A Look to the Biogas Generation From Organic Wastes in Colombia

Abstract

In line with the goals of the Paris Agreement and the guidelines of Conpes 3874 of 2016, Colombia has adopted different strategies to optimize the use of biomass as an energy source and the management of materials in urban centers, establishing short and long term goals that convene actors towards the innovation of traditional models to turn them into circulars, proposing promotion mechanisms to be developed as enablers of the circular economy, among which is the production of biogas from different economic sectors. This document shows the current situation of biogas in Colombia, its participation in the national electricity sector, as well as the existing potential for its application and diversification of the existing energy matrix.

Biogas utilization from municipal solid waste in developing countries towards the transition to sustainable development – The Colombian case

“…Firstly, to quantify power generation potential, we focused on major cities based on their MSW generation (Cali, Medellín, Barranquilla, Cartagena, Bucaramanga, Santa Marta) using the 2018 annual report from the Superintendence of Domestic Public Services (SSPD) [33]. Bogotá, as the central city, was excluded from the analysis due to an existing biogas treatment station at the Doña Juana landfill since 2009, with a capacity of approximately 6,700 tons per day and a total installed generation capacity of 24.68 MW [34]. Zamorano et al, (2007) and Fei, Wen and De Clercq (2019) mentioned various techniques to estimate biogas and energy generation, each with varying assumptions and complexity.…”

Exploring the Synergy of Renewable Energy in the Circular Economy Framework: A Bibliometric Study

“…Concentrations of wastewater treatment and industrial symbiosis are included in this quadrant. Companies that implement a circular economy and prioritize energy efficiency, such as the garment sector in India and Turkey, coal sites in Poland, and silica manufacturers in Spain, which typically severely contaminate water [128][129][130], also implement wastewater treatment mechanisms. The industrial symbiosis cluster emerged with the keywords China and carbon capture.…”

Valorization of residual lignocellulosic biomass in South America: a review

“… Thermal energy de Almeida et al ( 2022 ); Batlle et al ( 2021 ) Batlle et al ( 2020 ) Colombia Anaerobic digestion Cocoa mucilage, coffee mucilage, sugarcane bagasse, cassava, banana, corn, yam and rice stubble, mango husks, banana, sugarcane and oil palm stalks, banana peels, gulupa stubble, and rice straw. Biogas Vanegas Escudero ( 2019 ); Morantes Pacheco ( 2022 ) Parra-Ramírez et al ( 2020 ) Posso and Mantilla ( 2019 ); Sagastume et al ( 2022 ) Sagastume et al ( 2021 ) Álvarez-Castillo and Ruiz-Carrión ( 2021 ); Amado et al ( 2021 ) Durán Contreras et al ( 2020 ); Mosquera et al ( 2020 ) Durán-Aranguren et al ( 2019a ); Gutiérrez et al ( 2020 ) Gasification Coffee stalks and coffee husks, pine, teak and acacia branches, corn residues, sesame stalks, rice husks and cotton husks, pine sawdust, giant reed, cassava, and rice stubble. Syngas, hydrogen, and electricity Vega et al ( 2019 ); Duque Uribe ( 2022 ) Durán-Aranguren et al ( 2019b ); Meramo et al ( 2020 ) Garcia-Freites et al ( 2020 ); Freites ( 2020 ) Gómez et al ( 2021a ); Gómez et al ( 2021b ) Quintero et al ( 2021 ) Colombia Direct combustion Banana stalks, rice and banana stubble, acacia, sugar cane straw, sugar cane bagasse, and banana peel.…”