On the one hand, the company has presented in Langa de Duero (Soria) what it intends to be one of the most relevant projects in the medium term, in which it will invest 23 million euros to take advantage of 140.000 tons of organic waste, which in addition to gas renewable, they would generate 60.000 tons per year of organic amendments to improve crops and 50.000 tons to produce local liquid organic fertilizers. The thermal need of the plant will be covered with “preferably local” biomass.
The plant, which has the collaboration of the local cooperative Ribereña de Forrajes, which will provide 80% of the raw materials required by the plant, would produce 75 gigawatt hours (GWh) per year of biomethane destined to be injected into the transportation network, enough gas to cover 1,5% of the natural gas demand in the province.
The treatment of organic waste in this plant would also mean savings in emissions into the atmosphere of more than 16.500 tons of CO2 eq per year, which will contribute to reducing the ecological footprint of agricultural and livestock activities.
The company plans to generate a dozen long-term direct jobs and about 35 indirect jobs, whose main contributions to the region would be the "generation of an ecosystem of economic activities around the plant." Furthermore, as explained by the general director of @Genia Bioenergy, Gabriel Butler, the project foresees a "state-of-the-art" plant that, when put into operation, would offer livestock farms "a way to reduce their costs, comply with European regulations and reduce the time dedicated to administrative procedures for the management of the residue".
The project, which will begin its administrative processing in the month of August, plans to start its activity at the end of 2026.
On the other hand, in the Salamanca municipality of Machacón, Genia Bioenergy intends to develop a biomethane plant, which if its construction is confirmed, would have the capacity to process up to 150.000 tons of livestock manure per year from local farms, in turn generating 70 gigawatt hours (GWh) per year of biomethane for injection into the network. of distribution.
This is an investment of around 25 million euros that would generate around 10 direct jobs and up to 25 indirect jobs in the municipality, which would boost economic activity throughout the region, we will generate a business network within the population. rural,
The plant is designed with cutting-edge Biorganic Materials technology to manage, through a natural process of anaerobic digestion (due to the action of bacteria that live in the absence of oxygen), up to 150.000 tons of manure and slurry each year from local livestock farms, thus recovering the water present in the slurry and transform the solid fraction of the digestates into compost.
More than 20 ranchers in the area have expressed their commitment to contributing their livestock waste to the plant in the long term. This would allow them to reduce management costs and administrative procedures related to their waste, comply with European regulations, free up space in their facilities and considerably reduce the nuisance caused by odors and insects.
The construction of the plant is not yet confirmed. If confirmed, this would last a year.
