Energy Production Activities

Biotrend offers a sustainable and domestic energy model in renewable energy generation by utilising environmentally friendly resources such as biomass, biogas and landfill gas. In this way, waste is converted into economic value while the use of fossil fuels is reduced and environmental impacts are minimised. In biogas and landfill gas facilities, methane gas obtained from organic waste or sanitary landfill sites is converted into electrical energy by gas engines. In biomass facilities, various waste of biological origin obtained from agricultural and forestry activities is used as fuel to generate energy.

1. Electricity Generation from Biogas

Biogas production begins when the organic waste separated by processing household waste at Biotrend’s mechanical separation and material recovery facilities is transferred to anaerobic fermentation units by conveyor. Over a process of approximately 28 days, the organic waste is mixed horizontally in a thermophilic environment and biogas production is completed. At the end of the process, the biogas produced is stored in the biogas balloon. Before energy generation, the biogas is directed to the gas conditioning unit, where it is cleaned of moisture, hydrogen sulphide and solid particles. Electricity and heat are generated from biogas in gas engines. While the bioelectricity generated is supplied to the grid, the bioheat is used in the biogas production process of the anaerobic fermentation units, ensuring energy efficiency at the facility. Biotrend generates electricity and heat together from biogas, landfill gas and organic waste at its Biogas Power Plants.

2. Electricity Generation from Landfill Gas

Within the scope of sanitary landfill activities for household waste, landfill gas rich in methane is formed through the anaerobic fermentation process. In order to provide environmental and economic benefits by using landfill gas, which contains greenhouse gases harmful to the environment and the climate, in energy generation, landfill gas is collected effectively and efficiently at the sanitary landfill site and used in energy generation after the gas conditioning process.

3. Electricity Generation from Biomass Waste

At Biotrend’s biomass facilities, agricultural and forestry waste is converted into electrical energy in the most efficient way, in compliance with the strictest environmental standards, through the integration of the latest and most advanced technologies as the cornerstone of our sustainability commitment.