Cogeneration biogas plant opened in Botos, Serbia

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Bioelektra company started new cogeneration power plant in the Serbian village of Botos, located in the northeastern part of the country, learned BalkanEngineer.com from BalkanGreenEnergyNews.com. At this stage of its construction the facility has installed capacity of 0.6 MW, and is expected to reach 1.8 MW after completion of the three phases of the project.

The plant will be fueled by beet pulp and sugar beet waste, supplemented with corn. It is expected the annual production of electricity by the plant to be about 15 GWh. Besides electricity, the plant in Botos will produce as byproducts thermal energy and high quality organic fertilizers.

"During each phase of the project, agricultural areas in Botos will supply the plant with the necessary resources - 12 000 tons of compost from different sources," said Branislav Pomorishki, Director of Bioelektra.

Source of the pictures: Bioelektra