At the very beginning of 2011 the fully operational new biogas plant will run in Turkey. The plant, build by Austrian- biogas engineering company Enbasys GmbH, will process around 55,000 tones of municipal and industrial waste each year using ENBAFERM multi –feedstock biogas technology.
The biogas produced will be used to generate electricity and heat, as well as fertilizers, which are in high demand in Turkey.
The requirements for waste disposal are becoming increasingly stringent and the municipal waste is now gathered separately from other waste. This conduct in an increase of waste availability can be converted into biogas before supplying the public power network with electricity.
According to Enbasys GmbH directors Markus Grasmug and Stefan Kromus: “The increasingly strict regulation about disposal of waste in Turkey are expected to lead to a strong rise in the industrial exploitation of municipal waste, since only two plants in this vein have been built in Turkey before.”
Recently Enbasys became a BDI member group after the company took over 51% of Enbasys shares.