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Table 8 Potential of Biogas in the Southwest 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

0

0.00

0.00

0.00

0

Livestock slaughterhouses

1500

0.06

0.34

29.43

61,560

Poultry slaughterhouses

0

0.00

0.00

0.00

0

Catering activities waste

2246

0.13

0.81

69.58

14,5540.8

Liquid dropping

2800

0.20

1.18

101.20

211,680

Sludge waste water

5695

1.42

8.54

735.15

1,537,650

Green waste from markets municipal and wholesale

1000

0.06

0.36

30.98

64,800

Fruit and vegetable canneries waste

0

0.00

0.00

0.00

0

Vinification waste

0

0.00

0.00

0.00

0

Manure

0

0.00

0.00

0.00

0

Total

13,241

1.87

11.23

966.36

2,021,230.8