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Concrete action in developing countries
The activity of Bionersis takes place in the developing countries, where Bionersis supports the installation of simple and effective environmental technologies. Bionersis demonstrates that the environmental concern can be a sustainable vector of development, benefiting the whole population, and that it is perfectly compatible with the local economic needs.
Reduction of a powerful greenhouse gas
The methane contained in the waste dump biogas is a powerful greenhouse gas (GG). According to the Kyoto Protocol's scale, a ton of methane is equivalent to 21 tons of CO2. The destruction in our installations of large volumes of methane (which accounts for approximately 50% of the total volume of biogas generated by a waste dump) thus constitutes a significant participation in the fight against global warming. The balance of an installation of biogases valorization regarding the reduction of the GG is 15 times greater than that of a solar or wind installation of equivalent power.
Positive and immediate environmental impact
The capture and destruction of the waste dump biogas have an immediate positive environmental impact on the local sanitary conditions, and does not present any negative impact: The environmental liability that a waste dump represents is always improved by the installation of a capture and valorization of biogas unit, and this installation creates no risk or new nuisance for the local populations.
A local production of renewable energy
Local energy generation is one of the major environmental issues for the developing countries. By substituting imported fossil energy by locally produced renewable energy, Bionersis opens the way towards development models adapted to the poorest countries, making them actors of their energy and environmental balance. From this point of view, the valorization of biogases offers the advantage, compared to other renewable energy lines, of a production in the immediate vicinity of the areas of supply, thus avoiding the necessity of any new infrastructure for distribution. Moreover, being a source of permanent energy (a biogas unit produces 24h and 7 days a week), it constitutes an excellent example of the concept of distributed energy, well adapted to the developing countries.
A positive environmental impact reinforced in the future
The specific advantages that the activities of Bionersis offer at an environmental level are set to be reinforced in the future:
The technical and operational expertise acquired by the Bionersis' teams, and the reinforcement of its financial resources, will make possible the valorization of new sites, of smaller size, or presenting technical difficulties. The benefits of the biogases valorization will thus be accessible to a larger part of the developing countries' population.
Current studies on methane show that this gaz is probably significantly more polluting greenhouse gas than expected. The destruction of the methane contained in the waste dump biogas is becoming an increasingly significant issue on a worldwide scale.
The fact that the Bionersis' installations do not have any collateral impact on the local communities guarantees strong support for this type of projects. The risk of requirements reconsideration for Bionersis' biogas units is thus extremely reduced, compared to some other renewable energies, whose environmental and social benefits have yet to be clearly established.
Bionersis is already studying the possibility of applying its knowledge to other activities related to methane. These future developments are conducted with the same concern for supporting the sustainable development of the countries hosting these projects.