The Russian Environmental Operator (REO) has developed domestic biogas plants for processing food waste into electricity, thermal energy, and fertilizers for agriculture.

In a year, the capacity of one Russian-made biogas plant can reach 130,000 tons of organic matter per year. One plant can produce per year:

• 10.5 million cubic meters of biogas;
•  25.8 million kWh of electricity;
• 26 million kWh of thermal energy;
•  120 thousand cubic meters of fertilizers.

The basis is the European experience — there are about 17,000 biogas plants there. According to the developers' estimates, Russia does not need so many of these plants: about 4,000.

The preliminary cost of building and launching one such station is not specified. However, it is noted that such stations can be self-sufficient due to the production of electricity and fertilizers.