source, as a result of hydrolysis, acid formation, and methane formation processes.
Biogas, which can be produced in many different capacities from individual enterprises to industrial-scale facilities, is one of the world’s rising stars of clean energy sources. According to the World Biogas Association (WBA) data, more than 50 million micro-scale biogas reactors (digesters) and 132 thousand small, medium, or large-scale biogas enterprises operate in the world, mainly in China and India. According to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) data, electricity production from biogas has increased by 90% in the last six years.