Energy

Farmers
Methane to energy in the job site using PVC
biodigesters
Regional
livestock
production
East Asia and Southeast Asia, with some
19 million tons of protein, are the regions
with the highest production, mainly driven
by monogastric species. Western Europe,
North America and Latin America and the
Caribbean have similar production levels,
between 12 and 10 million tons of
protein. However, the profiles are
different: while beef and chicken meat
and milk are key in Latin America and
North America, Western Europe owes its
production mainly to beef milk.

www.fao.org Food and Agriculture Organization of the United

Nations
 emissions by species
Cattle are the largest GHG emitter with around 5.0 gigatons of CO2-eq, accounting
for 62% of all emissions. Pigs, poultry, buffalo and small ruminants have lower
emission levels, accounting for between 7% and 11% of total emissions.

bovine pork chiken buffalo ruminants

MILLION TONS
Regional
emissions from
the livestock
sector
Latin America and the Caribbean have the
highest emission level (1.9 gigatons of
CO2-eq), driven by the specialized
production of beef. East Asia has the
second highest level of emissions, with
more than 1.6 gigatons of CO2-eq,
followed by South Asia with 1.5 gigatons
of CO2-eq. North America and Western
Europe have similar levels of emissions
(around 0.6 gigatonnes of CO2-eq).
Energy
Farmers
Methane is an important greenhouse gas; its negative
effect on global warming is 21 times greater than that of
carbon dioxide. Global methane production,
transmission, processing and distribution releases up to
88 billion cubic meters of the gas. Agriculture and
livestock are the main causes of this gas, so the use of
Biodigesters aims to take advantage of it for energy
generation.

potential
The EPA estimates there is
the potential for 8,241
livestock biogas systems,
which could together
generate over 13 million
megawatt-hours of energy
each year.
A 1,000-pound dairy cow
produces an average of 80 pounds of manure each day. This
manure is often stored in holding tanks before being applied to
fields. Not only does the manure produce methane as it
decomposes, it may contribute to excess nutrients in waterways.
In 2015
livestock manure management contributed about 10 percent
of all methane emissions in the United States, yet only 3
percent of livestock waste is recycled by anaerobic digesters.
99%
When livestock manure is used to produce biogas, anaerobic
digestion can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, reduce
odors, and reduce up to 99 percent of manure pathogens.
epa.gov United States Environmental Protection Agency
 what is a biodigester?
01
A simple storage mechanism that allows the
collection of waste produced by agriculture

02
The biodigester processes organic waste to produce
biogas, biol and biosol; energy and natural fertilizers
that boost agriculture and livestock.

03
biodigesters help reduce the emission of greenhouse
gases.
Energy
Farmers

Income per unit USD 867 (759.45 €)

with the potential market in USA USD 7,144,947.00
(6,258,652.05 €)
 Biogas can be burned on-site to heat buildings and
power boilers or even the digester itself. Biogas can be
used for combined heat and power operations, or biogas
can simply be turned into electricity using a combustion
engine, fuel cell, or gas turbine, with the resulting
electricity being used on-site or sold onto the electric
grid.