The AGROMOBILITY project aims to treat livestock waste for the production of biomethane for use in agricultural vehicles. The aim is to demonstrate the viability of a new management model for livestock discharges, through treatment and subsequent use, taking into account technical-economic and environmental aspects. The project is developed on a pig fattening farm in Soria.
The process is based on the production of biogas in low-cost digesters and subsequent transformation to biomethane through microalgae cultures. The prototype will be able to supply fuel for various agricultural and light vehicles. Additionally, and by promoting processes based on the circular economy, biofertilizer will be obtained from digestate and algal biomass.
The generation of gas of renewable origin (biomethane), valid for use in vehicles, has a double purpose: the generation of a gas (biofuel) with low emissions that supports a decarbonized economy, and in parallel to support the economic viability of the livestock production process. providing an income linked to the commercialization of this alternative energy source.
This new management model improves the sustainability of the production process and represents a modernization of pig farms. This last aspect contributes to sustainable rural development, generating environmental benefits, diversification of income for farmers and owners of livestock farms. In this way, new employment opportunities are generated in rural companies and infrastructure and communications linked to energy production in the form of biofuel (renewable natural gas) are improved.
The LIFE SMART AgroMobility project, which has been submitted for the innovation award at the first #RenewableGas Show, is led by the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) and has seven other entities from Spain and Belgium in its consortium: COPISO SORIA, the Regional Entity of the Energy of Castilla y León (EREN), Everis Engineering (EXELERIA), the General Foundation of the University of Valladolid (FUNGE), the Iberian Association of natural and renewable gas for mobility (Gasnam), Natural & bio Gas Vehicle Association (NGVA) and the University of Valladolid (UVa).
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