Investigation and recording of livestock waste for the creation of biogas plant

Christos P. Triantafyllou^2,3, Athanasios Sotirios Dounavis^1,2,3,4,5 and Christina G. Tassopoulou²

¹Department of Agriculture, University of Western Macedonia, Florina, GR-53100

²Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Western Macedonia, Kozani, GR-50100

³Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Western Macedonia, Kozani, GR-50100

⁴Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Western Macedonia, Kozani, GR-50100

⁵MSc Program “Environmental Design”, Laboratory of Technology and Policy of Energy and Environment, School of Applied Arts and Sustainable Design, Hellenic Open University, Parodos Aristotelous 18,GR-26335 Patras, Greece

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DOI: 10.62579/JAGC0002

Abstract

In this paper, the research focuses on the recording of livestock waste and the investigation of the views of cattle, sheep and goat farmers of the Municipality of Amyntaio (Region of Western Macedonia in Greece) regarding renewable energy sources and more specifically biogas plants which can contribute to waste management. In order to achieve the research goal, a quantitative survey was carried out on a sample of 38 livestock farmers, which showed that the farmers are not negative towards the prospect of creating a biogas plant in their area, but they do not have sufficient knowledge about it, thus requiring training in the area.

Keywords: livestock waste, biogas, renewable energy sources