A recent study by the National Energy Commission and the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) estimated the installable biogas potential at about 400 MW, nearly 3.5 percent of the country’s current generating capacity.

If tapped, thermal energy produced by cogeneration plants might double the energy output. Most of this potential lies in highly concentrated biomass, rendering utilization easier. Due to biomass availability restrictions applied in the study, these biogas generation estimates are probably conservative.

Significantly, of the above 400 MW potential, about 150 MW could come from readily available methane gas produced by existing liquid industrial waste, sludge, and animal slurry reactors and in landfills equipped for biogas reclamation.

Source: National Energy Commission (CNE), GTZ.