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Anaerobic digestion in Flanders

Lieven Demolder

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Bio-Energy Production Europe (BEPE)

Monday, march 19, 2012

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Platform voor anaerobe vergisting in Vlaanderen
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]


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- Established in 2004 at Howest (environmental sciences)

- Center of expertise in anaerobic digestion

- Technological support and consultancy

- Organization of training events (courses, excursions)

- Policy support

- Public awareness and information

- Participation in R&D projects

Biogas-E vzw


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hydropower

0,1%

windpower

11%

photovoltacs

14%

waste incineration13%

biomass

50%

(co)digestion

UASB

sewage sludge

landfill

BIOGAS

11,6%

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Green energy from biogas

3500 GWh

(VITO, 2010)

*Eigen bepalingen

# Installed power(MWe) Renewable el. Pr. (Gwhe, 2010)

(co-) digestion 34 70,3 307,8

UASB 16 14,9 25,6

Sewagesludge 15 4,2 7,1

landfillgas 13

15,7 65

Most commonly mesophilic

CSTR-type digesters


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Biogas plants in Flanders


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Economic drivers

Country Type /MWhel Guaranteed

years

Flanders- Industrial Certificates 90

+ CHP certificates

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Flanders- Agricultural Certificates 100-110

+ CHP certificates

10

Flanders- Communal waste Certificates 120

+ CHP certificates

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Netherlands Feed-in bonus 79 12

Spain Price regulation 108-159 15

France Price regulation 75-90 15

Germany Feed-in 85-207 20

Austria Price regulation 124-169 12

Italy Certificates 220-280 15


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Input resources

0

200000

400000

600000

800000

1000000

1200000

1400000

1600000

Manure Energy crops Bio-organic waste

2009

2010

2011

in operation+ under

construction

in operation+ under

construction+ permission

t/y


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Biogasplants in Flanders

Since end 2010:-(unexpected) saturation of organic waste stream market-More severe conditions (from bank) to get financing for new projects-Problems with digestate treatment (fire in dryers, emission standards)

1) Trend for larger installations, expansion of current capacity: effectsof scale (2 installations of >10 MW planned, feasible in Flanders?)

2) Trend for very small installations (


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Bottlenecks

Applicationrunning

24%

Permit, onhold28%

Permit, butdidn continue

14%

Applicationrefused

34%

# Capacity (t/y)

Running applications 14 939300

refused* 20 677500

Permission but didnt build yet 24 1460000

43%43%

14%

Financial feasibility

no netinjection possible

uncertainty (policy, markets,

digestate)


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Small scale digesters

Trend for very small installations (


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Future input?

42,15%

13,63%0,80%

2,98%3,95%

5,62%

7,67%

2,84%1,67%

18,69%

cattle manure

pig manurepoultry manuremanure- otherorganic biological wastebiodegradable organic wastegrassAnimal wasteSewage treatment sludgecrop residues (agriculture)

Max. 5200 GWhe

- Energy crops (mostly corn):5% arable land in Flanders: +2500 GWh- Synthetic natural gas (SNG) from wood gasification

- Not collected organic waste: incinerated household waste,home composting


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Valorization of end-products- More restricting legislation to be expected in the near future (nitrates directive)

- Creating added value for end-products may compensate expenses for digestate treatment

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Crop production

Lifestock Biogas

production

Chemical industry

Nutrint processing

External energy &Nutrintsources

Bio-organicwaste

voeding

manure

manure

energy

Green fertilizer &renewable energy

Energy crops

Renewable energy

Green fertilizer


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Biomethane No concrete realizations: Feasibility studies

Biomethane can be a solution for specific problems- Bottlenecks on the electricity grid

- waste heat valorization

- high maintenance and low efficiency of CHP-engines

Need for heat in digestate treatment: limited potential for biomethane Synergrid (sector organization gas grid operators):

definition of gas quality standards for grid acceptance

Legal framework and subsidy support in progress

- based on guarantee of origin (similar to Wallonia, Germany, Netherlands)

BIOGASupgrading

CO2, H2S, H2, H2O

Biomethane (> 92% CH4)

200 bar

7-20 bar


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Conclusions

Continuity investments

New inputstreams

Valorization of endproducts

Support for small (farmscale) digesters

Stakeholder communication


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BIOGAS-E vzw

Graaf Karel de Goedelaan 34

8500 Kortrijk

tel:+32(0)56 241 263

fax:+32(0)56 241 224www.biogas-e.be

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Lieven Demolder

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