> “Biomass for biogas and much more”

In terms of biomass energy, El Hierro has a strong potential, in particular for biogas production. Resources such as sewage sludge, animal waste and the organic part of MSW (Municipal Solid Waste) as well as organic industrial waste (slaughterhouse and dairy) could be used in biogas plants. The combined treatment of non-wood wastes in an anaerobic centralised plant is the preliminary proposal of use but the recycling of used oils and energy crops production will also be studied (production of biofuels). In the second phase of the project, the biofuels or biogas could also substitute the diesel used in the power station or in some transports, whereas the waste from forests and plantations (banana, pineapple) could be used directly or indirectly as fuel for heat production, reducing the consumption of electricity and butane.