What is biogas?

A mixture of methane
and carbon dioxide

CH4

CO2

Methane or swamp gas,

produced
Whatnaturally
is this? in
swampy ponds

What is it used for?

Biogas is a fuel used as an
energy source for light, heat
or movement

How is it made?
Biogas is produced by the breakdown of
organic waste by bacteria without oxygen
(anaerobic digestion or fermentation).
Leftover food from houses,
shops, restaurants and
factories

Leftover straw
What
types
of
organic
waste
Cow, sheep and
and crops from
Sewage
could
be
turned
in
biogas?
chicken manure
farming
Leftover meat
and blood from
abattoirs

How is it made?
Biogas is made by fermenting organic waste in a
biogas digester.

Digesters vary from small household

systems

.to large commercial plants of several thousand cubic metres

Holsworthy Biogas Plant, Devon

 It can also be captured from landfill

sites where organic waste has been rotting
under the ground

KEYWORDS
environmental

biogas
electricity
methane
organic waste

greenhouse
gases
Anaerobic
digestion

Electricity generators at Holsworthy

manure
pollution

CREATE A SENTENCE USING THE

KEYWORDS TO COMPARE THE TWO
CASE STUDIES

Katakwas biogas stove