Bioenergy Ibérica Develops a Biogas Plant from Cheese Production Waste

(Residuos Profesional (Google Translation)) The new facilities of the Galician Queizuar cheese factory will generate 3,000,000 kWh of clean energy per year from its own byproducts, such as lactose and sewage sludge. -- Bioenergy Ibérica, a company specialized in the construction of renewable energy projects and waste management, has built a biogas plant in the facilities of the Queizuar cheese factory, in the town of Bama, in A Coruña. The plant, which will be inaugurated in early 2024, will generate 3,000,000 kWh of clean energy per year, avoiding the emission of more than 600 tons of CO2.

With this Bioenergy Ibérica project, Queizuar has made a real commitment to decarbonization through the valorization of its own waste and byproducts , such as lactose and sewage sludge, for the generation of clean and environmentally friendly energy, reducing significantly reduces CO2 emissions, thus reducing its dependence on fossil fuels by 80%. READ MORE

Excerpt from The Korea Herald: The Ministry of Environment said Thursday it will require industries that are heavy producers of organic waste resources to transition to the production of biogas starting Dec. 31.

According to the Environment Ministry’s biogas law, public and private industries that generate organic waste such as livestock manure and food waste will be required to produce them in the form of biogas.

Biogasification obligations will be imposed on pig farms with more than 25,000 pigs, livestock manure treatment facilities that process more than 100 metric tons of manure per day and food waste generators that utilize more than 1,000 tons of food waste per year.

Based on the maximum amount of biogas that can be produced from organic waste that has been collected, both public and private industries must produce up to 80 percent of biogas by 2045. Government-run industries are first obliged to produce up to 50 percent of biogas by 2025, to steadily increase over the years until 2045. Private industries are required to produce up to 10 percent of biogas by 2026, to also steadily increase until 2045.

If those who are obligated to produce biogas fail to achieve the production target by the deadline, a fine will be imposed. However, industries can also exempt themselves from penalties through consignment production, or if they are in the process of building a biogas plant or have experienced a natural disaster.

The Ministry of Environment also added that it plans to expand its support to promote biogas production and utilization for privately run industries. By 2024, the ministry will support up to eight local governments to build biogas plants and subsidize private industries obliged to produce biogas, including installation and operation costs. As of 2023, the ministry only subsidized up to four local governments.

Additionally, the Ministry of Environment stated that it will install a biogas center in the Korea Environment Corp. and operate a comprehensive information system to efficiently carry out tasks related to biogas production and utilization from 2024 to 2026. READ MORE