Agriculture Business Week

Agri-waste could be a valuable resource.

Take the case of Cecilia Stock Farm (CSF), a large-scale piggery in Barangay Mahayag, Bunawan District in Davao City that sources its power from the methane gas emitted from pig manure.

Teresita Pascual, the CSF’s general manager said the bio-methane plant recently established in their farm can produce 300 kilowatt of electricity per day from the manure of 15,000 pigs.

Since the establishment of their farm in the `80s, Pascual said they had seen the potential of converting pig manure into renewable energy.

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Posted on November 22nd, 2008 under Climate Change, Going Green, Livestock. Tags: Biogas, Energy, Manure, Pigs/Hogs, Wastes. Comments: None

It is true that one man’s junk is another man’s treasure. In agriculture, farm wastes such as rice straw, bio-solids, from vegetables, grasses, biodegradable feedstock, and manure are not immediately dispose as these could he alternative sources of fuel energy.

These agricultural wastes are converted into biogas fuel through an anaerobic process. Biogas, which is comprised primarily of methane and carbon dioxide, could be used as fuel for generating electricity at homes and farms particularly in remote areas where electricity is limited. These could be burned directly for cooking, heating, lighting and process heat, and absorption refrigeration.

But how will we generate biogas fuel from these agricultural wastes? This is possible with the Portable Biogas Generator or Portagas.
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Posted on August 13th, 2008 under Technology. Tags: Biogas, Portagas. Comments: None

How that nature is horrendously unleashing its wrath due to man’s neglect, insensitivity and “sins” of environmental commission and omission, the agricultural world is joining the call not only to save the planet, but also to create measures to maintain our food security and power use. Biogas, the alternative fuel made from certain organic materials, has never been more relevant than now. And in the world of biogas technologies, particularly bio-digesters, one company stands out-PhilBIO.

For more than six years, Philippine Bio-Sciences Co., Inc. (PhilBIO) is at the helm in the design, installation of waste-to-energy (WTE) at farms, industrial plants and municipal waste facilities. A subsidiary of AsiaBioGas Co. Ltd, headquartered in Thailand, PhilBIO and its four other companies, have successfully implemented over 30 waste-to-energy systems using proprietary in ground bio-digester techniques known under the brand name “Covered Inground Anaerobic Reactor (CIGAR). The company’s systems treat wastewater effectively through the proper cultivation of microbial sludge to remove significantly the BOD and COD in wastewater, thereby capturing the biogas for on-site power use.

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Posted on August 6th, 2008 under SPOTlight, Technology. Tags: Biogas, Digesters. Comments: None

The possibilities of pig producers have by using the technologically advanced Thermo W hot water tile to gain a significant economical benefit from the use of piggery wastes, are endless.

How is it possible to gain an economical benefit from using a Thermo W hot water tile?
Today, there is an ecological imperative to install biogas systems to get rid of smelly effluent which is offensive to neighbors and impacts on the earth’s ecosystem.

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Posted on August 4th, 2008 under Livestock, Technology. Tags: Biogas, Pigs/Hogs. Comments: None

It is true that one man’s junk is another man’s treasure. In agriculture, farm wastes such as rice straw, bio-solids from vegetables, grasses, biodegradable feedstock, and manure do not immediately find themselves into the garbage as they could be potential alternative sources of fuel energy.

These agricultural wastes are being converted into biogas fuel through an anaerobic process. Biogas comprised primarily of methane and carbon dioxide which could be used as fuel for generating electricity at homes and farms particularly in remote areas in the province where electricity is limited. These could also be burned directly for cooking, heating, lighting and process heat, and absorption refrigeration.

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Posted on July 20th, 2008 under Technology. Tags: Biogas. Comments: None

After a few months of having not seen the Wellisa Farms in Bantayan Island and Consolacion, Cebu, there have been a lot of new developments on biogas generation and Durabloom bio-organic fertilizer production.

At the commercial hog farm in Bantayan, for instance, we immediately noticed a large machine imported from China that uses methane gas for the generation of electricity for the farm. The machine immediately became an attraction to the visiting barangay captains from Pangantucan, Bukidnon who were on a visit for first hand information on the manufacture of Durabloom bio-organic fertilizer. With this new machine, energy generation is now more efficient and economical.

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Posted on June 26th, 2008 under Special Report. Tags: Biogas. Comments: None