OPTIONS FOR TECHNICAL VISITS ON APRIL 20

SCRIPT 1 – Participants of the technical visit in Foz do Iguacu they go to Sanepar's Ouro Verde Sewage Treatment Station, and then to Itaipu Binacional's Biogas and Biomethane Demonstration Unit. In this itinerary, visitors will see, in practice, how biogas is produced in sewage treatment and used to generate electricity and also produced from organic waste in co-digestion to produce biomethane for vehicles. ETE Ouro Verde was the first Brazilian plant for distributed generation of electricity powered by biogas from anaerobic sewage treatment to be registered with the National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL) and the first in the country to adhere to the energy compensation system electric. It is a microgenerator unit. Itaipu's UD contemplates the local treatment of Organic Solid Waste (RSO) produced in the five restaurants of the Itaipu complex, using them for the production of biomethane as fuel in vehicles and biofertilizers for the fertirrigation of grasses or degraded areas.

SCRIPT 2 – In this itinerary, a unit for the treatment of effluents from a pig slaughterhouse that produces biogas for scorching carcasses (thermal energy) and a plant that uses pig farming waste to produce biogas and generate electricity will be presented. The first stop will be at the Frimesa Frigorific Unit Biogas Plant, in Medianeira. Conceived in 2019, after studies aimed at understanding the biodegradation capacity of the waste/effluent generated in the effluent treatment process, observing the potential for biogas generation. Several analyzes and strategic validations were carried out until the project was idealized for the generation of thermal energy, replacing LPG gas (liquefied petroleum gas) in the process of scorching the pigs. There is also the possibility of using biofertilizer from this system. In the same itinerary as the visit, participants will visit Granja São Pedro Colombari, in Sao Miguel do Iguaçu, which obtains biogas and generates electricity from pig waste. The site was chosen to inaugurate the first project of this type in the country and is a plant known nationally for its pioneering role in biogas.

SCRIPT 3 – It will be possible to learn about the production of energy generated from plants that use swine effluents and agro-industrial waste at the Bioenergia Center, in Toledo (PR), and at EnerDinBo, in Ouro Verde do Oeste. In Toledo, the Bioenergia Center is a project developed and managed by CIBiogás with the support of technology studies of energy microgrids from the Itaipu Technological Park and resources from Itaipu Binacional. It is in the implementation phase and the intention with this biodigestion system is to generate electricity from the biogas produced from the treatment of effluents from pig farming, carcasses of unslaughtered pigs and agro-industrial residues in the region. This generated energy will be used to offset the consumption of 1.800 homes and public buildings. EnerDinBo, from West Green Gold, is a hybrid biogas and biomethane plant. The plant uses pig manure to produce biogas and generate electricity and biomethane. There are around 40 partner producers who send waste to the plant and, as a result, 1 megawatt/hour of energy is generated, which can supply 2,5 homes. Currently, 300 members of Cooperativa EDB – Energia do Brasil, a strategic partner, receive energy from EnerDinBo, through the distribution network of Companhia Paranaense de Energia Elétrica (Copel).

SCRIPT 4 – Em Toledo, the technical visit will be made to the installations of the ME-LE-Bioköhler Biogas Plant and to the Bioenergy Center, in co-digestion plants that use effluents from swine, cattle, poultry, non-slaughtered pigs and agro-industrial waste to produce biogas to generate electricity. The first visit on the itinerary, in the morning, is at the ME-LE-Bioköhler Plant, which receives animal waste produced on neighboring properties and transported daily to the plant in a tank truck. Biogas is used to generate electricity. The afternoon visit will be at the Central de Bioenergia plant, the same plant that is part of Route 3. The plant is in the implementation phase and the intention with this biodigestion system is to generate electricity from the biogas produced from the treatment of effluents from pig farming, carcasses of non-slaughtered pigs and agro-industrial residues from the region.

More information about each route can be found on the Forum website: https://biogasebiometano.com.br/visitas-tecnicas/