Bright prospects of biogas in 2011- 2021 in Isfahan, Iran

The current study investigated the prospects of biomass in the three fields, environment, economy and employment, analyzed by gathering statistics of the most popular pollutants in Isfahan province during two consecutive years and by studying the population data in the future decade. According to the current study, 28 percent of the province electricity will be met by utilizing the scientific capacity of the biomass, and if thermal usages are considered, 5 percent of the province gas will be also met. In addition, 21 percent of the unemployment problem in the province will be solved by using the environment resources. If the fertilizer from the biogas is utilized, one can reduce the import of chemical fertilizers to the country to 37%, which will prevent to move around 15 million dollars from the country. In the field of environment, we will observe a 90% reduction in the pollutant emission by utilizing the biomass resources. According to the current study, investment on such resources by selling the resulted fertilizer and electricity can be a very good potential in making money in addition to meeting the construction cost.

Biogas, Energy, Economy, Electricity and Gas, Employment