Maire Tecnimont will buy gas from waste to reduce dependency on Russia
MOSCOW, August 8 – RIA Novosti. Italian company Maire Tecnimont will reduce dependence on the Russian Federation through gas production from recycled waste. declaration CEO Alessandro Bernini.
The company is working on technology to extract carbon and hydrogen from landfill waste to produce environmentally friendly chemicals and fuels. According to Bernini, about 16 million tons of non-recyclable waste is placed in the country’s landfills each year.
“To reduce dependence on foreign energy sources, we can process them into synthetic gas… With 10 plants capable of processing 600,000 tons per year, these plants could generate 10% of the gas needed for local heating and 10% of Italy’s electricity within five years. supply in general,” Bernini said in an interview with Bloomberg.
After the Russian special operations started in Ukraine, the Italian government took it upon itself to get rid of the dependency on natural gas imported from the Russian Federation as soon as possible. At the initiative of Prime Minister Mario Draghi, concrete steps were taken and new agreements were signed in terms of diversifying energy resources and increasing gas supply, especially from Algeria, Angola, Azerbaijan, Republic of Congo and many other countries. At the end of June, Draghi announced that the share of Russian gas supply was reduced from 40% to 25%.
Source: Ria
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