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DANOSHA TO START BUILDING BIOGAS PLANT IN 2017

16 March , 2017  

KYIV. March 16 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Danosha, a company with 100% Danish capital (Ivano-Frankivsk region), plans to begin the construction of a biogas plant with a capacity of 1.1 MW in 2017.

“We are starting the construction of the second biogas plant. One is already running at one of our largest pig complexes in the village of Kopanky, Ivano-Frankivsk region. The construction of the next biogas plant will be started this year. It should be more advanced than the previous one,” head of the department of external relations and company development Liubov Bohachevska told reporters at the sixth IFC International Forum on Food Safety in Kyiv.

According to her, the construction of the plant is designed for two years. Funds for the project implementation are to be attracted from NEFCO international financial organization and IFU investment fund.

Danosha intends to expand production. At present the total number of pigs is 180,000 animals.

“We are planning to expand, but we need new farms. We plan to build them and would like to increase livestock numbers by 11,900 animals,” she said.

She clarified now Danosha continues seeking a land plot for building a meat processing plant.