Norwegian companies intend to convert waste from fish farming into energy to replace Russian gas for European countries, Expressen newspaper reported on February 6, citing a press release from environmental company Ragn-Sells.
It should be noted that Norway’s large export of fish has a downside. Thousands of tons of waste from Norwegian fish farms, rich in phosphorus and nitrogen, are dumped directly into the sea and have a negative impact on the environment.
A project is currently being developed to use sludge -feces and other waste from fish farming- to produce biogas. This biogas could be an ecological alternative to Russian gas, on which several European countries depend.
“If we are serious about building a sustainable society, we must use the materials we already have over and over again”says Per Larchans, director of sustainability at Ragn-Sells.
According to Ragn-Sells, the new technology could benefit Norway in several ways. Thus, the biogas extracted from the sludge would be equivalent to the domestic electricity of 600,000 homes. Also, with its own production of phosphorus, the country will become less dependent on imports, for example, from Russia.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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