EPM starts up Colombia's first bio-methane plant
Colombia's state-owned Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM) has launched operations at what is the country's first bio-methane plant, it said this week.
The plant, situated in Itagui in the greater Medellin metropolitan area, will produce around 1,200 m3/hour of bio-methane. This gas will initially be used as fuel for cooking in 40,000 homes, EPM said, transported via the company's pipelines.
"The transition requires diversification ... with renewable sources, for which clean, reliable and economically viable energy is essential," EPM chief executive Jorge Carillo commented. "It serves as an option for thermal needs and non-electrifiable demand in the medium term."The company is "betting on alternative energies such as bio-methane that contribute to people's quality of life and environmental care," he added.
The project involved a $5mn investment.