{"id":3799,"date":"2016-09-19T17:01:28","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T15:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www1.asja.energy\/en\/?p=3799"},"modified":"2025-08-06T17:04:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T15:04:17","slug":"biogas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asja.energy\/en\/activities\/biogas\/","title":{"rendered":"Biogas"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<h3><strong>Transforming waste into resource is Asja\u2019s founding principle and a constant inspiration for our activity in biogas-to-energy project development. We use waste and biomass to produce heat and power, biofuels and raw materials in a sustainable way.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>We are a leading international company in the field of landfill biogas-to-energy plants using municipal solid waste.<br \/>\nSince 1995, we have designed and built <strong>52 biogas-to-energy plant<\/strong> in Italy and abroad and we currently operate 22 of them. Through the CDM projects in China and South America alone, we avoid the emission of <strong>300,000 tons of CO<sub>2\u00a0<\/sub><\/strong>every year. Our emission-reduction projects in South America are certified under the <strong>Gold Standard<\/strong> label.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=&#8221;green&#8221; align=&#8221;align_left&#8221; el_width=&#8221;20&#8243;][vc_column_text]\n<h3><strong>Technology and expertise<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Thanks to the technology we employ and the know-how we have acquired, we can guarantee:<\/p>\n<p>an average yearly <strong>biogas capture rate<\/strong> equal to 85%. [\/vc_column_text][vc_progress_bar values=&#8221;%5B%7B%22value%22%3A%2285%22%7D%5D&#8221; bgcolor=&#8221;green&#8221; units=&#8221;%&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]a <strong>gen-set utilization factor<\/strong> of over 94%[\/vc_column_text][vc_progress_bar values=&#8221;%5B%7B%22value%22%3A%2294%22%7D%5D&#8221; bgcolor=&#8221;green&#8221; units=&#8221;%&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=&#8221;green&#8221; align=&#8221;align_left&#8221; el_width=&#8221;20&#8243;][vc_column_text]\n<h3><b>Biomethane: the next development in biogas energy production<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Asja designs, builds and operates plants that produce biomethane and compost from OFMSW (Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste) and agri-farm waste. <strong>Biomethane<\/strong> is a <strong>renewable fuel<\/strong> that can be used to produce power, heat and in transports. <strong>Compost<\/strong> is an <strong>organic fertilizer<\/strong> for agricultural application, an alternative to chemical fertilizers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asja.energy\/en\/activities\/biomethane\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>&gt;&gt; read more<\/strong><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.asja.energy\/en\/news-en\/a-video-to-tell-a-story-of-success-in-belo-horizonte\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3914 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asja.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/belo-horizonte-news-300x171.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.asja.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/belo-horizonte-news-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.asja.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/belo-horizonte-news-31x18.jpg 31w, https:\/\/www.asja.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/belo-horizonte-news.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>A\u00a0story of success<\/strong><br \/>\nHow has the landfill biogas-to-energy plant built by Asja in Belo Horizonte changed the life of local people? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asja.energy\/en\/news-en\/a-video-to-tell-a-story-of-success-in-belo-horizonte\/\">&gt;&gt; read more<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transforming waste into resource is Asja\u2019s founding principle and a constant inspiration for our activity&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11953,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[35],"tags":[10063,10065],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asja.energy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3799"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asja.energy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asja.energy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asja.energy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asja.energy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3799"}],"version-history":[{"count":42,"href":"https:\/\/www.asja.energy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12044,"href":"https:\/\/www.asja.energy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3799\/revisions\/12044"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asja.energy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asja.energy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asja.energy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asja.energy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}