Biomethane plant fed by alperujo and slurry
Tonnes of waste:
221.000,00 tn/year
Biomethane Production:
78,83 GWh/year
Equivalence of households with biomethane use:
17%
Emissions it reduces:
15.792,20 tn CO2 year
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Agreement for the promotion of biomethane in Jaén
The plant promoted by Enagás Renovable, Genia Bioenergy and Grupo Valora will be located in Jaén.
The Jaén Provincial Council promotes a biomethane generation plant fed by alperujo and slurry
The Jaén Provincial Council promotes a biomethane generation plant fed by alperujo and slurry
ABOUT THE PROJECT
The Green Vector is promoting a biomethane generation plant in Javalquinto (Jaén).
- The plant is developed by Enagás Renovable, Genia Bioenergy and Grupo Valora and will be located in Javalquinto.
- The plant shall convert up to 221,000 tonnes of organic waste into biogas each year and generate up to 78.83 GWh of biomethane.
- This initiative contributes to Aragón’s shift in the energy model, promoting a circular economy and decarbonisation.
The Provincial County Council of Jaén has reached an agreement with the Enagás Renovable subsidiary, the energy engineering company Genia Global Energy and the waste management company Grupo Valora to create a biomethane production plant in Javalquinto (Jaén).
This facility will be able to process up to 221,000.00 tons/year each year of organic waste such as alperujo, pig slurry and remains from the food industry and convert it into biomethane equivalent to about 78.83 GWh/year of energy.
In addition to biogas, the plant’s processes will result in the production of 221,000 tonnes of organic amendment (similar to compost) and liquid biofertiliser each year that can be returned to crops, closing the cycle of the circular economy. This natural process, agronomically safe and without odour or insect nuisance, would help solve the problem of managing biowaste that is particularly difficult to treat, such as slurry or olive pomace, which without being properly managed could contaminate soils or aquifers.
The project involves a direct investment of around €15 M and will create a dozen direct, permanent and skilled jobs, as well as generating an economic ecosystem around waste that will benefit waste producers (oil mills, pig farms, agri-food industry), hauliers and farmers.
One of the most important values for the success of the project is that it brings together the main gas transport company in Spain, Enagás, with the engineering and know-how in biomethane project management of Genia Bioenergy and the experience of Grupo Valora in waste management and its transformation into substrates, fertilisers and techno-soils.
This project will bring Jaén and Andalusia closer to compliance with European, national and regional plans for the circular economy, energy transition and climate change (Europe’s Circular Economy Plan, EU Directive 2018/850 on waste management, treatment and recovery for municipalities, the Spanish Government’s Climate Change and Energy Transition Law, the 2021-2030 Objectives of the National Integrated Energy and Climate Plan (PNIEC) drawn up by IDEA and the 2030 Andalusia Energy Strategy). In addition, it will save approximately 120,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year.
Biogas is obtained from the biodigestion of organic waste through the action of bacteria that live in the absence of oxygen (anaerobic biodigestion), a natural process that speeds up the production of this green gas with a high concentration of methane.
Through an upgrading process, the resulting biogas will be converted into biomethane, with the same characteristics as the gas that circulates through the grid, so it will be injected into the network for distribution, allowing homes, industries and vehicles to consume energy from renewable sources. This is a technology which is widely used in Europe, where there are about 800 plants that inject biomethane into the distribution grid and more than 19,000 that produce biogas for their own consumption or cogeneration.