Platform voor anaerobe vergisting in Vlaanderen

Anaerobic digestion in Flanders

Lieven Demolder lieven.demolder@biogas-e.be

Bio-Energy Production Europe (BEPE)

Monday, march 19, 2012

Biogas-E vzw
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

Green energy from biogas

photovoltacs 14% windpower 11% hydropower 0,1%
landfill sewage sludge UASB

waste incineration 13%

3500 GWh (VITO, 2010) biomass 50%

BIOGAS 11,6%

(co)digestion

Most commonly mesophilic CSTR-type digesters # Installed power(MWe) 70,3 14,9 4,2 15,7 Renewable el. Pr. (Gwhe, 2010) 307,8 25,6 7,1 65
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(co-) digestion UASB Sewagesludge landfillgas

34 16 15 13

*Eigen bepalingen

Biogas plants in Flanders

Economic drivers
Country
Flanders- Industrial

Type
Certificates

/MWhel
90 + CHP certificates

Guaranteed years
10

Flanders- Agricultural
Flanders- Communal waste Netherlands Spain France Germany Austria Italy

Certificates
Certificates Feed-in bonus Price regulation Price regulation Feed-in Price regulation Certificates

100-110 + CHP certificates

120 + CHP certificates 79 108-159 75-90 85-207 124-169 220-280

10
20 12 15 15 20 12 15

Input resources
t/y
1600000 1400000 1200000 1000000

2009 2010 2011

800000 600000 400000 200000 0

in operation+ under construction in operation+ under construction+ permission

Manure

Energy crops

Bio-organic waste

Biogas plants 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: effects of scale (2 installations of >10 MW planned, feasible in Flanders?) 2) Trend for very small installations (<10kW) at farm level: no problem
with digestate, easy to operate, high subsidy (recurring meter)

Since april 2011: higher subsidy for biogas (minimum price for cert.)
110 euro/Mwhel for new installations, 100 euro/Mwhel for existing plants CHP-certificates increase from 27 to 31 euro.

Bottlenecks
Financial feasibility
Application running 24%

no netinjection possible uncertainty (policy, markets, digestate)

Application refused 34%

Permit, on hold 28% Permit, but didn continue 14%

14% 43%

43%

Capacity (t/y)

Running applications
refused* Permission but didnt build yet

14
20 24

939300
677500 1460000

Small scale digesters

Trend for very small installations (<10kW) at farm level: no problem with
digestate, easy to operate, high subsidy (recurring counter) .

2000 tonnes Manure

64.000 kWh electricity

Future input?
42,15% 18,69%

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

1,67% 2,84%

7,67%

cattle manure pig manure poultry manure manure- other organic biological waste biodegradable organic waste grass Animal waste Sewage treatment sludge crop residues (agriculture)

5,62% 3,95% 2,98%

13,63%

0,80%

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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 .

Crop production
External energy & voeding Nutrintsources manure

Green fertilizer

Chemical industry
Energy crops Green fertilizer & renewable energy

Nutrint processing

energy

Lifestock
manure

Biogas production
Renewable energy

Bio-organic waste

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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)
7-20 bar

BIOGAS

upgrading

Biomethane (> 92% CH4)

200 bar

CO2, H2S, H2, H2O

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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)56 241 224 www.biogas-e.be info@biogas-e.be

Contact us! Questions?

Lieven Demolder lieven.demolder@biogas-e.be

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