print mail AWMS PROJECT FOR METHANE RECOVERY AT PP “POBEDA” FROM BACKA TOPOLA

The objective of the project is to collect and combust methane from the manure treatment system of the swine hoggery by transforming existing lagoon into covered anaerobic digester. That would lead to emission reduction through transformation of generated methane into carbon dioxide through the process of combustion of digested biogas. This project is representing a improvement of common practice of Animal Waste Management System (AWMS) in the Republic of Serbia.

The farm has a yearly production of 30.000 pigs with average weight of more than 50 kg. PP “Pobeda” is a private joint venture company which majors in swine culture for the meat factory in nearby town. Also it is supplemented by crop growing, processing and selling various agricultural products. The farm has a modern hoggery, combined with swine breeding, feed processing, complex fertilizer producing and meat processing. But with out relevant CDM project experience.
The baseline treatment system consists of barns internal sewage system and of two existing open lagoons. In the first lagoon, manure is partly digested at the ambient temperature by naturally occurring microorganisms, while the solid phase settles on the bottom of that lagoon. Anaerobic digestion process that takes place inside the lagoon leads to the direct release of CH4, N2O and CO2 into the atmosphere. After the first lagoon the manure overflow to the second lagoon where the process of GHG emission continues.
At the present time, no limit has been set for the emission of biogas from hoggery by law or statute in Republic of Serbia. Because of the economic barrier, the project of making use of hoggery biogas is difficult to be carried on without the support from CDM. In that case, methane will continue to emit into atmosphere from Pobeda’s hoggery.

Applied methodology

AMS - III.D – “Methane recovery in agricultural and agro industrial activities”

GHG offset

It is estimated that the project has a capacity to avoid emission of more than 84.000 tCO2eq for the period 2008 - 2018.

Sustainability

The following non-GHG related social and environmental benefits have been identified as a result of the project:
  • Improvement of manure management in the area
  • Organic fertilizer with complete nutrient elements is produced during the swine waste treatment. This organic fertilizer can accelerate sustainable agriculture by improve the soil particle structure and fertility.
  • It can be served as a technical and demonstrate model for the national hoggeries in a large or middle scale.
  • The economic benefit from the CER can partly compensate the company’s payout.

Current status

Specific technical information have been collected through questionnaires and site visits and the local site owner agrees on the project implementation.

Estimated investment cost

Around 260.000 € (including lagoon cost, gas handling cost, piping cost, flaring cost, engineering cost and CDM cost).

Local Partners

Farm owner.