Local biogas industry to benefit from Danes’ tipsBy Angelica Oung / Staff reporterMuch more than pig waste can be turned into biogas and Taiwan can learn from Denmark, which is a world leader in biogas technology, Council of Agriculture (COA) Deputy Minister Huang Chin-cheng (黃金城) told a Denmark-Taiwan Net Zero Agriculture 2050 forum in Tainan on Monday. “Taiwan has been promoting biogas production from pig manure since 2017, but pig manure alone is not efficient,” Huang said. Biogas is also a great way to optimize the use of organic waste from agriculture, livestock farms, households and industry, Monsted added. By 2030, the Danish Biogas Association aims to replace natural gas in Denmark with biogas or biomethane. The Circular Taiwan Network estimates that the local biogas industry has the potential of generating NT$10 billion (US$359.58 million) per year, while creating 4,500 job opportunities.

Source: Taipei Times December 01, 2021 03:56 UTC