Waste landfill biogas recovery project in Iran and converting it into energy

Waste management of Iran in 1999 for the first time executed recovery of biogases in 18 torches in landfill of Iran and in 2005 started researches with cooperation of new energies organization of Iran on possibility to establish a 0ne megawatt biogas power station for at least 13 years and it was approved to sell producing electricity to the regionalpower company. This project was operated in 2007 and it started operating in 2009.