We are delighted to have been selected by the Energy and Environment Partnership (EEP) panel for a €390 000 project to help create a sustainable commercial biogas plant.
This project, which includes a significant contribution by Renen, will enable us to pilot the roll-out of an Induced Blanket Reactor (IBR) anaerobic biogas digester at a dairy farm in the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Midlands, South Africa.
The Midlands Biogas Project (MBP) responds to multiple problems currently faced at animal husbandry farms throughout South and southern Africa. Poor waste management practice currently results in extensive GHG emissions and damage to water resources (namely pollution and eutrophication). In addition, these farms face other problems like poor energy supply, and increasing production costs in the form of energy (electricity) and chemical fertilisers.
This project proposes a solution which is scalable, modular and innovative for viable applications in a variety of small to medium dairy (and pig) farms. The IBR digester will provide a reliable and affordable alternative for energy (heat and electricity) and an environmentally friendly superior fertiliser for crop and pasture production.
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