The pilot plant for deep processing of peat created in Krupki district, told BelTA today Director of the Institute of Nature Management, Academician of NAS of Belarus Alexander Karabanov before a joint working session of the NAS of Belarus and the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment.
"Experimental production of deep processing of peat has already been created in the Krupki district. We want to see how it will go to work in this direction, as will be realized refining products made at the plant. Nature Management Institute is the scientific support of the project, our specialists - the authors of all the technologies that are out there are used ", - said Alexander Karabanov.
In the future it is planned to build a large plant in the area. "The pilot plant is designed to the end of 2016, then begin the main construction, which may take a couple of years This is a project we have developed for the Ministry of Energy, last year made a feasibility study According to our estimates, the approximate cost of construction of a large plant for the processing of peat -.. 60 million euros, it must be recouped in six years ", - he told.
Director of the Institute of Nature noted that such an enterprise can be discharged a product line of deep processing of peat, some of which are on its cost many times the price of raw materials. "If the price of a ton of peat - about $ 16, the cost of, for example, activated carbon can be up to $ 1 thousand These are products with high added value among them -.. Medications line growth promoters, fertilizers, which can significantly increase productivity," - said Alexander Karabanov.
