Energy from waste!
The AGAMA BiogasPro is a 'one stop shop' that enables you to extend your existing sustainable living activities and integrate your current waste management systems - composting, recycling, wastewater treatment and re-use - and produce renewable energy on-site.
You can achieve this with the BiogasPro, a living "machine" that has a range of beneficial bacteria as its "engine". These bacteria consume the biodegradable materials – biowastes - they are fed. The results are magic - free fuel and fantastic fertiliser!
The BiogasPro is like a sealed septic tank, to which various biowastes can be added providing an integrated solid and liquid waste processing facility. Now you can think of waste as a useful resource that provides energy, valuable nutrients and pre-treated water.
The BiogasPro has been approved for installation by various Municipalities across South Africa.
The free fuel comes in the form of biogas, a natural gas consisting primarily of methane, which is stored in the top of the BiogasPro and piped directly to the gas cooker. The experience of cooking on biogas is identical to cooking on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). However, biogas cannot be connected up directly to LPG appliances. It is used in purpose-made biogas or specially modified natural gas appliances. Biogas can also be 'cleaned' and used for electricity generation, but this is usually only worth doing in larger applications.
What are the benefits?
- Convenient, integrated waste management
- Renewable source of fuel
- Avoided waste to landfill
- Free fertiliser
- Water re-use
- Reduced carbon footprint
The BiogasPro has been tested by an accredited testing authority and verified by the South African Pipeline Gas Association (SAPGA).
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Capital outlay1 | 4 | |
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Installation2 | 5 | |
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Electricity3 | 0 | |
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Maintenance4 | 2 | |
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Carbon footprint5 | 2 |
- Initial capital outlay compared to other domestic sewage treatment plants
- Ease of installation compared to other domestic sewage treatment plants
- Electrical demand compared to other domestic sewage treatment plants
- Required operator input and maintenance compared to other domestic sewage treatment plants
- Manufacturing and operational carbon footprint compared to other domestic sewagetreatment plants