Energy from farm waste could replace one quarter of the nation’s annual gas consumption of 36 billion cubic meters

Energy from farm waste could replace one quarter of the nation’s annual gas consumption of 36 billion cubic meters, calculates Sergiy Savchuk, head of Ukraine’s Department of Energy Efficiency. The nation’s 34 million tons of farm waste could replace nine billion cubic meters of gas, he said at a bio-energy conference organized by the Dutch Embassy, Ukrinform reports. The Netherlands Agency for Entrepreneurship is working with Ukrainian scientists and business executives to promote production of biomethane, bioethanol, and heat from biomass.