Abstract
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), only a tiny fraction of the full potential of energy from biomass is currently exploited in the world. Biogas is a good source of energy and heat, and a clean fuel. Converting it to biomethane creates a product that combines all the benefits of natural gas with zero greenhouse gas emissions. This is important given that the methane contained in biogas is a more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide (CO2). The total amount of CO2 emission avoided due to the installation of biogas plants is around 3380 ton/year, as 1 m3 of biogas corresponds to 0.70 kg of CO2 saved. In Russia, despite the huge potential, the development of bioenergy is rather on the periphery, due to the abundance of cheap hydrocarbons and the lack of government support. Based on the data from an agro-industrial plant located in Central Russia, the authors of the article demonstrate that biogas technologies could be successfully used in Russia, provided that the Russian Government adopted Western-type measures of financial incentives.
Highlights
Investing in these projects is becoming increasingly attractive for many reasons, e.g., (i) production of clean energy, (ii) production of organic fertilizers from the effluents resulting from the digestion processes, and (iii) last but not least, safe disposal of organic waste [15] with an evident environmental advantage
The design of the storage tank of the biogas plant took the volume of water that was to be added to the organic material into account
The study demonstrates the financial viability of biogas plants in Russia, provided that the Russian Government adopted Western European-type incentive policies
Summary
Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. In the last few decades, the biogas production from anaerobic digestion of organic waste has become widespread in Europe and has become an important part of the circular economy of many countries [5,6,7]. From all of the above, it is easy to understand that among the most promising areas of research in Russia today are projects entailing the use of biogas technologies Investing in these projects is becoming increasingly attractive for many reasons, e.g., (i) production of clean energy (electric or thermal), (ii) production of organic fertilizers from the effluents resulting from the digestion processes, and (iii) last but not least, safe disposal of organic waste [15] with an evident environmental advantage
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