Egypt establishes 1st factory producing electricity from Biogas

Egypt establishes 1st factory producing electricity from Biogas

The Industrial products company on Friday signed a contract with the National Company for Animal Production of the National Service Projects Organization to establish Egypt’s first factory to generate electricity from bioenergy (biogas) in Sadat City.

The factory will annually process 85,000 tons of cattle dung to produce one megawatt/hour of electricity to be connected to the national electricity grid.

It will also produce more than 80,000 tons of high-quality organic fertilizer, proven to be effective in restoring agricultural soil fertility and doubling its productivity.

The factory also contributes to reducing greenhouse emissions by about 5,000 tons of carbon dioxide.

The factory represents fruitful cooperation between the private sector and state agencies in electricity production from livestock dung, which is worthy of replication in various other sectors, especially with regard to new and renewable energy.

It represents a true simulation of the outputs of the Climate Conference (COP27), which encouraged the Egyptian investor to invest green in the fields of clean energy.

In January 2022, Al-Mawarid Industrial Products Company installed and operated the first portable Biogas units in Zewail City, with a production capacity of 2,200 cubic meter per year to treat organic waste resulting from student restaurants in Zewail City, to be used in cooking