Canada-headed organic waste treatment plant operators and technology providers Anaergia Inc. has announced plans to construct a 1.2 MWe biogas power plant in Kasaoka, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.
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The facility will produce renewable electricity using biogas made by anaerobically digesting cow manure from Okayama Prefecture farms.
The project will anaerobically digest about 250 tonnes per day of cow manure from the region and use the resulting biogas to fuel a combined heat and power (CHP) generator system.
Once fully operational, the plant will prevent an estimated 13 500 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2eq) per annum in emissions from the manure and from fossil fuels that would have been used to generate the power.
Wastes such as manure, sewage biosolids, and food scraps create two-thirds of all point source emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas that is 85 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Stopping these methane emissions from waste must be a central tactic in curbing global warming, said Andrew Benedek, Chairman, and CEO of Anaergia.
Second plant for Toyo Energy
The biogas power plant will be built for Toyo Energy Solution Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of Toyo Group, a diversified construction, and real estate development organization.
Anaergia will design, engineer, install, and commission the plant. while Toyo Energy will serve as the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractor.
The Kasaoka project is Anaergia’s second with Toyo Energy; the company completed a facility for Toyo Energy in Yabu City, that converts farm and food waste into renewable energy.
Toyo Group is pleased to partner once again with Anaergia to develop a new biogas plant, as we consider them to be the global leader in anaerobic digestion technology, said Yoshimitsu Okada, President Director of Toyo Group.
We look forward to building many more biogas plants with Anaergia to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, produce renewable power, and help Japan achieve net-zero by 2050, Yoshimitsu Okada said.
The new Kasaoka facility will use Anaergia’s advanced anaerobic digestion (AD) technology and other proprietary resource recovery and treatment equipment.
This new bioenergy plant will not only help Japan reduce methane emissions from manure, but will also reduce the need for LNG to generate electricity. We look forward to building many more plants in Japan with our partner Toyo Energy Solution Co., Ltd to help the nation meet its carbon neutrality goals, ended Andrew Benedek.
