Main Project Details:
- Location: kibbutz Ma’ale Gilboa, Israel.
- Facility type: biogas plant for electricity generation.
- Power: 0.63 MWp.
- Commercial operation date: August 2024.
- Regulation: Selling electricity under a 20-year guaranteed feed-in tariff.
- The facility treats approximately 45,000 tons of agricultural waste annually (animal manure, poultry litter, etc.).
- The facility helps capture approximately 1.3 million cubic meters of methane annually, and also significantly reduces carbon emissions by replacing fossil fuel energy with renewable energy.
- The facility produces organic fertilizer as a by-product, which replaces the need for chemical fertilizers.
- The project was established in partnership with the kibbutzim Ma’ale Gilboa and Meirav, and it receives services from local workforce and local service providers in various fields.