Rice straw biogas hub rises in Laguna

A UK-based firm has launched a new rice straw biogas hub in Laguna, establishing a two-hectare facility designed to process 10,000 metric tons (MT) of the plant material annually into methane, biochar and fertilizer.

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Tractors operate at the newly opened rice straw biogas hub in Pila, Laguna, where rice straws (dayami) are processed into biogas, biochar and fertilizer.

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Straw Innovations Ltd. built the P235 million facility in the municipality of Pila in collaboration with the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), Ashton University in Birmingham and the UK government's innovation agency Innovate UK.

"The rice straw biogas hub is a testament to what we can achieve when science and community come together," Straw Innovations founder Craig Jamieson said in his speech during the launch ceremony.