- The government of Tunisia plans to convert household waste into methane.
- The plant will be located in Sfax and provide gas for 800 cars per year.
The government of Tunisia has announced the development of a waste to gas plant in the municipality of Sfax. The plant is expected to supply 800 individual cabs yearly.
The project will involve the municipality of Sfax, the National Oil Distribution Company (AGIL), the National Agency for Energy Management (ANME) and the Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA-PRO). The partnership concerns the conversion of household waste into methane gas. This gas will be produced in a new plant.
According to the municipality of Sfax, the future facility will have a capacity to recover 50,000 tons of household waste collected in the city. This will allow the production of 1.9 million m3 of methane per year.