Seat and others make methane from sewage treatment into automotive fuel

Spanish company Seat and Spanish water company AQUALIA announced on October 25, 2016 that it will launch “SMART Green Gas” to make biogas from sewage treatment facilities and other automotive fuels. "project. The project, which will run for five years, will conduct empirical tests using a wastewater treatment facility located in Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz, Spain.

The project uses methane gas generated from sewage treatment facilities and agricultural waste treatment facilities to prepare CNG fuel that can be used in automobiles. Seat will provide two natural gas vehicles "Leon TGI", through this project to verify the entire process of biofuels from generation to utilization.

According to reports, a medium-sized wastewater treatment facility can generate 1 million liters of biofuel per day. These fuels can be used for 300 cars and can be used by local government-owned buses, garbage collection vehicles, and emergency vehicles. (Reporter: Shibuya Shajiangzi)