Benefits of Using Biogas

The use of biogas is practically limitless. Any new house, guest house, lodge, development, golf estate, clinic, hotel, etc. that needs an independent sewerage system, or would like to utilise biogas as a sustainable source of energy, can make use of a biogas digester system.

A biogas digester has the following advantages:

  • Produces methane gas that can be used for cooking purposes, lighting, water heating and to generate electricity
  • Digests organic waste (from the kitchen, garden, sewerage, animal manure, etc.)
  • Prevents methane gas from entering the atmosphere

· Produces organic compost as waste product (in liquid, slurry or solid form)

 


Biogas

Our planet is at the stage where we have to tap into every source of alternative energy available to us. The sun is our most abundant green energy source and we are already successfully utilising this amazing energy to generate electricity (PV-photo voltaic) and hot water (solar geysers). We are also producing green electricity by utilising the power of the wind and of flowing water by means of wind and hydro turbines.  There is however another relatively untapped source of energy in the form of biogas, specifically here in South Africa.

 

Biogas is created when any type of organic material decomposes under anaerobic (absence of oxygen) conditions.  If the decomposition takes place in a biogas digester specifically designed to capture the biogas, the gas can then successfully be utilised to run biogas cookers, lights, to create hot water and to generate electricity by means of biogas generators.

Biogas SA has the technology and expertise to build biogas digesters of any size, from small households to large commercial systems. BiogasSA is also the sole license holders for South Africa of the unique Puxin biogas digester system from China.