{"id":14702,"date":"2023-04-13T18:19:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T15:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uabio.org\/?p=14702"},"modified":"2024-09-10T00:10:02","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T21:10:02","slug":"pershyj-biometanovyj-zavod-v-ukrayini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uabio.org\/en\/news\/14702\/","title":{"rendered":"The company “Gals Agro” has launched the first biomethane plant in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today is the birthday of Ukrainian biomethane! Ukraine has taken a confident step into the future \u2014 <\/em>“Gals Agro” company<\/a> has commissioned the first biomethane plant in the country.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This took place at one of the company’s six biogas facilities with a capacity of 6.9 MW. 600 m\u00b3\/hour of raw biogas is supplied for enrichment, from which 330 m\u00b3\/hour of biomethane is produced (equivalent to 1.3 MW electrical).<\/p>\n\n\n

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About the installation<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

This first biogas plant of “Gals Agro” was put into operation in 2018. The first phase of the plant had an electrical capacity of 2.4 MW. In 2020, construction of the plant’s second phase began, which allowed to increase the capacity by 4.5 MW to a total of 6.9 MW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, a reserve capacity for biogas production of 1.5 MW (electrical) was provided, equivalent to up to 3 million m\u00b3 of biomethane per year<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fermentation technology<\/strong> \u2014 mesophilic anaerobic fermentation of organic feedstock with the production of biogas, which is then supplied to a cogeneration system for the production of thermal and electrical energy. Jenbacher cogeneration units (Austria) are used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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During the construction of the plant’s second phase, the latest European biogas production technologies were employed, which allowed for an increase in the overall biogas output per cubic meter of fermentation capacity, raising the dry matter content in the reactors from 6% to 15%. More advanced technologies of fermentation (thermophilic instead of mesophilic), gas preparation and gas purification were applied. At the same time, the first phase was renovated to enhance the efficiency of the technological processes. Additional cogenerators, a biogas drying system, sulfur removal, and new mixers were installed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Basic feedstock<\/strong>: sugar beet pulp after sugar production, beet molasses, plant residues, energy crop silage, food and feed production waste, and cattle manure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Biomethane<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In 2021, a decision was made to equip the plant with a biomethane production module.
It was due to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n