• Introduction
  

• Anaerobic digestion process
  

• Benefits of biogas production
  

• Manitoba opportunities
  

• References
  

Introduction:

With increasing energy costs as well as increasing concern for the safety and efficiency of waste disposal, Manitobans are looking to improved technologies for solutions.  As an agricultural province, the safe disposal of not only human waste, but also of agricultural and animal waste, is essential.

Anaerobic digestion is not a new process, but it has only recently been gaining attention as a potential energy source and waste disposal method.  With the increasing focus on energy consumption, the search for more sustainable energy sources has brought new interest to the exploitation of anaerobic digestion. The gasses produced in the anaerobic digestion process, referred to as biogases, can be captured and used as a source of energy. In addition to providing an alternative energy source, biogassification of waste also lowers a farm or a community’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.