genia bioenergy
Agricultural waste for biogas production.
We have reached an agreement with the Spanish Kaki Fruit Association to handle of approximately 18,000 tonnes of discarded fruit per season.
genia bioenergy
We have reached an agreement with the Spanish Kaki Fruit Association to handle of approximately 18,000 tonnes of discarded fruit per season.
The kaki fruit discarded by the warehouses will be used to generate biogas. The Spanish Kaki Fruit Association – an organisation that brings together exporters with their own production facilities – has signed a collaboration agreement with Genia Global Energy, an engineering firm based in Valencia that specialises in energy solutions, to provide them with fruit not suitable for commercial purposes. The agreement estimates that roughly 18,000 tonnes of kaki fruit are discarded every season. Now, these discards will be used for biogas production in a newly constructed plant. In return, the Association’s members will have priority in acquiring the organic by-product from the production process to use as fertilizer on their farms.
The biogas will be produced in a newly-constructed plant in the La Ribera region of Valencia and the producers will be entitled to acquire the compost and organic fertilizers generated during the anaerobic digestion process that produces biogas, thus fostering circular economy practices.
The gas thus produced will be injected into the grid and represents a renewable energy source that can be stored and used as heat, electricity or fuel for vehicles as required, without depending on weather conditions. Only the Valdemingómez plant currently injects biomethane into the Spanish natural gas grid.
The plant under construction will be able to process 200,000 tonnes of organic waste per year. Using organic waste to make biogas instead of letting it decompose prevents significant greenhouse gas emissions because the methane produced during decomposition will not be released into the atmosphere. When burned, methane is converted into CO2 with an effect 21 times less harmful than methane..
Here at Genia Bioenergy we are looking for organic waste sources not fit for animal feed or other valorisation processes in order to convert them into biomethane. This may include sewage sludge, agricultural residues or waste from the food industry.
The plant to be built in La Ribera will help to manage and valorise nearly 200,000 tonnes of waste per year, setting an example of circular economy criteria.
The biogas generation project that harnesses fermentation of a mixture of kaki fruit with other by-products such as sewage sludge, agricultural residues and industrial waste, occurs in anaerobic (oxygen-free) conditions to produce methane gas.
This renewable source can be used for various energy-related applications and in the case of the kaki fruit project, the biogas generated will be injected into the national grid.The process boosts the conditions that provoke methane emissions in natureby contributing heat to ensure that the bacteria are working in their ideal habitat.
The biogas produced is upgraded to methane and can be stored.
