FAQs
1. What is the role of BASD?
To replicate, apply and spread the bioenergy technologies in Egypt through removing all technical and financial obstacles which contributes in increasing the competitive advantages for the Egyptian Economy and getting high environmental and social impacts.
2. What is the cost of Biogas units?
The unit price depends on the unit type and size.
3. What kinds of biomass can be used to produce biofuel and bio-products?
Many types of organic and bio-based material can be converted to valuable products. Specific kinds of biomass include animal manures, crop residues, woody energy crops, algae, agro-food wastes, fats, slaughter waste, and food waste. Biomass is the only renewable energy source that can be used to make liquid transportation fuels such as gasoline, jet, and diesel fuel—in the near term. It can also be used to produce valuable chemicals for manufacturing, as well as power to supply the grid.
4. What kinds of biofuel can be used to generate electricity?
Three main areas of biomass energy use should be highlighted: direct combustion to produce heat and electricity (solid fuel: charcoal or molding fuel), producing combustible gaseous (gas fuel: hydrogen, syngas, and biogas, etc.), and production of synthetic liquid fuels (biodiesel, biooil, methanol, ethanol and vegetable oil, etc.), which are burned to produce heat and electricity.
5. What is BASD doing to help the Egyptian bioeconomy?
To reach a sustainable, circular Egyptian bioeconomy, BASD uses innovation and harnesses the power of bioscience and biotechnology to responsibly produce organic crops, cut down on waste and shift to bioenergy alternatives to fossil fuels, meeting the needs of a growing population while preserving our natural resources.
6. Can we substitute the chemical fertilizer with the produced organic fertilizer?
Biofertilizers are living microbial inoculants that are added to the soil to improve the plant growth and can be used as an alternative source of chemical fertilizer. Studies indicate that application of bio-fertilizers for agriculture development can reduce the usage of agrochemicals while also promoting sustainable crop production.
7. What is the difference between Natural Gas and Biogas?
The key difference between biogas and natural gas is that the biogas is a renewable source of energy whereas the natural gas is a non-renewable source of energy. Biogas is a naturally occurring gas that forms from the breakdown of organic matter in the presence of anaerobic bacteria while natural gas is a naturally occurring gas that forms from the fossils
8. Can we substitute natural gas with Biogas?
Yes, we can, biogas is an eco-friendly alternative to natural gas, as it uses available materials (organic waste) to produce fuel while biogas today is a more sustainable solution than traditional natural gas, we should consider it as an important transition fuel on the road to completely decarbonizing our energy supply.
9. How does the bioenergy impact the environment?
Bioenergy is always and widely available as a renewable source of energy.
The organic materials used to produce bioenergy are infinite, since our society consistently produces waste such as garbage, wood and manure. Bioenergy is carbon neutral. As a natural part of photosynthesis, bioenergy fuels only release the same amount of carbon into the atmosphere as was absorbed by plants in the course of their life cycle.
10. What is the minimum of organic waste that be used in Biogas units?
The estimated amount of cattle manure to generate 1m3 of Biogas is 25kg, for cattle manure around 50 kg that generate from around 2-3 cattle
11. Who can have biogas units?
The beneficiary who has at least two cattles, or restaurant owner that generate at least 30kg of food waste per day.