Project Description
The Sakarya Biogas Power Plant is a renewable energy project located in Sakarya, Turkey. Developed by Sakarya Entegre Katı Atık Yönetimi Anonim Şirketi, it aims to generate electricity from municipal waste through anaerobic digestion.
This project is targeted to build a 5 MW biogas power plant on area of around 300,000 m2 in municipal landfill site of Sakarya, Turkey. In the scope of the project municipal wastes are being used as feedstock and the yields of the project is being clean electricity to Turkish grid and organic fertilizer. Therefore, the project activity reduces GHG emissions (1) by using electricity from a renewable energy source instead of a fossil fuel and therefore displacing electricity which otherwise would have been generated by thermal power plants connected to the national grid, and (2) capturing resulting methane of the municipal waste and using it for electricity production.The project promotes the commercial use of municipal waste for electricity generation as a renewable energy source in Turkey, complementing existing sources like hydro, wind, geothermal, and solar.
The problem
In the project baseline scenario, municipal waste is dumped in an open landfill site, leading to uncontrolled methane emissions, bad odours, and explosion risks due to methane accumulation. Additionally, the use of fossil fuels for electricity production contributes to GHG emissions in the project area.
The solution
The project captures methane from organic municipal waste and uses it for electricity generation, reducing emissions. The biogas power plant will process approximately 1,041 tons of waste per year, significantly lowering methane emissions while producing renewable electricity for the Turkish grid. The by-product of this process will be used to create organic fertilizer.
By avoiding fossil fuel combustion, the project helps reduce CO₂ emissions and mitigates climate change. Furthermore, by preventing the dumping of municipal waste in open areas near human settlements, the project improves air quality by reducing strong odours. Capturing and utilizing methane for energy also eliminates the risk of explosions, enhancing environmental and community safety in the region.
Helping the planet
The project focuses on reducing methane emissions from open dumping landfill sites, preventing significant GHG release. The renewable energy produced will replace fossil fuel-based electricity generation in the project area. Additionally, the project will produce high-quality organic fertilizers, supporting sustainable agriculture.
Helping the people
The project aims to stimulate the adoption of grid-connected renewable technologies, particularly biogas-to-energy plants, enhancing energy security, air quality, and local livelihoods. Key objectives include reducing greenhouse gas emissions compared to fossil fuel-based electricity, creating local jobs during construction and operation, provide technical trainings on waste-to-energy process, will reduce health risks from open landfills, also environmental awareness programmes will be there for the local stakeholders. Additionally, the project fosters knowledge transfer in waste-to-energy technologies and supports Turkey’s renewable energy industry, reducing the nation’s energy deficit and import dependency.
The project demonstrates additionality by introducing a renewable energy solution where at present, there are no laws and regulations in Turkey that require landfills to recycle landfill gas.It focuses on treating fresh waste through anaerobic digestion, utilizing biogas for power generation, and employing composting processes to deliver energy services from non-fossil, renewable sources. Without the project’s technological interventions, these improvements would not occur under a business-as-usual scenario, as there are no regulatory or economic drivers to incentivize the development of municipal waste landfill or grid-connected biogas-to-energy plants.
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Sakarya, Turkey
Adapazari, Sakarya, Turkey
72,386 tCO2e
Listed on Gold Standard (GS7151)
