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Table 7 Potential of biogas in the Southeast of Tunisia

From: Qualitative and quantitative characterization of municipal solid waste and the unexploited potential of green energy in Tunisia

Waste

Production

tons/year

Potential of biogas 106 m3

Equivalent in energy

GWh

Equivalent in TOE

Gain in USD/year

Margins

189,000

6.62

39.69

3415.66

7,144,200

Livestock slaughterhouses

2800

0.11

0.64

54.94

114,912

Poultry slaughterhouses

0

0.00

0.00

0.00

0

Catering activities waste

12,441

0.75

4.48

385.44

806,176.8

Liquid dropping

17,000

1.19

7.14

614.46

1,285,200

Sludge waste water

4824

1.21

7.24

622.72

1,302,480

Green waste from markets municipal and wholesale

1700

0.10

0.61

52.67

110,160

Fruit and vegetable canneries waste

0

0.00

0.00

0.00

0

Vinification waste

0

0.00

0.00

0.00

0

Manure

163,000

9.78

58.68

5049.91

10,562,400

Total

390,765

19.75

118.48

10,195.80

21,325,528.8