Potential Uses of Biogas in Colombia
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https://doi.org/10.25044/25392190.468Keywords:
anaerobic digestion, organic wastes, biogas, renewable energies.Abstract
Although in Colombia about 93% of the solid wastes is adequately disposed in sanitary landfills, the department of Bolivar reports only 45% of the population receiving waste collection services, while about 150 tons/day of solid wastes are disposed in uncontrolled manner, mostly around water courses or abandoned lands. In the rural sector, the waste collection service coverage reaches just 0,5%. The organic fraction of urban solid wastes in Colombia reaches 2/3 of the total. Anaerobic digestion of organic wastes for biogas production is widely used in European and Asian countries. However, Latinamerican biogas production, both at domestic or industrial scale, is scarce. In Colombia, one can find some industrial biodigesters in sanitary landfills and palm oil mills and, while some of them use biogas as an energy source, most of them burn it in torches as a means for greenhouse gases emissions reduction. Rural areas in Colombia have some small projects implemented with farmers’ initiative or with the support of cooperation agencies. In this paper, the state of the art of current biogas projects in Colombia is presented as well as their potential.Downloads
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