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The Mayor and the Minister of Agriculture today launched the cogeneration plant will produce 5.7 GWh / year, 40% of current consumption.
The project has been executed by Aguas de Murcia and ESAMUR funded, which has invested 2.8 million euros.
style = "text-align: justify"> The plant Murcia this today joined the cast of facilities who combine efficient operation with a system that respects the environment.
And it shows a threefold: to incorporate the technology for obtaining electricity from renewable sources, get the necessary power to meet about half of its consumption and, finally, stop emitting into the atmosphere excess gases produced until now.
The change has been made possible by the construction of a cogeneration power from biogas purification Murcia This has been launched today.
The Mayor of Murcia, Miguel Ángel Cámara, and the Minister of Agriculture and Water, Antonio Cerdá, inaugurated the installation by turning off the flame of the torch so far poured into the atmosphere from the combustion waste gases produced by the treatment plant .
Five minutes after operating the engine shutdown occurred flame and with it, will stop issuing around 3,600 tonnes of CO2 per year.
From now on, the gases will build on the two motor generators of 500 kW each built, which will produce enough electricity to meet 40% of current consumption of the plant.
Aguas de Murcia was in charge of the works and their execution is part of the cooperation agreement signed with the Bank of Sanitation, ESAMUR, which provided a grant of 2.8 million euros to finance the investment, which can be retrieved within approximately 5 years of having to endure a lower energy cost in the operation of the treatment plant.
Currently the municipal sewage Gallego Corner is about 40 Hm3/year water and about 3 NHm3/año produces biogas, which can mean in terms of energy 15 GWh per year, of which 70% can be recovered for production electrical and heat energy in similar proportions.
Biogas in the Waste Treatment Centre
The facility built in the WWTP is not the only system of its kind launched in the town.
Since 1999, a biogas plant at the Center for Urban Solid Waste Treatment which produces electricity from the extraction of methane gas generated at the landfill, specifically from rejections and without addition of other gases.
The three engines allowed a production of 14,460 MW-H in 2007 and 17,335 MW-H one year later, which achieves a saving 15,509 tons CO2 per year.
The energy generated annually accounts for around 40% of street lighting in the municipality, as well as supplying fully the needs of Center Solid Waste Treatment, helping to reduce greenhouse gases and promote sustainable development.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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