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More biogas production facilities are coming online at Ukrainian sugar mills

Monday, July 9, 2018
More biogas production facilities are coming online at Ukrainian sugar mills

More biogas production facilities are coming online at Ukrainian sugar mills, Yuri Epstein, director of Akkord Ltd, recently told the conference in Kyiv, AgroPower: Biogas. After sugar beets are processed for sugar, 80% of the beet remains as pulp. One metric ton of pressed sugar beet pulp yields 100 cubic meter of biogas. Given economies of scale, bio gas facilities are only profitable at 1MW, which could require a $10 million investment. Sugar beet pulp can also be used as fertilizer or as a feed additive.

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