Food waste management to recycle organic products

Food Waste Recycling and Biogas

Methanation in the farm (Planet Biogaz France), biogaz

A digger puts corn silage to the storage place at the bio gas factory in Graden southern Germany, on March 5, 2013.

Vanheede industrial fermentation plant converts organic products into biomethane, which is then converted into electricity via a gas engine. The plant at Quévy is fitted with an installed capacity of 2.45 MW, enabling Vanheede Biomass Solutions to supply electricity to some 5,000 families. The heat generated is recovered in-house. The digestate is upgraded as a soil supplement for agricultural use.

Infoclip: Methane emissions

This infoclip provides illustrative images of a wide range of agricultural activities in various EU member states. In northern Italy, a farm produces organic rice in a nature area and the goal is to let the nature do its job. This biodiversity brings lots of different kind of birds, plants, insect, and fishes. The farm also built an organic digester to create their own biogas used as fertilizers in the fields. In Sweden, a farm produces fertilizers and bio fuel for tractors and trucks. In Ireland, a farmer produces winter barley, wheat and oats. He uses new technologies to manage the spreading of fertilizers in his fields. In Czech Republic, a farm produces hops on about 42 hectares. In Spain, the research center Cicytex provides services of high added value to companies in the sector of Agro-Food Technology. The Community of irrigators Genil –Cabra have participated in an EU-funded Research programme on sustainable use of irrigation water in the Mediterranean region.

Infoclip: Modern Agriculture - Crops

This infoclip illustrates the use of renewable energy in Europe : photovoltaic installation on a house in Belgium, photovoltaic park in Greece, wind energy park in Belgium, production of biomass in France, biogas production site in Germany and pellet production in Belgium.

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