Biogas plant in Botoš put into operation

On 4 October 2016, a biogas plant for combined heat and power production (CHP) was ceremonially put into operation in the Banat village of Botoš, in the vicinity of Zrenjanin. The plant is owned by the company “Biolektra doo”. Construction of the plant was supported by approval of a grant based on the public call published last year by the Ministry of Mining and Energy in cooperation with UNDP. The incentive funds were provided by the Global Environmental Fund (GEF) within the UNDP Project “Reducing Barriers to Accelerate the Development of Biomass Markets in Serbia”. In this case, the total value of grant amounted to 15% of the plant investment value, i.e. 275.000 USD. The plant has 0.6 MW of installed electric and 0.6 MW of installed thermal power. Technology of Dutch company Host was implemented for production of biogas. The expected annual production of power amounts to 5,000 MWh. Construction of two further stages of power plant, when two more CHP units of the same capacity will be added, is envisaged. Upon completion of the third stage, the power plant will have the total installed capacity of 1.8 MWe. The total value of investment into this plant amounts to 2.37 million USD.