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Biogas: Perspectives of an Old Technology

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Anaerobic digestion is a key process in any sustainable organic waste management strategy and wastewater treatment process. It has proved to be one of the most effective methods for the mitigation of greenhouse gases emissions, contributing to the production of renewable energy and enabling the application of nutrient recovery processes. Biogas produced is a renewable and flexible fuel and able to cover heat and electricity and transport energy demands. Its upgrading and injection into the natural gas grid favour its use where efficiencies are the highest, even as a resource for the chemical industry, integrating either geographical distributed production or consumption. In spite of the multiple advantages, current economics is very dependent on energy prices and on the given government policy in areas such as regional development, waste management, renewable energy or climate change. In a context of a bio-based economy society, anaerobic digestion can also contribute to the production of carboxylates, which can be recovered for the synthesis of more complex chemicals, with higher economic value than biogas, maintaining the suitability of the process for the recovery of nutrients and of the remaining energy from the substrate. This flexibility confers a wide range of added value products and application areas to the anaerobic digestion process.

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