date:Feb 13, 2014
th a capacity of 40,000 tons per year.
In huge tanks, bacteria turn waste into methane gas, which is burned in a turbine that generates two megawatt/hour of electric power - as much as a wind turbine. After methanization, the waste is further composted and turned into fertilizer that is used by farms in the region.
For now, the firm only handles some 5,000 tons of food waste per year from some 700 restaurants - mainly canteens and some demonstration projects in schools - but expects that volum