Biogas plant could supply public transport buses of Madrid

The annual 34 million m3 of biogas, said the mayor of Madrid Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón during his visit to Valdemingómez (in the southeast of the Spain’s capital), is equivalent to 18.7 million m3 of natural gas. With this, the Municipal Transport Company of Madrid (EMT, as in its Spanish acronym) will meet the annual consumption of 405 buses (25 per cent of the fleet), and the city would generate revenues of about 3 million Euros.

Through the management of household waste, the emission of 300,000 tons of carbon dioxide will be reduced. “In the city, we have taken the required steps to support an urgent process: the adoption of a new energetic model. Thus, we are anticipating the strategy set by the European Union for 2020, whose main objective is to reduce by 20 percent both CO2 emissions and energy consumption and take advantage of urban waste,” said Ruiz-Gallardón.

The official also said that this plant makes the city council a producer of gas for fuel use, and not only as a source for electricity production. “In any case, the use of biogas as transportation fuel is a real revolution, led once again by Madrid, a city that is demonstrating its leadership in the fight against climate change and in the commitment to sustainable development,” he added.

Source: Municipality of Madrid