Dive summary:
- Cia. Hidro Eletrica do Sao Francisco, a power plant that serves cities in northeast Brazil, plans to build four biogas plants as part of a $23 million research project.
- Two of the plants will use urban waste and the other two will collect agricultural residues; the plants will have a combined capacity of 2.4 megawatts.
- The project also hopes to construct a laboratory devoted to biogas research.
From the article:
Cia. Hidro Eletrica do Sao Francisco, a unit of state-controlled power utility Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA, plans to build four plants that generate electricity from biogas as part of a 45 million-real ($23 million) research project.
Two facilities will burn gas emitted from urban waste and the other two will use agricultural residues, the Recife, Brazil-based company said today on its website. They will have total capacity of 2.4 megawatts. ...
