Omans Mazoon Dairy Company has commenced operations of a biogas plant in Al Sunaynah, which uses the waste from cows to produce gas that is used as alternative energy to operate some facilities at the factory
The biogas plant is part of Mazoon Dairy?s strategy to adopt environmentally friendly solutions and use waste to energy to enhance the efficiency of waste management. This is the first time ever that a dairy company in the region has adopted clean technology on such a scale, Mazoon Dairy said in a statement.
The switching on of the plant took place in the presence of Hamad bin Saeed Al-Awfi, minister of agriculture and fisheries in Oman and the board of directors.
The minister of agriculture and fisheries toured the company's facilities to assess operational readiness as production is slated to commence later this month. The team visited the farm, the plant and the supporting facilities, including the desalination plants, wastewater treatment plant and biogas production plant.
Commenting on the start-up of the biogas plant, Yousuf bin Khamis Al-Fazari, corporate affairs manager, said, ?The biogas plant will be used to produce methane gas that will be used to operate equipment at the plant, with plans to power even more of the plant with increased herd in the future. The first phase of the project will include 12,000 cows that are expected to produce about 225 tonnes of fertiliser per day.?
Speaking about how the company will deal with the waste and convert it into gas, Engineer Hazza bin Abdullah Al Yahya, a member of projects and maintenance team said, "The farm currently includes 16 barns equipped with a special pond to collect cow waste, which will be transported through special containers to the biogas plant on a daily basis.?
Mazoon Dairy has announced that its products will be available in Oman market this month.
