FINAL REPORT

BIOMAP Biomass Market Place

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BIOMAP, Biomass Market Place

A Sub-project of LoCaRe (Low Carbon Economy Regions) and financed by European Regional Development Fund INTERREG 4 C and by regional development resources in Emilia-Romagna Italy, Province of Zeeland, The Netherlands and Västra Götaland Sweden. Lead Sub-project Participant Agroväst Livsmedel AB, Box 234, Gråbrödragatan 11, S-532 23 Skara, Sweden www.agrovast.se Director Mats Emilson, [email protected] Project Manager Kjell Gustafsson, [email protected] Sub-project Participants Skaraborgs Kommunalförbund, The Association of Local Authorities in Skaraborg, Box 54, S-541 22 Skövde, Sweden, www.skaraborg.se Director Thomas Jungbeck, [email protected] Project Manager Pascal Tshibanda, [email protected] N.V. Economische Impuls Zeeland, P.O. box 6004, 4330 LA Middelburg, The Netherlands, www.impulszeeland.nl Project Manage Arie van der Maas, [email protected] Project Manage Laurens Meijering, [email protected] Project Manager Arend Roos, [email protected] CISE, Centre for economical innovation and development, C. so della Repubblica 5, 471 21 Forli, Italy, www. ciseonweb.it Director: Luca Valli, [email protected] Project Manager Giulia Bubbolini, [email protected] Project Manager Simona Verità, [email protected] Project Manager Luca Bartoletti, [email protected]

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Presentation of the SUB-project BIOMAP a. Description of the sub-project. .......................................................................... 7 b. Why the subject was chosen .............................................................................. 8 c. Role of the partners, cooperating institutions and actors ............................. 10 d. Description of how each partner engaged with its local stakeholders ........ 13

2. Inventory of good practices a. Templates and guidelines for the identification and description of good practices ................................................................................................ 15 b. The Biomap Project ........................................................................................... 17 c. The catalogue of Good Practices....................................................................... 18 b. Description of Good Practices in Emilia Romagna, Italy 1) Romagna Compost. Biomass plant using organic waste ................ 20 2) La Bersagliera. Biogas production from agricultural residues and poultry manure ............................................................................ 25 3) Bagioni Group. Biogas production from agricultural waste and manure ........................................................................................... 32 4) Caviro. Production of renewable energy from grape pomance and cutting/pruning ........................................................................... 36 5) Dister Energie. Integrated production of energy from liquid and solid biomasses ............................................................................ 40 6) Tampieri Energie. Biomass plant using organic materials and agro food by-product ................................................................... 45 c. Description of Good Practices in Zeeland, The Netherlands 1) De Groene Poort. Biogas combined with horticulture ................... 50 2) Foodport Zeeland. Aqua- and agrifood based business in Zeeland 55 3) Lijnco Green Energy. Biomass power plant ..................................... 61 4) Lamb Weston. Industrial algae production ...................................... 65 5) Biobased Delta. Proteins from agrifood waste streams ................... 69 6) Bio Base Europe. Open innovation and education centre for the biobased economy ................................................................... 72 d. Description of Good Practices in Västra Götaland, Sweden 1) Biogas Väst. Platform for coordination of the biogas chai ............... 80 2) GoBiGas Gothenburg. Big scale demonstration plant biomass gasification ............................................................................. 84 3) Biogas Brålanda. An interconnected network of farms for production and upgrading of biogas .................................................. 91 5

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Lidköping Biogas. Biogas production from industrial vegetable organic waste ....................................................................................... Falköping Model. Biogas from organic waste and manure ........... Skara Biogas. Biogas from manure from seven farms around Skara Kretslopp Skaraborg. A new recycling company for supplying biogas plants with substrate ........................................... Sötåsen Töreboda. Small scale technology for biogas upgrading

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3. Web-based tool for businesses with biomasses a. Description of the designing process, identification of relevant content and support from stakeholders ................................................................... 123 b. Description of the tendering process and the winner ............................. 123 c. Features of the web-tool and brief users guide ......................................... 124 d. Strategy for dissemination of the tool ........................................................ 125 4.

Lessons learnt, conclusions and what comes next ....................................

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1. Presentation of the Sub-project BIOMAP

Description of the Sub-project The main objective of the BIOMAP project is to create three regional web based market places where suppliers of biomasses and the potential customers can interact and do business, leading to an increased production of bio energy and other sustainable biomass applications e. g. in feed, food, chemistry and pharmaceutics in each participating region. There are significant assets of biomass (for example; waste, manure, woody biomass and agricultural feed or and industrial food waste streams) which would be suitable for the production of bio energy, in particular biogas and biobased products. The development of sustainable local communities raises requirements for well functional local and regional energy and bio-based markets. The potential users of the market places are companies (especially SME´s), farmers, municipalities and local energy companies. The interaction between the supplier of organic matters and the potential customer is today low on this new and emerging market. This requires that public bodies take the lead and create the conditions for the market to function and grow. The creation of the three market places will create a strong supplier-demand chain among stakeholders who are not used to do business which each other. The secondary objective is transnational knowledge exchange among the participants to strengthen the regional energy market with experiences from other European countries. Representatives from the business sector, municipal and regional administrators and politicians will gain an enhanced insight in seeing organic waste as an asset in their local energy system. All project partners have extensive experience in sustainable development. Italy has for example experience in developing a web based market place for waste, such as iron and metal. Sweden is a world leader

in the development of biogas for vehicles (compressed and liquid), vast experience in municipal biogas production and organization farmers to facilitate biogas production. The Netherlands currently has the largest biogas-plant in Northwest-Europe and is building up experience in using liquid bio methane in industrial processes. It has been an indispensable added value to bring together these three experiences in structured forms in the aim to accelerate the development of use of biomasses to energy and other purposes in our respective regions. The Sub-project BIOMAP was managed in following five Work Packages (WP): WP 1: Project and financial management (Coordinating partner: Agroväst, Sweden) WP 2: Communication (Coordinating partner: Skaraborgs Kommunalförbund, Sweden) WP 3: Inventory (Coordinating partner: Agroväst, Sweden) WP 4: Transnational knowledge exchange based on best practices (Coordinating partner CISE, Italy) WP 5: Creation of three regional web based market places (Coordinating partner: Agroväst, Sweden) The Sub-project BIOMAP was to 75 % financed as a Sub-project of LoCaRe (Low Carbon Economy Regions) which is financed by European Regional Development Fund INTERREG 4 C. The project period was 1st January 2011- 28th February 2013.

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Why was the subject chosen Facilitating demand and supply of biomass in the province of Zeeland

Götaland in Sweden similar ideas were born. The economic development agency Impuls was asked by the province of Zeeland to develop the plans for a biomass market place within a LoCaRe-subproject together with leading partners Agroväst and The Association of Local Authorities in Skaraborg and with project partner CISE from Italy.

Within the province of Zeeland a flourishing bio based economy is one of the top economic priorities. A bio based economy is depicted as an economy where the basic building blocks for materials, chemicals and energy are derived from renewable biological resources, such as plant and animal sources. A bio based economy is seen as inevitable, but a true bio based economy is still a long way to go as there will remain an ongoing role for traditional fossil fuel based energy and materials and chemistry for decades to come.

Agriculture is important for the local economy in Emilia-Romagna The province of Forlì-Cesena is located in the SouthEast of the Emilia Romagna region, between the Adriatic Sea region,Tuscany and neighboring the provinces of Rimini, Ravenna and Bologna (within Emilia Romagna). The territory is about 300.000 hectares (43% of which are hills, 29% plains and 2% mountains) and has about 400.000 inhabitants. Agriculture accounts for the 20% of the local economic system, manufacturing and building for the 27%, trade for the 22%, hotels and restaurants are 4%, transportation 7% and services and other activities for 20%. There are about 8.445 companies in the agricultural sector with a gross production of 595 million euros: 60% is represented by zoo-technical products, 18% by herbaceous plants and the remaining 22% by fruit tree. The main crops are represented by cereals and fruit trees such as grapes, peaches, apples, apricots, pears and olives. The agricultural sector is part of a wider local agrifood value chain. Poultry, fruit and vegetable represent excellences within regional agri-food production .Other local main industries are mechanics and equipment, footwear, and upholstered furniture. The characteristics of the local production system together determine a wide availability of biomasses within the territory (agri-food industries residues, manure, organic wastes, agricultural residues and wood), an element that contributed to the participation of CISE to the project. Biomap represents an opportunity for the local territory (its business, entrepreneurs and citizens) to understand the potential of employing to increase the production of energy from renewable sources as well as to re-use them as fertilisers or components, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Within Zeeland there are many drivers for the bio based economy: - To strengthen the economic competitive position of the business sector - To reduce production costs and improve efficiency - To reduce dependency on fossil fuels - To reduce the impact on the environment by decreasing industrial waste and use of finite natural resources There are also challenges to be met: - The bio based economy is still at a very early and high risk stage, financially and technologically - The development of new technology to convert green resources - The reduction of distance between the laboratory and the marketplace for innovative new products - The shift from first generation biomass to second generation biomass - Making biomass a sustainable resource: minimizing its potential negative environmental effects, biodiversity effects and socio economic effects. One important aspect within a bio based economy is a good connection between demand and supply of (regional) biomass, such as agro food industries residues, agricultural rest streams, wood, organic waste and industrial by-products. To facilitate such a connection the province of Zeeland has promoted the set up of a biomass marketplace already for a long time. In 2010 the LoCaRe project created the opportunity to turn these ideas into reality, as within the region of Västra 8

The exchange of knowledge with partner countries in the use of advanced technologies and innovative systems for energy production from biomass or other biomass application in feed, food and pharmaceutics gives an increase in awareness to both policy makers and entrepreneurs on how biomasses can be turned from an environmental problem (agricultural waste, industrial by-products, manure) into a green-economy business opportunity (energy production, but also organic fertilization and cradle-to-cradle processes).

production of electricity from solar energy is still insignificant. Although there are still great opportunities to increase the use of renewable energy in the sectors of residential & service and industry, the greatest challenges are to produce future renewable fuels for cars, trucks, tractors, trains, planes and boats. There are high hopes for bio-based fuels of various kinds. In the current situation Sweden is using renewable fuels to a equivalent of 6 TWh. The greatest among renewable fuels is ethanol (2.5 TWh), followed by biodiesel (2.8 TWh) and biogas are still at least (0.7 TWh). But only in the Västra Götaland region is the goal of the 2020 to produce biogas to vehicles equivalent to 2.4 TWh. In addition to a significantly increased use of biomass for bio-energy an expected increased use is also to produce raw materials for the chemical and engineering industries. So a much more intensive trade in biomass between producers and consumers will most likely come in the forthcoming years. That is the most important reason why this particular project was invented in our region and developed together with our partners from Emilia-Romagna and Zeeland.

Bio energy is more and more important in Västra Götaland region As in other European countries, the goal in Sweden is to reduce and eventually phase out fossil fuels and replace it with renewable energy and energy savings. Within Sweden the Västra Götaland region is acting very proactive and is in many applications leader in the effort to replace fossil energy. Table 1 shows the total Swedish energy consumption (TWh) in the three sectors that dominate energy use and associated shows the used percentages of fossil fuels, electricity and bio fuels. As evident in the chart, is the use of fossil energy is still very dominant in the transport sector. Within the sector, residential and service (space heating, hot water production and lighting) are already used in the current situation 45% bio fuels and only 8% of fossil fuels. In the industrial sector comprises 37% of the use of bio fuels och 23 % of fossil fuels. The proportion of energy use in Sweden from renewable sources is just some percentages below 50 % of total use. Total energy production in 2011 amounted to 146 TWh of which 45 % was produced by hydro power, 40 % by nuclear power, 4 % by wind power and remaining 11 % by bio fuel and fossil based production. Electricity production by wind power has increased distinctly during latest decade but is still quite low. The 9

Role of the partners, cooperating institutions and actors Agro meets chemistry in the province of Zeeland

economic value from bio-based resources and then descend down to lower economic value. Health and lifestyle bio-based applications (pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals) are on top of the list. Second is alimentation (food and feed) and third is chemistry, with biobased performance materials, fermentation, commodity chemicals, fertilizers and bulk chemicals. In the lowest part of the biomass cascade energy applications are located such as bio-based fuel, biogas, electricity and heat. However we also have to be realistic: the energy application is by far the largest at this moment as it is the most economic viable option at this stage. The “Agro meets Chemistry” agenda will invest in R&D and education, business development and action programs, top locations, investment funds and will deploy regional promotion and acquisition in the forthcoming years. Regional stakeholders from business, education, knowledge institutions and government work closely together on these ambitions.

The province of Zeeland is located in the Southwest part of the Netherlands. Together with the western part of the province of Brabant the region is depicted as the Biobased Delta. The regional economic structure consists of a robust and strong productive agriculture sector, a chemical sector and a food sector. Furthermore the region has an excellent infrastructure of roads, ports, rail and pipeline that fits to the development of a bio-based economy. A short line up of bio-based features of the region are: - A strong productive agricultural and chemistry sector - Already 400 million € has been invested in 120 bio-based projects in the last decade - Initiatives are mainly business driven, large as well as medium and small sized companies - A wide range of research facilities, pilot plants and industrial sites in an open innovation concept are in place, such as Bio Base Europe, Green Chemistry Campus, Industrieterreinen Sloe, Kanaalzone, Moerdijk en Nieuw Prinsenland, Biopark Terneuzen, De Rusthoeve, De Groene Poort and De Bevelanden - A close cooperation with neighboring regions as Flanders and South-Holland and with (higher) education such as HZ University of Applied Sciences, Avans Hogeschool, Wageningen University and the University of Gent - A successful triple helix approach

Impuls NV Economische Impuls Zeeland (Impuls) was established on 2 July 2007 and is the development authority of the Province of Zeeland, which has the aim to strengthen the dynamics of Zeeland’s knowledge economy. Impuls stimulates and facilitates economic developments in the broadest sense and is seen as an independent organization by local stakeholders. Special focus is placed to strengthen the bio-based economy in Zeeland. Impuls does not carry the load on its own, as it relies on initiatives from the corporate sector. The organization puts companies and local authorities (municipalities, province) in contact with each other.

The region selected three focal themes within the regional bio-based agenda called the “Agro meets Chemistry Agenda”: - Green building blocks for high quality materials and chemicals - New green materials by food, agricultural and aquatic sector - Greening of process industry through new technologies, green raw materials and/or closing the cycle

The core issues for Impuls are: - strengthening the structure and development of the regional economy by facilitating project development, knowledge and expertise for large projects; - the development and execution of projects for the Zeeland economy (raising the level of education, improving the exchange between education and the labour market, and innovation; - economical promotion and acquisition.

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The role of Impuls within the BIOMAP project can be summarized as: - International dissemination of knowledge of successful best practices of bio-based business from Zeeland. Six detailed best practices have been made available for transnational knowledge exchange (Lijnco, De Groene Poort, industrial algae production, Bio Base Europe, Foodport Zeeland and Proteins from agro-food waste streams) - Dissemination of knowledge about the bio-based experiences within the partner countries, a.o. by a Zeeuwse stakeholder visit to a wide range of best practices on biogas in the Västra Götaland region in Sweden - Engaging with main regional stakeholders to discuss the setup of a biomass marketplace - Constructing the biomass web-tool including a wide range of functionalities together with BIOMAP partners and a specialized web-tool designer

crease in the environmental impact due to the types of production and use of energy, the heavier energy bills of businesses and citizens are the main issues that the European Union means to address through the definition of its new energy policies, based on the reduction of climate change and the promotion of competitive, sustainable and secure energy supplies. Emilia-Romagna Region included these goals in its energy policies described in the “Regional Energy Plan”. Such documents collect all the objectives in terms of energy efficiency, renewable energy development, energy solutions in line with regional development, integration of policies at regional and local level with those at national and European level. See table 2. The promotion of biomasses and the use of innovative systems are some examples.

CISE CISE – Centro per l’Innovazione e lo Sviluppo Economico (Centre for Innovation and Economic Development) is the agency of the Chamber of Commerce of Forlì-Cesena (Emilia Romagna, IT) and was founded

Role of Emilia Romagna region and CISE The increase in the consumption of fossil fuels and the consequent dependence on foreign energy, the in11

vidends that benefit agriculture, bio energy and food industry. R & D programs work are led by the steering groups with national competence.

in 1996 to promote local economic development focusing on innovation as a main driver. Present areas of activity are sustainable development and green economy technologies, corporate social responsibility and responsible innovation, open-source IT technologies and support to innovative ideas. CISE operates through awareness-raising actions, pilot actions and one-stop-shop support to local entrepreneurs to help them develop their innovative ideas. The ability to impact on regional policies lies in CISE’s role as the privileged partner of the Union of Chambers of Commerce in Emilia Romagna (Unioncamere Emilia Romagna) in the design and implementation of projects in the field of technological and organisational innovation. Unioncamere Emilia Romagna) has a framework agreement with the regional government, which provides for collaboration on some priority lines, including EU policies, sustainable development, innovation and research, areas where CISE has direct competence.

Energy Farm - a platform within Agroväst There is a great potential for bio energy in the agriculture and forestry sector that can contribute to society’s energy transition. The mission of the Energy Farm, from a producer and customer perspective, is to be a unifying and driving force for increased energy and better energy efficiency in agriculture and forestry. Energy Farm (www.energigarden.se) is the venue where all stakeholders can come together and act collectively. The base of the program is financed by Västra Götaland, County Administration and the LRF (Swedish Farmers´ Association) and 37 stakeholders (local, regional and national) are involved. In close connection with this platform two EU projects have been managed the last years, BIOMAP and BioM funded by Interreg IV A and Västra Götaland Region. BioM was a 3-year EU project (2010-2012) where Agroväst and The County Board of Västra Götaland were the Swedish partners. Other partners are from Jutland and southern Norway. Agroväst was involved in seven activities in this project, all related to bio energy. Therefore have many ideas and influences in the BIOMAP project been developed within meetings with stakeholders in the Energy Farm-platform and BioMproject.

Västra Götaland region, Association of Local Authorities and Agroväst Agroväst and The Association of Local Authorities in Skaraborg have previously been intensively involved in the energy sector in general and in the field of bio-energy in particular. Our usual approach is to collaborate with many other authorities, institutions and actors. The approach in this project has followed this tradition. The project has been presented and discussed at many seminars, exhibitions and other meetings during the project period. All of these meetings have been of great value to the project results in the form of all presented best practices (eight from our region) and not least by developing an online marketplace. We also wish to emphasize the many valuable meetings that we had with the other project partners from Zealand and Emilia-Romagna. Agroväst has since 1992 served as a platform in western Sweden for development projects in agriculture, bio energy and the food sector. Agroväst’s unique strength lies in the interdisciplinary nature, opportunities to link researchers and practitioners from many different areas together in non-bureaucratic forms. Agroväst have thanks to well developed forms of cooperation among different stakeholders the possibility to engage in extensive research and development with a large number of projects. Collaboration with various funding means that stakeholders will give multiple di12

Description of how each partner engaged with its local stakeholders The Emilia-Romagna region and CISE

The province of Zeeland and Impuls

The role of CISE within BIOMAP project can be summarized in: - initiating a new approach in local energy systems by exploring, identifying and promoting biomasses to stimulate the production of renewable or other biomass applications; - engaging with main local stakeholders (local authorities, economic operators, producer/user of biomasses) by creating a focus group to discuss about the main opportunities/threats in developing a local biomass market; - updating local stakeholders on innovative technologies and on the new regulations in order to facilitate the authorization process for new biomass plants through specific meetings and workshops; - knowledge disseminating about the experiences of the partner countries to increase local applications of biomasses (in energy production, feed, food and pharmaceutics).

During the BIOMAP project interaction with local stakeholders has been divers. Two stakeholder events with local companies, intermediaries and government have been organized by Impuls to discuss the set-up and exploitation model of the biomass marketplace. Impuls set up a collaboration with the local harborauthority Zeeland Seaports for exploitation of the web-tool in Biopark Terneuzen and alignment with the activities in the Interreg-IVA-project Grenzenloze Logistiek. Biopark Terneuzen has confirmed to exploit the BIOMAP tool probably from spring 2013 onwards. Furthermore meetings have been organized with the Dutch companies Biodeal, Deltastroming and Arjazon which all have set-up their own private marketplaces for biomass reuse in recent years. The BIOMAP marketplace that will be exploited by Biopark Terneuzen will be a non-commercial open marketplace. The non-commercial and private marketplaces in place are aimed to have complementary features, regional approaches and (business) models. They will align e.g. by building in cross-links. A successful Zeeuwse stakeholder visit has been organized to Sweden in September 2012. Eleven participants from Zeeland (industry, intermediary organizations and government) have joined in to visit a wide range of best practices on biogas in the Västra Götaland region in Sweden. The stakeholder visit has been evaluated as very positive by the participants. Furthermore Impuls has presented the BIOMAPproject and its intermediate results at the 3rd LoCaRe Working Group meeting at September 20th 2011 and at the LoCaRe Conference Meeting “New Climate” at October 12th 2012 in Middelburg, the Netherlands. Communication to stakeholders has also been done on the websites of Impuls and the local harbor-authority Zeeland Seaports, in the Yearly Progress Report 2011 of Impuls, an article in the regional newspaper Zeeuwse Courant and a radio-interview on the regional Broadcast Zeeland (May 2012).

Västra Götaland region, Association of Local Authorities and Agroväst Most of our featured best practices consist of plants producing biogas and where the objective is to use biogas as vehicle fuel. This clearly reflects the efforts that are now underway in Sweden in general and our region in particular. As shown in Table 1 we have already a high proportion of renewable energy in the sectors of industry and residental & service. In the transport sector, we are however still very dependent on fossils. In this area many measures in the region to promote the development of bio-based fuels are done. Biogas Väst (Biogas West) is a concentrated effort in the region to increase production and use of biogas for vehicles in Västra Götaland region. The goal of this mobilization is to reach a biogas production of 2.4 TWh in 2020. Half of this amount of energy is planned to be produced through anaerobic digestion of biological materials and half through gasification, mainly of residues from the forests and forest industries. Gasification of wood from chips or pellets is brand new technology and under construction is a new large pilot plant for this in Gothenburg. This initiative is presented as a best practice from our region, GoBiGas. For digestion of different biomasses there are currently quite a num13

ber of plants. By tradition, many anaerobic digestion plants are based on sludge from municipal wastewater treatment plants. But within the region are in addition five major co-digestion plants built that are based on different biogas substrates mainly residues from grain and food industries. In addition, there are in the current situation 15 biogas plants on farms that mainly bases its biogas production of liquid manure but also some other substrates. The knowledge power collection Biogas Väst works together with a large number of national and regional actors.

Even in the field of combustion of biomass in solid fuel boilers, we collaborate with many stakeholders. For instance we co-operate with IRETISE (International Renewable Energy Technology Institute) which represents around 15 companies in the solid biomass fuel sector, mainly manufacturers of boilers for combustion of solid fuels.

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2. Inventory of good practices

TEMPLATES AND GUIDELINES FOR THE IDENTIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF GOOD PRACTICES The European Commission set ambitious energy and climate change objectives for 2020, namely to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20% (or even 30%) compared to 1990, to increase the share of renewable energy to 20% and to make a 20% improvement in energy efficiency. That is to say an increase in the use of renewable sources is seen as essential to achieving a sustainable growth at local, national and European level. In order to stimulate a long-term, self-sufficient development of an economic sector, such as the bio-energy one, is to support market uptake of available solutions (besides research of new ones) by raising awareness on the opportunities, create a good business environment and supporting business settlements and investments for the supply of products matching the demand. Likewise, an increase in the demand should be the target of specific policies.

Within local communities in Europe there are significant biomass assets (e.g. waste, manure, wood, agrofood residues), which are suitable for the production of bio-energy or other sustainable biomass applications e.g. in feed, food, chemical building blocks and pharmaceutics. Supporting the development of efficient local renewable energy and bio-based markets is a key to achieve European environmental goals in the years to come. Some Facts and Figures for Biomasses As of today, biomass (including solid biomass, biogas, liquid biomass and liquid municipal waste) is the main renewable energy source with more than 100 Mtoe in European Union. Figure 1 below shows the contribution made by the individual renewable energy in primary energy consumption.

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In particular, the widespread awareness of the importance of bioenergy has led to an increase in the contribution of this renewable energy to reach the levels indicated in Table 3 (above). Prior to its potential: there is room for action in enhancing their use. Furthermore the potential to increase the application of biomass applications in hig-

her added value markets e.g. in feed, food, chemical building blocks and pharmaceutics is enormous for the forthcoming years. In figure 2 the biomass potential has been scheduled within the so called biomass pyramid.

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The BIOMAP Projekt

In the scenario of a new leadership for low carbon regions, BIOMAP focuses on enterprises as key players (figure 3). Taking on board enterprises’ standpoint, BIOMAP aims at turning agricultural waste, industrial by-products, cuttings and organic waste from diversified collection, etc. into a green economy business opportunity (such as energy production, compost and organic fertilizer production, application in feed, food and other sectors, ecc.). The project also aims at facilitating sustainability’s pay-offs and making sustainability profitable and viable. However, this could not be achieved unless awareness is raised on the need of a new partnership between enterprises operating in the biomass market and institutions providing the regulatory framework (e.g. waste management regulations). Moreover, end users and citizens need to be made aware of the potential of biomasses as energy sources, so that acceptance of biomass processing facilities is higher.

The project BIOMAP aims at enhancing market exploitation of biomasses, with a specific focus on bioenergy, but also taking into account alternative uses of biomasses, contributing to reducing greenhouse emission by, e.g. re-using agro-food waste residues to fertilise soil or to extract polyphenols. BIOMAP is a transnational cooperation project included in the LoCaRe mini-programme, made possible by Interreg IVC and co-financed by ERDF and national resources. BIOMAP’s actions include: - An assessment of the potential of local biomass markets in the partner regions; - A catalogue of good practices on the use of biomasses available locally; - A web-based market-place to enhance and enable biomass trading. BIOMAP’s aims are achieved by transnational knowledge exchange and engagement with relevant stakeholders in workshops, focus groups and bilateral meetings. 17

The Catalogue of Good Practices

This Catalogue of Good Practices includes 20 initiatives related to the use of biomasses mainly for:

Each good practice is described in terms of: - SCOPE - INPUT/OUTPUT - LOCATION - OWNERS/STAKEHOLDERS Brief History and Owners Stakeholders - PLANT - PICTURES - DETAILED DESCRIPTION Input, outputs, processes in details Supply chain streamers - TECHNOLOGY PERFORMANCES Power Plant Characteristics and Performances - FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK Initial Investment - ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY CO2 reduction Savings in fossil fuel consumption Certifications Success Factors/Foreseen opportunities Constraints/Threats - CONTACT DETAILS

- energy production: electricity and heat; - biogas production for heat and transport; - energy recovery from industrial by-products/waste; - higher added value for bio-based components in e.g. feed, food and chemical building blocks. The good practices were selected from experiences across the three European regions Västra Götaland (Sweden), Emilia-Romagna – with specific reference to the provinces of Forlì-Cesena and Ravenna (Italy) and the province of Zeeland (the Netherlands), that are taking part to the BIOMAP project. The catalogue includes local experiences with a transfer potential on regional, national and European scale as a sustainable and efficient biomass supply and processing chain. The case studies have been selected for their positive features: they are environmentally sound, economically viable and socially acceptable. Therefore, they provide a benchmark for similar initiatives.

Some information is also provided on a number of other remarkable practices that have been identified during the project, by means of the interaction with local stakeholders.

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The vineyards are not solely used to make wine from grapes - the by-products of the winemaking process (the must, the lees and the marc) are used to make sugars and grape juices, alcohol, calcium tartrate, tartaric acid and compost used for agricultural purposes – ultimately, ENERGY. Every year Caviro transforms over 280.000 tons of by-products. The Caviro Group is strongly committed to working towards the goals outlined by the Kyoto Protocol. The company uses renewable sources instead of conventional resources to generate power. In addition, organic matter generated by the winemaking process is returned to the land. This integrated cycle is extremely valuable achieving almost ZERO IMPACT on the environment.

PLANT PICTURES

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

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BIOMASS PLANT USING ORGANIC WASTE Romagna Compost

Region: Emilia Romagna District/Province: Forlì-Cesena

SCOPE

Romagna Compost manages a reactor plant for the treatment of organic wastes and Composting and produce electrical and termic renewable energy.

INPUT/OUTPUT

The raw materials processed are: Organic wastes from private households, industries and foods processing plants; Agro-food industries wastes (fruit and vegetable by-products, slaughterhouse and canteen waste); Urban wood residues; Residues of cultures (straws, shearing, fans).

LOCATION

Emilia Romagna – San Carlo, Cesena – (FC)

Brief History and Owners Romagna Compost srl has been established in 2001 by the union of HERA spa (the first italian multiutility in waste business in terms of waste collected and treated) and other private companies operating in agriculture and agro-food sector over Cesena area (AMADORI, FORMULA SERVIZI, CAC, CONSORZIO AGRARIO DI FORLÌ-CESENA, OROGEL, SFIR).

OWNERS/ STAKEHOLDERS

The union of societies that produce organic wastes from agro-food sector with a society specialized in organic waste collection and treatment and the presence of final utilizer of compost, make the chain sustainable and efficient.

Stakeholders The electricity produced covers a 8% of the final domestic use of energy in Cesena. The compost produced is about 4.000 ton per year and it is used in biological agriculture as fertilizer.

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PLANT PICTURES

Input, outputs, processes in details The organic wastes are processed with anaerobic treatments:

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Anaerobic Digestion (AD) is a biological process that happens naturally when bacteria breaks down organic matter in environments with little or no oxygen. AD produces a biogas made up of around 55-60 per cent methane with a dry batch fermentation processes (BEKON Energy Technologies GmbH & Co. KG) Aerobic refinig of digestate by an intensive oxidation and stabilization in line with forced air. The anaerobic process used is a batch treatment (the organic waste are closed in a cell and it is opened and empty after 30 days). This treatment permits to use a biomass with a dry content of 50% (dry-fermentation) without the necessity of a wet fermentation as usual in anaerobic digestion. The Romagna Compost plant is the first to use this technology in Italy. AD is the consequence of a series of metabolic interactions among various groups of microorganisms. It occurs in three stages, hydrolysis, acidogenesis and methanogenesis. The first group of microorganism secretes enzymes, which hydrolyses polymeric materials to monomers such as glucose and amino acids. These are subsequently converted by second group i.e. acetogenic bacteria to higher volatile fatty acids, H2 and acetic acid. Finally, the third group of bacteria, methanogenic, converts H2, CO2, and acetate, to CH4. The AD is

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carried out in large digesters without any mixing, adding or removing organic waste or other materials. Representative scheme of the process

Aerobic refining system The first phase of aerobic refining consists on intensive bioxidation in special lines by forced air ventilation and the second phase on stabilization in aerated platform. It is possibile to obtain some advantages by the integration of the two processes: Improvement in the plant’s energy balance; Reduction of odorous impacts (the phase with odors production is made in a closed reactor and the biogas is pumped in the cogenerative plant without dispersion in atmosphere); the compost produced by anaerobic digestion is used as agricultural fertilizer and as organic soil improver in biological agriculture; Reduction in CO2 emission: production of electric power from renewable energy such as biogas.

Supply chain streamers The Romagna Compost plant produces electricity and heat from renewable source (organic material, organic waste, agricultural residues) and reduces the green gas emission from landfill. In particular organic waste from diversified collection, by products from fruits and food industries and wood from urban residues are treated. Thanks to diversified collection are treated 40.000 tonn per year of green waste and 15.000 tonn per year of cuttings and prunings.

Power Plant Characteristics and Performances

TECHNOLOGY PERFORMANCES

Plant: Organic waste treatment with anaerobic digestion; Electricity and heat production from cogeneration system Year of construction: 2001 Total land area occupied (m2): 20.000

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Nominal output (kW): 999 kW Type of biomass: Organic waste Energy Production: electricity - 7.000.000 kWh/year Technology: Organic waste treatment: Dry fermentation Composting: Biological stabilization Smell control: Bio-filtration Waste water treatment: biofiltration system Electricity production: cogeneration

CO2 reduction (expected) (t CO2/year): 2940 tCO2/anno* *considering only a factor of 0,42 kgCO2/kWh and the electricity production of 7.000.000 kWh

Savings in fossil fuel consumption (toe/year): 1309 toe/year * *considering a factor of 0,187 toe/MWh

Certification QSAE Iso 9001 Quality management – Iso 14001 Environmental management – Iso 18001 Occupational Health and Safety – Iso 50001 Energy management

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

Success Factors/Foreseen opportunities Electricity and heat production from renewable sources, energy recovery from organic wastes, reduction in the quantity of wastes in landfill. Positive energy balance: the anaerobic phase produces more energy than it is consumed by the plant. Odor Reduction: the process phases characterized by smell are made in a closed reactor. Compost production: the material that comes from the anaerobic digestion requires only a short aerobic treatment to be used as fertilizer. Smaller plant: the area covers by the plant is smaller than a traditional plant. CO2 emission reduction: the electricity production by renewable sources decreases the green gas emissions. No smell and clean water: are treated with a ultrefiltration systems about 15000 tonn of waste water from the plant every year

Head-office CONTACT

Via A. Spinelli, 60 Cesena (FC) 47521 - Italy Tel. 051 287268 - 0547 388381

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Plants Via Rio della Busca San Carlo di Cesena 47522 (FC) Italia Tel. 0547-660042 Fax. 0547-660116

Reference Person Ing. Enrico Piraccini Dott. Alberto Ceccaroni

LINK

http://www.romagnacompost.it/home.htm

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BEST PRACTICE Title: Biogas production from agricultural residues and poultry manure. La Bersagliera Region: Emilia Romagna District/Province: FC SCOPE

INPUT/OUTPUT

LOCATION

Electricity and heat production from agricultural residues and poultry manure The biomasses used are: Agricoltural residues (silage corn, sorghum, triticale) Poultry manure Pig and cattle manure Agrofood industry residues (vegetables) Outputs: Electricity and heat Digestate for agriculture

Emilia Romagna – Forlì (FC)

Brief History and Owners

OWNERS/ STAKEHOLDERS

The idea of producing energy from biomasses was founded in 2008 and is mainly related to the closure of sugar factories and consequently to the interruption of sugar beet farming. The construction of a new anaerobic digestion plant for biogas production starting from agricultural residues and manure has been considered as an advantageous investment: on the one hand the technology presents a good degree of maturity on the other, the system meets the requirements of the farm. After several months spent on regulatory approvals in December 2010 began the plant’s costruction.The plant went into operation in February 2012. The power installed is 1 MW and are used biomasses as agricultural residues and poultry manure that is accumulated in a special storage tank equipped with a system for the odor control. The plant is designed by Seko Agripower for reducing all the environmental impacts and to improve the energy efficiency. The members of the agricultural society La Bersagliera all belong to the same family and they manage in a self-sufficient way all the operation of biomasses supply, management of the plant and spreading of the fertilizer.

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Stakeholders The electicity produced is sold to the national grid guaranteeing a high investment return and self-sufficiency for the farmer.

PLANT PICTURES

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Input, outputs, processes in details

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

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A new generation plant Agripower has developed a patented system consisting of a special machine (called REFINER) which micro-chops the ingoing products; this is followed by mixinghomogenisation in the pre-tank, completing pre-treatment of the biomass by means of a controlled biological process. This improves performance in terms of transformation of the organic substance into biogas during the digestion process, therefore resulting in high production yields using a much lower quantity of ingoing biomass with the same retention times. THE DIGESTERS After the pre-tank phase the biomass is pumped into the digesters made of monolithic reinforced concrete, covered with an insulating layer and then coated in painted aluminium corrugated sheet metal, working height 5 m, with domed roof made of a special membrane, where the anaerobic digestion proper takes place and the biogas develops. The Agripower Division plant configuration features large digesters so that the bacteria proliferate with a higher production of gas. In the near future, this sizing will permit an increase in the production of biogas and consequently energy up to a max of 50%. Each digester can be managed as an independent unit provided with its own loading pump. The plant piping has been designed with a series of valves controlled by the management software so that one section can be isolated if needed without having to stop the cogenerator, thus maintaining a constant production of electrical power. THE PRESSOSTATIC ACCUMULATORS The biogas produced is collected in pressostatic accumulators located on the top of the process tanks. They are made of two plastic sheets anchored to the surface of the digester by means of a patented sealing system. The two sheets form two distinct chambers: the lower one accumulates the gas developed by the process and the upper one, pressurised by means of an air blower, acts as the cover proper and creates the typical dome shape. The gas is accumulated at low pressure and, once a certain filling level has been reached, a safety feature automatically cuts in to protect the sheet from breakage. The combustion torch is activated to restore the pre-set dome filling level. To further protect the plant, each digester is provided with a system for increasing or reducing the pressure in order to maintain the shape of the sheet, thus preventing collapse. THE COGENERATION The cogeneration unit is a unique integrated system of engine and current generator with transformation unit for converting the biogas into electricity and heat, thus creating a self-contained cogeneration system. The high efficiency cogeneration unit adds the finishing touch to the Agripower plants, providing a reliable and guaranteed solution. They are designed and built entirely at our works to high quality standards, using the best endothermal engines and the best components on the market to ensure maximum performance. The unit is of very high quality and programmed maintenance is required much less

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frequently than in other cogenerators. THE DIGESTATE AND STORAGE TANKS At the end of the process, the digested substrates produce a stabilised organic substance, rich in nitrogen and odourless, which is an excellent crop fertiliser and a precious soil improver. Another possible use of the digestate is composting after separation, and sale of the compost obtained. The digestate can be treated by means of solid-liquid separator to recover the solid fraction which is then used directly in composting or in agriculture. The liquid contains nutrients suitable for fertilising agricultural land. The liquid digestate is conveyed to a cylindrical or oval tank to which an auxiliary tank is added to facilitate loading into muckspreaders.

Supply chain streamers Cultivation, collection and transport of crops dedicated for the power plant; Contracts for delivery and transport of poultry and pig/cattle manure.

Power Plant Characteristics and Performances Plant: Cogenerative engine for producing electricity and heat from biomasses (agricultural residues and poulty manure) Year of construction: 2011 Total land area occupied (m2): 25,000 m2 Nominal output (kW): 999 kW Type of biomass: Agricultural residues (crops, silage corn, sorghum, triticale) and poultry manure Energy Production: electricity 8,000.000 kWh/year Technology: Anaerobic digestion and cogenerative engine Efficiency (%): 40,6

TECHNOLOGY PERFORMANCES

CO2 reduction (expected) (t CO2/year): 3360 tCO2/year *considering only an emission factor of 0,42 kg CO2/kWh and an electricity production of 8.000.000 kWh

ENVIRONMENTAL Savings in fossil fuel consumption (tep/year): 1500 toe/year SUSTAINABILITY *considering a saving factor of 0,187 toe/MWh and an electricity production of 8.000.000 kWh

Certification -

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Success Factors/Foreseen opportunities Electricity production from renewable energy In the future the quantities of residues will increase and the production of silage corns will decrease. good acceptance by citizens.

Contraints/Threats Limits and constraints for spreding the end products Procedures for obtaining authorizations

Head-office

La Bersagliera Società Agricola s.r.l Via Ravegnana n°467/A - 47100 Forlì

Plant CONTACTS

La Bersagliera Società Agricola s.r.l Via Ravegnana n°467/A - 47100 Forlì

Reference Person Zanella Daniele

LINK

Work in progress

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BIOGAS PRODUCTION FROM AGRICULTURAL WASTE AND MANURE Bagioni Group

Region: Emilia Romagna District/Province: Ravenna SCOPE

INPUT/OUTPUT

LOCATION

Bagioni’s plant produces electricity and thermal heat from biogas obtained by agricultural waste and manure. The raw materials used are: Manure Agricultural waste (cutting and pruning) Energy crops (corns, fiber sorghum and triticale) Agro-food byproducts (sugar beet pulp, patatoes, fruits and vegetables). Electricity and heat are used by the company for the processes of dehydration and product manufacturing. Emilia Romagna – San Pietro in Campiano (Ra)

Brief History and Owners

OWNERS/ STAKEHOLDERS

The companies within the Bagioni Group constitute a consortium of associations which work in the agricultural, zootechnical and energy fields. The Bagioni companies, managed by families, have always been involved in cultivation and commercialization of products for animal feeding. The main product is Alfalfa (medicated dehydrated grass). The high synergy and specialization in the various working phases lead the companies of the Bagioni Group to always achieve the highest goals and the supply of top quality products aimed for the farmers’ requirements. Founded in 2007, Agrienergy is the Bagioni Group’s latest company. The flagship product of the company is the innovative Biogas production system, which was inaugurated in March 2008. This system is one of the first in Emilia Romagna designed for electric and heat energy production sourced from sustainable sources, slurries and agricultural wastes.

Stakeholders The electricity produced is used in part in the company for the dehydration process and products manufacturing and in part is sold to GSE (Gestore dei Servizi Energetici - GSE S.p.A. (GSE) plays a central role in promotion, support and development of renewable energy sources in Italy). The thermal energy is used to heat the office building and for drying the

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BIOGAS PRODUCTION FROM AGRICULTURAL WASTE AND MANURE Bagioni Group

Region: Emilia Romagna District/Province: Ravenna SCOPE

INPUT/OUTPUT

LOCATION

Bagioni’s plant produces electricity and thermal heat from biogas obtained by agricultural waste and manure. The raw materials used are: Manure Agricultural waste (cutting and pruning) Energy crops (corns, fiber sorghum and triticale) Agro-food byproducts (sugar beet pulp, patatoes, fruits and vegetables). Electricity and heat are used by the company for the processes of dehydration and product manufacturing. Emilia Romagna – San Pietro in Campiano (Ra)

Brief History and Owners

OWNERS/ STAKEHOLDERS

The companies within the Bagioni Group constitute a consortium of associations which work in the agricultural, zootechnical and energy fields. The Bagioni companies, managed by families, have always been involved in cultivation and commercialization of products for animal feeding. The main product is Alfalfa (medicated dehydrated grass). The high synergy and specialization in the various working phases lead the companies of the Bagioni Group to always achieve the highest goals and the supply of top quality products aimed for the farmers’ requirements. Founded in 2007, Agrienergy is the Bagioni Group’s latest company. The flagship product of the company is the innovative Biogas production system, which was inaugurated in March 2008. This system is one of the first in Emilia Romagna designed for electric and heat energy production sourced from sustainable sources, slurries and agricultural wastes.

Stakeholders The electricity produced is used in part in the company for the dehydration process and products manufacturing and in part is sold to GSE (Gestore dei Servizi Energetici - GSE S.p.A. (GSE) plays a central role in promotion, support and development of renewable energy sources in Italy). The thermal energy is used to heat the office building and for drying the

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digestate) that cannot be used during the year.

Supply chain streamers Farming by products and wastes are used for producing electricity and heat. The electricity is selfused for the company production processes (forage drying, household lighting, ecc) and the heat is used for house/company heating.

Power Plant Characteristics and Performances Plant: Biogas production with anaerobic digestion; Electricity and heat production from cogenerative system Year of construction: 2007 Nominal output (kW): 845 kW Type of biomass: Agricultural wastes, manure and agro-food by products Energy Production: electricity – 6.700.000 kWh /year Technology: Anaerobic digestion and cogenerative engine.

TECHNOLOGY PERFORMANCES

Initial Investment FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK

The plant was realized through an incentive of Emilia Romagna region that had opened in 2004 a tender notice within the initiative of PSR 2000-2006. The plant is part of Community Life Seq-Cure project that aims to contribute to the development of innovative methods with demonstration projects.

CO2 reduction (expected) (t CO2/year): 2814 t CO2/year * *considering only a factor of 0,42 kg CO2/kWh and an electricity production of 6.700.000 kWh/year

Savings in fossil fuel consumption (toe/year): 1253 toe/year* *considering a factor of 0,187 toe/MWh

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

Certification Success Factors/Foreseen opportunities Energy production from renewable soureces, energy recovery from by products. Biomass use: the raw materials used in the biogas plant derived from agricultural waste and manure that are produced inside the company. Compost production: the material that comes from the anaerobic digestion requires only a short aerobic treatment to be used as fertilizer. CO2 emission reduction: the electricity production by renewable sources decreases the green gas emissions.

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Contraints/Threats Head-office AGRIENERGY Società Agricola S.r.l. Sede legale: via Serachieda n. 1/C Casemurate – 47100 FORLI’ (FC) C.F. e P.IVA: 03466590407 Tel. 0543.729628 Fax.0543.729833

CONTACT

Plant Via Erbosa n.25/A S.Pietro in Campiano Ravenna

Reference Person Giovanni Bagioni

LINK

http://www.gruppobagioni.com/bagionigroup.asp?azienda=AGRIENERGY&form_chiave=81

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PRODUCTION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY FROM GRAPE POMACE AND CUTTING/PRUNING Caviro

Region: Emilia Romagna District/Province: Ravenna

SCOPE

Production, distribution and sale of electricity and heat by recovering, treatment and waste disposal from agrofood sector (wine production, fruit and vegetables production and cereal).

INPUT/OUTPUT

The raw materials processed are: grape pomaces, cutting/pruning, agro-food wastes

LOCATION

Emilia Romagna – Faenza – (Ra)

Brief History and Owners

OWNERS/ STAKEHOLDERS

In 1966, a collection of small independent Italian wine growers joined forces to share their passion, knowledge and skills with the aim of highlighting the quality of their wines to the world. From these beginnings, the Caviro Co-operative was founded. Today, Caviro is the leading Italian wine Co-operative consisting of 36 partner wineries and over 18,000 wine growers from throughout the leading wine regions of Italy. CAVIRO and Hera –(Enomondo) The biomass plant began the energy production last May 2010, by waste recovery of grape’s scraps (by products of the company). Thanks to the agreement signed with Hera (the first italian multiutility in waste business in terms of waste collected and treated) the plant will treat also cuttings/prunings and other organic components.

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Stakeholders The vineyards are not solely used to make wine from grapes - the by-products of the winemaking process (the must, the lees and the marc) are used to make sugars and grape juices, alcohol, calcium tartrate, tartaric acid and compost used for agricultural purposes – ultimately, ENERGY. Every year Caviro transforms over 280.000 tons of by-products. The Caviro Group is strongly committed to working towards the goals outlined by the Kyoto Protocol. The company uses renewable sources instead of conventional resources to generate power. In addition, organic matter generated by the winemaking process is returned to the land. This integrated cycle is extremely valuable achieving almost ZERO IMPACT on the environment.

PLANT PICTURES

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

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Input, outputs, processes in details Caviro is focused on sustainable development by reducing its energy consumption and by minimizing its environmental impact and carbon footprint. Caviro uses a thermo-electric power plant that burns solid fuels (food waste and lignocellulose biomass), as well as biogas (produced from waste and wastewater treatment) and methane, to produce steam with high pressure and temperature. The plant is equipped with two turbo alternators for producing electricity. The electricity generated allows the almost total independence from national grid to Caviro while in terms of heat production the company is already completely self-sufficient.

Supply chain streamers 140.000 ton/year of biomasses used in the plant.

Power Plant Characteristics and Performances Plant: Electricity and heat production from biomasses (wood, cutting/pruning, grape residues, agro-food waste) Year of construction: 2010 Nominal output (kW): 13,7 MWe Type of biomass: wood, cutting/pruning, grape residues, agro-food wastes Energy Production: 90.000.000 kWh Technology: cogeneration system

TECHNOLOGY PERFORMANCES

CO2 reduction (expected) (t CO2/year): 37.800 tCO2/year * *considering only a factor of 0,42 kgCO2/kWh, and an electricity production of 90.000.000 kwh

Savings in fossil fuel consumption (toe/year): 16830 toe/year* *considering a factor of 0,187 toe/MWh

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

Certification UNI EN ISO 14001:2004

Success Factors/Foreseen opportunities Electricity production from renewable sources, energy recovery from by products and reduction of organic wastes.

Contraints/Threats -

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Head-office CAVIRO Soc. Coop. Agr. - FAENZA Via Convertite, 12 - Casella Postale 125 48018 Faenza (RA) - Italy Telefono (++39) 0546-629111 Fax (++39) 0546-629319

CONTACT

CAVIRO Soc. Coop. Agr. - FORLI' Via Zampeschi, 117 - Casella Postale 49 Succ. 8 47122 Forlì (FC) - Italy Telefono (++39) 0543-775511 Fax (++39) 0543-720353

Reference Person Ing.Gabriele Bassi

LINK

http://www.caviro.it/

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Integrated production of energy from liquid and solid biomasses – Dister Energie

Region: Emilia Romagna District/Province: Ravenna SCOPE

Electricity and heat production from liquid (vegetable oils) and solid biomass (vegetable waste, woody waste and grape residues)

INPUT/OUTPUT

Liquid biomass power plant: Vegetable oils Solid biomass power plant: Vegetable and woody biomasses

LOCATION

Emilia Romagna – Faenza (Ra)

Brief History and Owners

OWNERS/ STAKEHOLDERS

Dister spa is a company that operates in the distillation of must and alcol production. A new thermal power plant for producing electricity and heat was built in 2007 fueled by liquid and solid biomasses. The electricity production started in the first half of 2009, while the start-up was completed in mid-2010. The power plant was designed and built by STC Group (http://www.stcspa.it/). STC began operations in the power generation plant sector in 1981. Over the years STC has developed its energetic soul and experience in the design and delivery of high quality projects utilising advanced technologies. STC’s mission is to realize plants which produce electric and thermal power from both traditional and renewable energy sources, maximizing energy yields and minimizing environmental impact.

Stakeholders The electricity produced is in part used within the company and the surplus is sold to the national grid. The heat is in part used as steam within the company and in part is used to cooling/heating a shopping center located near the plant. The heat is transported by a district heating system.

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PLANT PICTURES

Input, outputs, processes in details

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The electricity is produced: by solid biomass with a Rankine steam cycle using woody waste, vegetable residues and grape residues as fuel; by liquid biomass with a Diesel cycle and relevant heat recovery boiler using vegetable oil instead of fossil fuel. The plant is an interesting case in which the two types of engines are integrated: both boilers feed a steam turbine for electricity production. The system produces also thermal energy in a cogenerative way that is self consumed and hot water for heating/cooling a shopping center located near the plant. In the final project of the plant are used specific criteria to maximize the energy efficiency and minimize the environmental impacts by: - the use of internal combustion engines and high efficiency thermal cycles; - maximizing energy recovery; - the use of the best technology available (BAT) for projecting, managing the plant to improve the good quality of the process and to reduce the atmosferic emissions. LIQUID BIOMASS SECTION Biomass Storage The vegetable oil used as fuel in the liquid biomass section is confered by a tank truck and it is stored in a special tank used previously for alcol. Some vegetable oils, by their nature, need to be stored and maintained at temperatures higher than ambient to avoid phenomena of solidification. The oil is filtered to eliminate any solid impurities and water; then it is sent to the tank engine power, while the waste products are used in solid biomass section as fuels. Endothermic engine The section "liquid biomass" is actually made up of three diesel engines fuelled by vegetable oil; Wärtsilä model (type four-stroke direct injection, hollow piston, super power

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turbochargers). Gas treatment system The gasses produced by combustion processes must be purified of polluting components (primarly NOX, CO and particulates) to be emitted in atmosphere. This case involves the use of selective catalytic reduction systems for NOX abatement and catalytic oxidation systems for lowering concentrations of CO and particulate matter. High enthalpy heat recovery The hot gases from combustion properly cleaned pass trough the recovery boiler for producing saturated steam with consequent thermal recovery. The steam is self used and the surplus is conveyed to steam turbine for producing electricity. Low entalphy heat recovery from engine cooling circuit The cooling water circuit of internal combustion engines has a content of thermal energy high enough to be recovered and used for a variety of services (internal and external to the company). SOLID BIOMASS SECTION The section includes the fuel system, the grate for the combustion of biomass, an adiabatic combustion chamber, the superheated steam generator, the pollution abatement system, the steam turbo-generator, the condenser and the cooling towers. Solid biomass The solid biomass used are vegetable wastes, woody residues and grape residues. The fuel provision to the plant is normally done by trucks, and its on-site handling by loaders. The plant is equipped with an automatic loading system. Combustion process For the combustion of solid biomass is adopted a combustion system with mobile grate. Adiabatic combustion chamber In the project development has been considered an adiabatic combustion chamber in order to burn biomass with very low calorific values maintaining optimal conditions in post combustion at temperatures of 900 °C and oxygen contents above 7-8 percent in volume. Superheated steam generator The superheater is of the type with channels, water tube with natural circulation and crossing of vertical gas. Gas treatment system Exhaust combustion gases contain polluting components for which has been provided particular attention to minimizing the emission flow rate: - respecting the emissions limits of NOX, CO and COT directly on the combustion system; - NOX emissions are then further reduced by aqueous solution of ammonia injection through a DeNOx system non-catalytic (SNCR = Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction); Condenser and evaporative towers Condenser system is constituted with a water condenser cooled by evaporative tower of a

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hybrid “wet and dry” type for reducing the plume during the winter season. Gas emissions monitoring The gas emissions from biomass combustion pass trhough a chimney with a diameter of 2,000 mm independent from the liquid biomass section, but installed in the same cubicle support.

Supply chain streamers Use of biomasses from wastes of the company (organic waste, grape residues, woody waste)

Power Plant Characteristics and Performances -

TECHNOLOGY PERFORMANCES -

Plant: 3 motogenerators with a power of 9 MWe each fueled with vegetable oils 1 boiler fueled by solid biomasses (vegetable waste, woody waste and grape residues) with a power of 6,15 MWe Year of construction: 2007 Nominal output (kW): 33 MW Type of biomass: Liquid (vegetable oils); solid (woody waste, vegetable waste, grape residues) Energy Production: 230.000 MWh electricity; 70.000 MWh thermal energy. Technology: internal combustion engine fueled by liquid biomass with heat recovery boiler and emission gas treatment boiler fueled by solid biomass and with steam turbine for producing electricity (Rankine cycle)

CO2 reduction (expected) (t CO2/year): 96.600 t CO2/year * *considering only a factor of 0,42 kg CO 2/kWh and an electricity production of 230.000.000 kWh/year

Savings in fossil fuel consumption (toe/year): 43.010 toe/year* *considering a factor of 0,187 toe/MWh

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

Certification Success Factors/Foreseen opportunities Dister Energia’s plant is the first national case of integration of two types of engine fueled by liquid and solid biomasses with a real functional interconnection and optimization of the two cycles. This fact has generated a series of positivities: recovery of the low pressure steam produced by recovery boiler fueled by liquid biomasses

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with the possibility to use this in a steam turbine increasing the electricity production ; management optimization of the two sections (liquid and solid biomasses) of the plant;

flexibility of operation based on the availability of four electric generators; energy recovery from low pressure steam, usually available for dissipation.

Contraints/Threats Head-office Via Granarolo, 231, 48018 Faenza Ravenna

CONTACT

Plant Via Granarolo, 231, 48018 Faenza Ravenna

Reference Person LINK

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BIOMASS PLANT USING ORGANIC MATERIALS AND AGRO-FOOD BY-PRODUCTS Tampieri Energie

Region: Emilia Romagna District/Province: Ravenna

SCOPE

Tampieri Energie Srl manages a plant for electricity and heat production from biomasses.

INPUT/OUTPUT

The combustibles used to produce green energy are biomasses: organic residues from seed crushing and marc processing delivered from the subsidiary company Tampieri Spa; vegetal meals, scrap wood and other organic by-products delivered from agro-food industry in general; vegetable oils, that could be self-produced or purchased from other manufacturers.

LOCATION

Emilia Romagna – Faenza – (Ra)

Brief History and Owners

OWNERS/ STAKEHOLDERS

Tampieri Group’s industrial site is active since 1928, when Alfredo Tampieri founded a company for raw grape seed oil production. Since the 80’s, Tampieri’s management shared the need to produce electricity from renewable sources and reduce CO2 emissions of its plants, being ahead of Kyoto Protocol. The company started to use organic by-products and residues from its core productions as renewable energy sources. “Tampieri Energie Srl” was estabilished in 2002 as the business unit on energy production.

Stakeholders Currently, Tampieri Energie has thermal plants that produce steam and electricity (up to 44 MW of electric power) using solid biomasses and raw vegetable oil. Part of electricity is used to supply Tampieri Group’s industrial plants, the rest is sold to traders on the stock energy market. The main stakeholders are: Tampieri Group’s industries, that use steam and electricity as power sources for their

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operations and processes; agro-food industries (including Tampieri Group’s subsidiaries), that sell by-products and wastes from their processes; farmers, who decide to exploit their lands cultivating energy crop and the like.

PLANT PICTURES

Inputs, outputs, processes in details

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The combustibles used to produce green energy are biomasses: organic residues from seed crushing and marc processing delivered from the subsidiary company Tampieri Spa; vegetal meals, scrap wood and other organic by-products delivered from agro-food industry in general; vegetable oils, that could be self-produced or purchased from other manufacturers. Biomasses are stored in separated areas or in special warehouses, according to typology: Organic by-products from agro-food industry are discharged in pits and moved to a special warehouse with a sheltered trasport system. The material is collected and sent to combustion chamber by an automated feeding system. Grape peels and seed flours from Tampieri Group’s manufacturing are sent from the production plant directly to dedicated warehouses. All these materials are sent to

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combustion area by dedicated transport lines. Other vegetable residues coming from external sites are discharged by carriers and sent directly to combustion area. Tampieri Energie’s generation plant uses the following technologies: a boiler/steam turbine cycle, with 1 boiler supplied with solid biomasses and 2 turbines providing up to 22 MW of electric power (one of them is CHP); a second boiler/steam turbine cycle, with 2 boilers supplied with solid biomasses and 1 turbine providing up to 15 MW of electric power; 7 CHP diesel engines fueled with vegetable oils, providing up to 7 MW of electric power; these plants are managed by the subsidiary company Helianthus Srl; In the boiler/steam turbine cycle, the biomasses are burned to produce high pressure steam, which is expanded in the turbines. Each turbine is paired to an alternator that converts kinetic energy to electricity. Depending on the needs, a variable quantity of low pressure steam is extracted from turbines and used by Tampieri Group’s industrial processes. The boiler exhausts are treated to reduce pollutants, before they are released into the atmosphere.

Supply chain streamers Tampieri Energie burns about 180.000 tons of biomasses per year to produce electricity and heat.

Power Plant Characteristics and Performances

TECHNOLOGY PERFORMANCES

Plant: Electricity and heat production from biomasses; Years of construction: 2008; 2009; 2012; Nominal output (kW): 44.000 kW; Types of biomass: agro-food industry by-products, vegetable residues, scrap wood, vegetable oils, ecc.; Energy Production: 172.000.000 kWh/year; Technologies: boiler/steam turbine cycle; diesel engines;

CO2 reduction (expected) (t CO2/year): 72.240 t CO2/year * *considering only an emission factor of 0,42 kg CO2/kWh and an electricity production of 172.000.000 kWh

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

Savings in fossil fuel consumption (toe/year): 32.164 toe/year * *considering a saving factor of 0,187 toe/MWh and an electricity production of 172.000.000 kWh

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combustion area by dedicated transport lines. Other vegetable residues coming from external sites are discharged by carriers and sent directly to combustion area. Tampieri Energie’s generation plant uses the following technologies: a boiler/steam turbine cycle, with 1 boiler supplied with solid biomasses and 2 turbines providing up to 22 MW of electric power (one of them is CHP); a second boiler/steam turbine cycle, with 2 boilers supplied with solid biomasses and 1 turbine providing up to 15 MW of electric power; 7 CHP diesel engines fueled with vegetable oils, providing up to 7 MW of electric power; these plants are managed by the subsidiary company Helianthus Srl; In the boiler/steam turbine cycle, the biomasses are burned to produce high pressure steam, which is expanded in the turbines. Each turbine is paired to an alternator that converts kinetic energy to electricity. Depending on the needs, a variable quantity of low pressure steam is extracted from turbines and used by Tampieri Group’s industrial processes. The boiler exhausts are treated to reduce pollutants, before they are released into the atmosphere.

Supply chain streamers Tampieri Energie burns about 180.000 tons of biomasses per year to produce electricity and heat.

Power Plant Characteristics and Performances

TECHNOLOGY PERFORMANCES

Plant: Electricity and heat production from biomasses; Years of construction: 2008; 2009; 2012; Nominal output (kW): 44.000 kW; Types of biomass: agro-food industry by-products, vegetable residues, scrap wood, vegetable oils, ecc.; Energy Production: 172.000.000 kWh/year; Technologies: boiler/steam turbine cycle; diesel engines;

CO2 reduction (expected) (t CO2/year): 72.240 t CO2/year * *considering only an emission factor of 0,42 kg CO2/kWh and an electricity production of 172.000.000 kWh

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

Savings in fossil fuel consumption (toe/year): 32.164 toe/year * *considering a saving factor of 0,187 toe/MWh and an electricity production of 172.000.000 kWh

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Input, outputs, processes in details Scope of the project is to perform research on how industrial algae production can become economic feasible and how a cost-effective cycle can be formed for market applications of algae. Business modeling is a central issue within the project. There are ten-thousands of algae with all different components and variations in proteins, carbohydrates, fats, oils, pigments, vitamines and specific minerals. Algae are a large and diverse group of simple, typically autotrophic organisms. They are photosynthetic like plants, and "simple" because their tissues are not organized into the many distinct organs found in land plants. To grow algae it takes nutrients, light, water and CO2. For one ton algae about 2 ton CO2 is needed. In general markets for algae are: Food: nutrients, pharmaceuticals, omega oils Feed: animal feed, fishfarms Fuel: biofuel (diesel, ethanol, gas), bioplastics

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De Groene Poort Rilland Zeeland, the Netherlands

SCOPE

De Groene Poort is a cooperation between the horticulture company Lans b.v. (greenhouse tomatoes) and five different regional farmers in Rilland. De Groene Poort will build a biogas plant installation (anaerobic digestion) in 2012 which delivers biogas to the Dutch natural gas pipeline network. These plans come forth from the search for new chances in the local agriculture as new energy production sector. Processing local biomass and rest products offers these new chances according to extensive preliminary studies.

INPUT/OUTPUT

Amongst others 144 kton other reststreams and 66 kton manure will deliver approximately 4.000 Nm3 biogas per hour in a gas pipeline. The biogas can be used in the horticulture company (need of approx. 14 mln m3 each year), but can also be injected into the natural gas network or for mobility purposes (bio-lng). CO2 that is released during ethanol production at the site of De Groene Poort can be used in the greenhouses of Lans. The production plant would be build in different stages, started and us supported by regional and national governments.

LOCATION

De Groene Poort is located in the area between de Bathpolderweg en de Oude Rijksweg in Rilland in the Province of Zeeland.

Brief History and Owners The Zeeuws Agricultural Youth Contact (ZAJK) started in 2005 investigating the possibilities of agrification. One of the outcomes of this research was that the biobased economy can offer great opportunities for the Zeeuwse agricultural sector.

OWNERS/ STAKEHOLDERS

One of the opportunities was to combine the operation of a biogas installation with an ethanol installation. Furthermore it seemed very productive to make a link with greenhouses. The company Lans b.v. (greenhouse tomatoes) was contacted and immediately enthusiastic about the idea. With a select group of five ZAJK-members, which were ready to heavily invest in a pilotproject, a new cooperation was founded in the Southwest of the Netherlands. In 2007 Lans was announced as thé agricultural entrepeneur of the year. In 2006 Lans was World Salad Grower of the Year. The objective of the Groene Poort is to build and operate a biogas plant near the greenhouses of Lans combined with a waterpurification installation (digestate

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purification). The greenhouses of Lans are able to use the residual heat with low temperature. For current heating of the greenhouses about 14 mln m3 gas is needed every year. The almost pure residual CO2 which comes free during ethanol production, will be injected into the greenhouses.

Stakeholders Horticulture Company Lans b.v.: Lans' various branches cultivate a range of tomatoes on the vine, with a focus on vine cherry tomatoes, the large plum tomato, and a delicate vine tomato with a higher lycopene content. All tomatoes are grown with maximum use of biological cultivation techniques and then packaged in accordance with the customer's wishes - and all tomatoes comply with all customary quality standards. Lans is a traditional family company which has evolved into one of the most modern vine-tomato producers in the Netherlands; 5 young regional farmers with agricultural farms in Zaamslag, Driewegen, Biervliet and in Nieuw en St. Joosland. Furthermore some of them have involvements in soil processing and agricultural machinery; Zeeuws Agrarisch Jongeren Kontact.

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Input, outputs, processes in details

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The concept of the Groene Poort consists of a thermofile bio-digestation installation and a bio-ethanol installation. The ethanol installation is processing a.o. wheat into pure bioethanol and CO2. Residual streams from the bio-ethanol plant are processed to biogas. The bio-digestation installation constitutes of digestation tanks and digestation purification. The biogas is upgraded during a gas purification process up to the quality of Dutch natural gas.

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The Groene Poort has three operational markets: green gas, CO2 and water. The green gas will be injected in the Dutch natural gasnet (from Gasunie). During the gas purification process pure CO2 is released, which is used in surrounding green houses o.a. in Rilland. The last step in the purification of the digistate is called reversed osmose. During this process 50% concentrated waste water is released and 50% of pure water. The pure water will be used as irrigation water in the greenhouses of Lans. The installations will process residual streams from food and agriculture in the near surroundings of Rilland. For example residues from onion processing industries, potato processing industries and preservation companies. Furthermore manure will be processed in co-digestation. The bio-digestation installation is operating in a thermofile process (50 degrees Celsius), which operates at a higher temperature as mesofile digestation (35 degrees Celsius). Digestion speeds can be shortened and become more efficient. However control of the process is more labour-intensive. The digistate will be processed through biological watercleaning, with as a secundary objective the production of minerals as phosphate, nitrogen and calcium. The effluent of the waterpurification will be drained through a pipeline of the Waterschap Brabantse Delta to the Westerschelde.

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PERFORMANCES

FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK

Production a year: 15 million m3 green gas in 12 years Input: approximately 144 kton agricultural and food reststreams and 66 kton manure at a yearly basis. CHP-installations (heat-power-coupling) of Lans have a capacity of 10 MWe.

The investment in the biogas units will be financed by the involved private companies with support of banks. Furthermore for the exploitation a Sustainable Energy Production Grant (SDE) has been awarded by the ministry of Economic Affairs. For the delivery of green gas to the open natural gas pipeline the Groene Poort will receive a maximum flate rate of € 0,62 per m3 minus actual incomes.

Energy is an expensive cost item in the horticulture sector. The liberalization of the energy market drew the glasshouse-horticulture sector's attention to the need to implement further measures. and the consumption of energy per unit product has been greatly reduced. In addition, the glasshouse-horticulture sector has taken initiatives to professionalize the efficiency of the procurement of energy; the sector now makes use of installations for the ENVIRONMENTAL generation of its energy requirements, i.e. co-generation plants. Co-generation plants fired with natural gas generate electricity for supplemental lighting, as well as the heat SUSTAINABILITY and CO2 that are also required for the cultivation of crops. Electricity surplus to supplemental-lighting requirements is supplied to the electricity grid. Sales of energy is rapidly becoming one of Lans' important operations, and the company now operates 5 cogeneration plants. The use of heat buffers to store surplus heat for later use enables Lans to make extremely efficient use of energy. Co-generation plants make much more efficient use of gas as compared to power stations, since the co-generation plant's cooling water is used to heat the glasshouses - in contrast to power stations, which discharge this heat as waste.

Head-office / Plant / Reference Person CONTACTS

De Groene Poort BV Anne-Douwe van der Zee Rilland T +31 6 14039779 E [email protected]

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Lijnco Green Energy, Biomass Power Plant Sluiskil Zeeland, the Netherlands Lijnco Green Energy is a biomass power plant within the so-called Biopark in the Terneuzen region (Sluiskil) in the Dutch province of Zeeland. Lijnco Green Energy has build an anaerobic digestion biomass plant at the compound of company Heros Sluiskil. At this stage it is the biggest biomass power plant in Northwest-Europe with a power capacity of 10 MW which equals the electricity supply of approximately 23.000 households. The biomass plant produces electricity from animal waste streams (manure) and agricultural & food residual streams.

INPUT/OUTPUT

LOCATION

In cooperation with the Stichting Biopark Terneuzen, an organisation focused on the development of sustainable connections (so-called smark links) between companies in the regional ‘Kanaalzone’ of Terneuzen, Lijnco is working with Zeeland Seaports to ensure that the residual heat generated by this plant does not go unused. Nearby process industries like fertiliser factory Yara Sluiskil could use the heat generated.

Lijnco Green Energy is located at the so-called Biopark in the Terneuzen region (Sluiskil) in the Dutch province of Zeeland.

Brief History and Owners Heros – company of recycling and storage of granulate, metals (ferro and non-ferro) and biomaterials – was founded around 2000 on the former Cokesplant at Sluiskil. It is part of the Biopark Terneuzen which is located at the canal from Ghent to Terneuzen.

OWNERS/ STAKEHOLDERS

Heros has offered its premises and provisions for the construction of a biogas plant in 2010. It has become operational in 2011 and will be in full operation in 2012 at a scale of 10 MWe. The external stakeholder Lijnco Green Energy has invested approximately 35 million euro in the anaerobic digestion plant. Lijnco Green Energy also exploits the biogas plant.

Stakeholders Lijnco Green Energy / Schücking Energy Group Heros Sluiskil Biopark Terneuzen

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In the biogasplant the reststreams are digested according to the socalled co-digestion principle. This means that the reststreams from food and agriculture are digested in combination with animal waste streams. No real food is used as input. The animal, food and agricultural waste streams are mixed with glycerine and animal manure. The Schücking Energy Group, founded by the German biologist Jupp Schücking, has build 14 biogas installations in the Netherlands equal to 41 MWe (equal to 80.000 households electricty supply). The biogas plant in Terneuzen is the biggest plant in the Netherlands. It can produce 6000 m3 biogas per hour. A very important financer of the plant is printing company Lijnco from Groningen. In this way Lijnco can obtain CO2-rights. Siemens has delivered the major technical control components of the biogas plant. The mechanical parts are delivered by Mosch Thermische Installaties. Control panels were delivered by HME Engineering and the Van Egmond Groep.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Lijnco Green Energy is part of Biopark Terneuzen. Biopark Terneuzen represents a new thinking in the creation of agro-industrial sustainability. Extending the earlier concepts of technology collectives, it raises the platform to a higher level. Under the „Smart Link‟ name, Biopark Terneuzen promotes and facilitates the exploitation of key synergies between businesses located in the same geographic area. Specifically, it helps to maximise the potential of the exchange and use of each other‟s by- and waste products which then become feedstock, energy or utility supplements for their own production processes. By converting waste stream into Smart Links, Biopark Terneuzen‟s partners are able to capitalise on residual values that would otherwise go unused. Many companies are already participating in Biopark Terneuzen and actively engaged in mutually beneficial long term projects. For example Nedalco (alcohol and bioethanol), Cargill (food starches) and Yara (ammonia and mineral fertilisers) are “connected” with piping systems to exchange and re-use by- and waste products as feedstock, energy or utility supplements.

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Power Plant Characteristics and Performances

TECHNOLOGY PERFORMANCES

FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK

Capacity: 10MW Production a year: 80.000MWh Input: manure, glycerine, energy-maize. Most compounds are transported by trucks and ships by the nearby huge canal (Ghent-Terneuzen). The digestion speed of the organic compounds differs a lot: glycerine needs 24 hours, maize 80 days (and wheat 40 days). At this stage the LGE Biogasplant processes more than 300 tons of biomass each day. The capacity on a yearly basis equals 135.000 tons. The digestion takes place in 7 tanks with a total volume of 35.000 m3. The plant can produce 6000 m3 biogas per hour, which is converted by five gasmotors in each 2 MWe per hour, adding up to 10 MWe. The electricity is processed by energy company Delta. The digestate is converted into fertilizer granulate.

The initial investments equals approximately 35 million euro. This is a private investment of Lijnco and Schucking Energy Group. Furthermore for the exploitation a Sustainable Energy Production Grant (SDE) has been aawarded by the ministry of Economic Affairs, and Triodos Greenfunds has added up to the financal construction together with Rabobank en Triodos investmentfund TREF. The biogas plant reduces the CO2, methane and nitrogen emissions with approx. 23.000 ton a year. The water treatment installation produces clean water equal to 1,5 million inhabitant-equivalents.

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY Zeeland Seaports, the Zeeland harbor authority, has plans to realise infrastructure for the reuse of sustainable heat residues from Lijnco Green Energy at Ecopark Terneuzen. The heat will be transported to ICL Industrial Products, a company producing specialized chemical products.

Head-office / Plant / Reference Person

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LINK

Lijnco Green Energy Mr. Bert Eissen Oostkade 5 4541 HH Sluiskil, the Netherlands T +31 6 1855 9831 E [email protected]

www.bioparkterneuzen.com/cms/publish/content/showpage.asp?pageid=1497

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extremely beneficial for use in a large number of markets, including the Food (e.g. nutraceuticals, food additives), Feed (e.g. aquaculture feed) and Fuel industry. Algae farms offer great solutions for CO2 and Waste Water emission problems too. Zeeland Aquacultuur: Zeeland Aquaculture B.V is a joint initiative of Roem van Yerseke and Koninklijke Prins & Dingemanse. A testing station has been built on a 2 ha piece of land in the Olzendepolder in Yerseke. Experiments are carried out with regard to the cultivation of shellfish on the land, for example clams, oysters, cockles and muscles. Furthermore micro-algae are cultivated in specially built basins as food for the shell fish. Other important key factors of the testing station are the landscaping and the limitation of the water (salt) use, through the use of recirculation techniques. NV Economische Impuls Zeeland: is the development authority of the Province of Zeeland, which has the aim to strengthen the dynamics of Zeeland's (knowledge) economy. Impuls stimulates and facilitates (knowledge) economic developments in the broadest sense and is seen as an independent organisation by local stakeholders. Amongst others the organization puts companies and local authorities (municipalities, province) in contact with each other. The HZ University of Applied Sciences is a medium-sized university located on the beautiful Zeeland coastline. Goal is to develop students which are able to deal effectively with life in a multicultural society. Through a custom-built, flexible study programme, students acquire the knowledge and skills that will prepare them for a challenging career ahead. The university is divided into 7 Academies, offering 26 Bachelor programmes. The Avans University of Applied Sciences is rooted in and springs from its social environment. To maintain and expand its value within its environment, Avans must continue to meet the changing demands of the labour market and the world of work. Avans University of Applied Sciences aims to operate as a single unit consisting of 19 schools, 1 Learning and Innovation Centre and 4 support units.

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Input, outputs, processes in details Scope of the project is to perform research on how industrial algae production can become economic feasible and how a cost-effective cycle can be formed for market applications of algae. Business modeling is a central issue within the project.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

There are ten-thousands of algae with all different components and variations in proteins, carbohydrates, fats, oils, pigments, vitamines and specific minerals. Algae are a large and diverse group of simple, typically autotrophic organisms. They are photosynthetic like plants, and "simple" because their tissues are not organized into the many distinct organs found in land plants. To grow algae it takes nutrients, light, water and CO2. For one ton algae about 2 ton CO2 is needed. In general markets for algae are: Food: nutrients, pharmaceuticals, omega oils Feed: animal feed, fishfarms Fuel: biofuel (diesel, ethanol, gas), bioplastics These markets are large, global, high value and timing is very appropriate. Algae Farms can also contribute to cost savings for existing industries by CO2

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sequestration and waste water treatment. These drivers for cost savings and environmental measures are very powerful. Cost price of algae vary between > € 200/kg for high end markets as nutraceuticals and < € 1/kg for fuel and bulk chemicals. At Lamb Weston Meijer in Kruiningen a pilotplant operates with a capacity of 2.000 m2. In 5 separate Photo Bio Reactors (PBR’s) algae are grown on the waste water of the potatoes processing plant. Zeeland Aquaculture investigates the quality of the algae for feed for amongst others mussels and fish. A range of algae is produced to find out the best quality and quantity. The pilotproject has a duration of 3 years and will investigate further upgrading into larger industrial scale. It is a unique project worldwide where companies work together in a win-win-win-triangle situation.

TECHNOLOGY PERFORMANCES

The company Algaelink is responsible for the development and manufacturing of the Algae Growing Systems. At Lamb Weston Meijer closed Photo Bio Reactors (PBR’s) are stationed. It is a proven patented technology with yields up to 1,5 kg/m3 equal to about 50-150-300 ton/ha/year. Algaelink has facilities and services in the field of separation, mass spectrometry, photosynthesis, microscopy and culture collection. At Lamb Weston Meijer in Kruiningen a pilotplant operates with a capacity of 2.000 m2. In 5 separate Photo Bio Reactors (PBR’s) algae are grown on the waste water of the potatoes processing plant.

FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK

The overall project is about € 1,4 mln in 3 years time. The major part of the costs are in hands of the involved private companies. National and regional government have subsidized the project for about 30%.

ENVIRONMENTAL Algae Farms can contribute to CO2 sequestration and waste water treatment and be cost saving for existing industries. These drivers for cost savings and environmental measures SUSTAINABILITY are very powerful.

Head-office / Plant / Reference Person

CONTACTS

LINK

Lamb Weston Meijer Mr Cees van Rij Stationsweg 18a 4416 PJ Kruiningen T +31 113 394955 E [email protected]

www.lambweston-nl.com

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Proteins from agrifood waste streams Diversity Zeeland and Brabant, the Netherlands

There are many opportunities in agriculture and food industries to reuse vegetable and animal waste streams high in the biobased cascade. Biomass applications with high added value can be found e.g. in feed, food and pharmaceutics. These biomass applications generate higher added value for people, profit and planet.

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One example is the reuse of proteins from agrifood waste streams. The initiative in the Southwest of the Netherlands focusses at the extraction of proteins from agrifood waste streams to be used in high added applications in feed and food industry. The actual bioactivity and chemical-physical functionalities of the proteins are of major importance for the application scope in the markets. Within this project end markets in feed are investigated through detailed study and experiments in practice. A proteins databank is the major result.

Input is a diversity of agrifood waste streams (fish and mussels waste streams, verge, potatoes, sugar-beet, ...). Output is high added value proteins for applications in feed, food and pharmaceutics.

Province of Zeeland and province of Brabant in the Netherlands

Stakeholders

OWNERS/ STAKEHOLDERS

Duynie DSM Fishion Aquaculture Endy Waterschap Scheldestromen C2Circle N.V. Economische Impuls Zeeland Plant Research International Landbouw Economisch Instituut

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Input, outputs, processes in details

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The valorisation of agricultural and food reststreams is an important area in the biobased economy. One of the valuable components in these reststreams can be proteins. They can be extracted in biorefinery processes. Markets can be found a.o. in feed, food and pharmaceutics.

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Research during this project showed that several rest streams, a.o. residues from beerbreweries and fish residues, have interesting protein components that could be explored as a valuable asset in feed and food markets. However additional processings steps needs to be taken to get high quality proteins. Verge also has protein potential although it will lead to application in lower market segments. During the research project several activities have been deployed: Detailed analysis of detectable proteins (and peptides) in residual streams through protein-gelelectroforese, mass-spectrometrics and quantitative peptideanalysis; Extraction of proteins from residual streams and determination of protein concentrations and functionality analysis on a laboratory scale; Market research on protein applications and related business modelling. In general proteins can have valuable funtional properties, i.e. absorption of water, viscosity, gelling, emulgation, absorption of fats, foaming and dissolving. It can be added as compunds a.o. in drinks, meat and bakery products, soups and sauces, powder milk, saucages, cream and specific nutrient food.

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CONTACTS

LINK

N.V. Economische Impuls Zeeland Mr. Gijsbrecht Gunter Buitenruststraat 225 PO Box 6004 - 4330 LA Middelburg T:+31 (0)118 - 673 580 E: [email protected]

www.impulszeeland.nl

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Bio Base Europe Gent & Terneuzen Flanders (Belgium) & Zeeland (the Netherlands)

Bio Base Europe is Europe’s first open innovation and education center for the biobased economy. Flanders and The Netherlands have joined forces to build state-of-the-art research and training facilities to speed up the economic growth, innovation capacity, and sustainable development of our society. The reality of a society that is far less dependent on fossil resources for our energy and material needs is closer than ever and that vision and opportunity has a name: the biobased economy. This largest Interreg IVA (Vlaanderen-Nederland) project of 21M Euro is granted in 2010 as an very unique example of interregional cooperation.

SCOPE

Presently, the world is in a transition from a fossil-based economy to a bio-based economy. Biobased industry uses renewable resources such as biomass, starch, cellulose, vegetable oils, and agricultural waste to produce bioproducts, biomaterials, and bio-energy. These can be applied in a variety of sectors such as the chemical industry, food and feed, personal care, paper and pulp, textiles and the energy sector. A key technology for the development of a biobased economy is industrial biotechnology, also known as white biotechnology. Industrial biotechnology uses enzymes and microorganisms to make biobased products from renewable resources. Industrial biotechnology saves energy in production processes and leads to significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, helping to fight global warming. It leads to improved performance and sustainability for industry and higher value products. Also green chemistry can be for the sustainable production of chemicals, materials, and fuels from biomass. The combination of industrial biotechnology and green chemistry often creates opportunities to significantly reduce our dependence on coal, oil, and gas. Bio Base Europe consists of a Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant and a Bio Base Europe Training Center.

INPUT/OUTPUT

The Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant is a flexible and diversified pilot plant that operates at ton scale. It is there to close the critical gap between scientific feasibility and industrial application of new biotechnological processes. It enables you to assess actual operating costs, specific strengths and weaknesses of new biotechnological processes and this before costly, large-scale investments are made. The Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant is a one-stop-shop that performs the entire value chain in a single plant, from the biomass green resource up to the final bioproduct. It focuses on second generation technologies converting agricultural waste products and non-food crops into biofuels, bioplastics and other bioproducts. The Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant is an example of what we call ‘open innovation’. It is accessible for companies and research institutions from around the world. We have our own specialized personnel working closely and in full confidence with you. Obviously, the rights to the developed technology remain the property of our clients. The Pilot Plant is situated in the Port of Ghent in Belgium and is accessible for companies and research institutions throughout the world.

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The Bio Base Europe Training Center is an education, network and exhibition center promoting the development of a sustainable biobased economy. It offers general and company-specific training and connects closely with the market demand. The Bio Base Europe Training Center will address an industry-wide shortage of skilled process operators and technical staff for biobased and sustainable energy processes. It also encourages network activities , technological innovation and entrepreneurship and develops a public information and communication program for the biobased economy. The Bio Base Europe Training Center is situated in Terneuzen in The Netherlands and is accessible for companies and research institutions throughout the world. Bio Base Europe has two locations:

LOCATION

Bio Base Europe pilot plant is located in Ghent, Flanders in Belgium: small to high (ton scale) refinery of biomass / second hand generation technologies. Bio Base Europe Training Centre is located in Terneuzen, the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands: centre for entrepeneurship, education of process operators, expocentre, network & promotion activities.

Brief History and Owners The founding partners of BBE are:

OWNERS/ STAKEHOLDERS

Ghent Bio-Energy Valley (BE): Ghent Bio-Energy Valley is a non-profit organisation supporting the development of sustainable bio-energy activities and resulting economic growth in the region of Ghent, Belgium. Ghent Bio-Energy Valley is a joint initiative of Ghent University, the City of Ghent, the Port of Ghent, the Development Agency East-Flanders and a number of industrial companies related to the Ghent region that are active in the fields of generation, distribution, storage and use of bio-energy and biobased products. Ghent BioEnergy Valley is a leading European initiative for the development of the biobased economy of the future. Ghent Bio-Energy Valley promotes the development of the biobased economy through collaborative programs, joint initiatives and synergy creation between the partners in the fields of Research & Development, structural measures and policy, logistics and communication towards the general public. Biopark Terneuzen (NL): Biopark Terneuzen represents a new thinking in the creation of agro-industrial sustainability. Extending the earlier concepts of technology collectives, it raises the platform to a higher level. Under the ‘Smart Link’ name, Biopark Terneuzen promotes and facilitates the exploitation of key synergies between businesses located in the same geographic area. Specifically, it helps to maximise the potential of the exchange and use of each other’s byand waste products which then become feedstock, energy or utility supplements

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for their own production processes. By converting waste stream into Smart Links, Biopark Terneuzen’s partners are able to capitalise on residual values that would otherwise go unused. Many companies are already participating in Biopark Terneuzen and actively engaged in mutually beneficial long term projects. For example Nedalco (alcohol and bioethanol), Cargill (food starches) and Yara (ammonia and mineral fertilisers) are “connected” with piping systems to exchange and re-use by- and waste products as feedstock, energy or utility supplements. Bio Base Europe started in 2010 with great support of Interreg IVA (VlaanderenNederland). BBE is a project of 21M Euro and was granted in 2010 as an very unique example of interregional cooperation.

Stakeholders Bio Base Europe is supported by: Universiteit Ghent (BE) Vlaanderen in Actie Pact 2020 (BE) Agentschap Ondernemen (BE) Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen (BE) Port of Ghent (BE) Ministerie Economische Zaken, Landbouw & Innovatie (NL) Provincie Zeeland (NL) Zeeland Seaports (NL) Delta (NL) ROC Westerschelde (NL) Interreg, European Commission (EC)

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Mission Bio Base Europe The reality of a society that is far less dependent on fossil resources for our energy and material needs is closer than ever and that vision and opportunity has a name: the biobased economy. Presently, the world is in a transition from a fossil-based economy to a bio-based economy. Biobased industry uses renewable resources such as biomass, starch, cellulose, vegetable oils, and agricultural waste to produce bioproducts, biomaterials, and bio-energy. These can be applied in a variety of sectors such as the chemical industry, food and feed, personal care, paper and pulp, textiles and the energy sector. A key technology for the development of a biobased economy is industrial biotechnology, also known as white biotechnology. Industrial biotechnology uses enzymes and microorganisms to make biobased products from renewable resources. Industrial biotechnology saves energy in production processes and leads to significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, helping to fight global warming. It leads to improved performance and sustainability for industry and higher value products. Also green chemistry can be for the sustainable production of chemicals, materials, and fuels from biomass. The combination of industrial biotechnology and green chemistry often creates opportunities to significantly reduce our dependence on coal, oil, and gas. The mission of Bio Base Europe is to stimulate the economic growth, the innovation capacity and the sustainable development of our society.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Bio Base Europe pilot plant The BBE pilot plant is a medium scale processing plant which is operated as a test facility. It is used to optimize new processes and to gather information about the behavior of the system for designing larger production facilities. Pilot plants are used to reduce the risks associated with the construction of large production plants. They do this in two ways: they are substantially less expensive to build than full-scale plants. The business does not put as much capital at risk on a project that may be inefficient or unfeasible. Further, design changes can be made more cheaply at the pilot scale and kinks in the process can be worked out before the large plant is constructed. They provide valuable data for design of the full-scale plant. The BBE pilot plant has a modular setup, capable of processing diverse biomass, for different users. Bio Base Europe serves as an “open innovation” center The central idea behind open innovation is that companies can and should use external as well as internal ideas. At Bio Base Europe, different parties work together by sharing equipment, knowledge and insights but by guaranteeing confidentiality. Pilot projects are performed for customers that maintain the rights to the developed technology. The Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant is open for all companies in the chemical, agro-industrial, energy, food, … sector from all over the world. Ideally, the entire value chain from the green resource to the final project will be performed in a single plant. Today we often see product and process developers traveling along Europe for realizing the different steps of the process. This not only is a logistic nightmare but also pernicious for the stability of the product and reliability of the test results. In the Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant you will find three pilot halls next to the basic infrastructure and the laboratory:

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Bio Base Europe Gent & Terneuzen Flanders (Belgium) & Zeeland (the Netherlands)

Bio Base Europe is Europe‟s first open innovation and education center for the biobased economy. Flanders and The Netherlands have joined forces to build state-of-the-art research and training facilities to speed up the economic growth, innovation capacity, and sustainable development of our society. The reality of a society that is far less dependent on fossil resources for our energy and material needs is closer than ever and that vision and opportunity has a name: the biobased economy. This largest Interreg IVA (Vlaanderen-Nederland) project of 21M Euro is granted in 2010 as an very unique example of interregional cooperation.

SCOPE

Presently, the world is in a transition from a fossil-based economy to a bio-based economy. Biobased industry uses renewable resources such as biomass, starch, cellulose, vegetable oils, and agricultural waste to produce bioproducts, biomaterials, and bio-energy. These can be applied in a variety of sectors such as the chemical industry, food and feed, personal care, paper and pulp, textiles and the energy sector. A key technology for the development of a biobased economy is industrial biotechnology, also known as white biotechnology. Industrial biotechnology uses enzymes and microorganisms to make biobased products from renewable resources. Industrial biotechnology saves energy in production processes and leads to significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, helping to fight global warming. It leads to improved performance and sustainability for industry and higher value products. Also green chemistry can be for the sustainable production of chemicals, materials, and fuels from biomass. The combination of industrial biotechnology and green chemistry often creates opportunities to significantly reduce our dependence on coal, oil, and gas. Bio Base Europe consists of a Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant and a Bio Base Europe Training Center.

INPUT/OUTPUT

The Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant is a flexible and diversified pilot plant that operates at ton scale. It is there to close the critical gap between scientific feasibility and industrial application of new biotechnological processes. It enables you to assess actual operating costs, specific strengths and weaknesses of new biotechnological processes and this before costly, large-scale investments are made. The Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant is a one-stop-shop that performs the entire value chain in a single plant, from the biomass green resource up to the final bioproduct. It focuses on second generation technologies converting agricultural waste products and non-food crops into biofuels, bioplastics and other bioproducts. The Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant is an example of what we call „open innovation‟. It is accessible for companies and research institutions from around the world. We have our own specialized personnel working closely and in full confidence with you. Obviously, the rights to the developed technology remain the property of our clients. The Pilot Plant is situated in the Port of Ghent in Belgium and is accessible for companies and research institutions throughout the world.

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Climate change is a hot topic today. Media, politicians, business, and society in general discuss it intensely. Reducing the impact of change on the world’s climate is a key element in sustainable development and of particular importance for industry. Industrial emissions have fallen substantially over the past 30 years in most Western European countries due to technology improvements. However, current European technologies are not yet sufficiently mature enough to become the world leader in combating climate change. One of the largest contributions to CO2 reduction may well be the use of renewable biomass for the production of ENVIRONMENTAL biochemicals, biomaterials and bio-energy. This approach is being spearheaded in Europe and sets a standard for sustainable development without sacrificing economic growth.

SUSTAINABILITY

Bio Base Europe facilitates the transition to a more sustainable society – a society in which a profitable industry can deliver better products with a lower environmental impact; a society in which social, environmental, and economic benefits go hand-in-hand. All of the BBE efforts strive to be economically viable, socially responsible, and environmentally sound. BBE considers each of these elements when making business decisions. In this way, BBE not only manages a sound business, but also demonstrates commitment to being a driver in sustainable development both globally and locally. BBE ensures this by being transparent and open to dialogue with all stakeholders.

Head-office / Plant / Reference Person

CONTACTS

Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant Rodenhuizekaai 1 – Havennummer 4200 Prof. dr. ir. W. (Wim) Soetaert (director Pilotplant) B - 9042 Gent T +32 9 335 70 01 F +32 9 335 70 02 E [email protected] Bio Base Europe Training Centre M. (Mark) van Waes (director a.i. Training Centre) Zeelandlaan 2, 4538 CA Terneuzen Postbus 485, 4530 AL Terneuzen T +31 115 724 994 E [email protected]

LINK

www.bbeu.org

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Biogas Plant Swedish Biogas International, Lidköping and Cryo plant for methane, Göteborg Energi AB/Lidköpings kommun

dEscRIPTION OF gOOd PRAcTIcEs IN väsTRA göTALANd, sWEdEN

Input, outputs, processes in details

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Swedish Biogas International: In: 60 000 t substratum/year Out: 50 000 m3 fertilizer/year and 6 million Nm3 upgraded fuel/year

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BEST PRACTICE

Title: Biogas West Region: Västra Götalandsregionen

SCOPE

Biogas West is a platform for coordination between different actors in the biogas chain, from municipalities, energy companies to farming companies, car industry, fuel companies and reserach. The goal is to increase the production and the use of biogas with 25 times from 2009 until 2020 in Västra Götaland. About Biogas West The three year Biogas West program offers the region's biogas players a platform for exchanging experiences, knowledge and collaboration in order to drive biogas development forwards. In this way Biogas West will contribute to strengthening the role as one of the country's leading biogas regions. There is a strong political willingness in Västra Götaland to invest in biogas as a climatesmart vehicle fuel. Biogas is a renewable fuel which can solve the problem of waste while providing security of supply and independence from fossil energy. Strengthened biogas development is also expected to increase local and regional employment as Swedish industry and technology exports will benefit.

INPUT/OUTPUT

Västra Götaland is well-placed to take the lead in biogas development. The Environmental Committee's intention is, by means of the Biogas West regional program for biogas development, to contribute to the objectives in the climate strategy for Västra Götaland which was adopted in 2009. The planned goal for produced and used biogas in Västra Götaland year 2020 is 2,4 TWh, 25 times more than was produced and used in 2009. A part goal for 2013 is 0,3 TWh. Half of the biogas is expected to come from digestion and half from gasification. Biogas for vehicle fuel is the primary issue because of the need of finding renewable fuel for the transport sector. Target activity for biogas development: During the program period identified several key areas where the effort needs to be done in Västra Götaland, but also at national level. Work is conducted in nine areas:

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BEST PRACTICE

Title: Biogas West Region: Västra Götalandsregionen

SCOPE

Biogas West is a platform for coordination between different actors in the biogas chain, from municipalities, energy companies to farming companies, car industry, fuel companies and reserach. The goal is to increase the production and the use of biogas with 25 times from 2009 until 2020 in Västra Götaland. About Biogas West The three year Biogas West program offers the region's biogas players a platform for exchanging experiences, knowledge and collaboration in order to drive biogas development forwards. In this way Biogas West will contribute to strengthening the role as one of the country's leading biogas regions. There is a strong political willingness in Västra Götaland to invest in biogas as a climatesmart vehicle fuel. Biogas is a renewable fuel which can solve the problem of waste while providing security of supply and independence from fossil energy. Strengthened biogas development is also expected to increase local and regional employment as Swedish industry and technology exports will benefit.

INPUT/OUTPUT

Västra Götaland is well-placed to take the lead in biogas development. The Environmental Committee's intention is, by means of the Biogas West regional program for biogas development, to contribute to the objectives in the climate strategy for Västra Götaland which was adopted in 2009. The planned goal for produced and used biogas in Västra Götaland year 2020 is 2,4 TWh, 25 times more than was produced and used in 2009. A part goal for 2013 is 0,3 TWh. Half of the biogas is expected to come from digestion and half from gasification. Biogas for vehicle fuel is the primary issue because of the need of finding renewable fuel for the transport sector. Target activity for biogas development: During the program period identified several key areas where the effort needs to be done in Västra Götaland, but also at national level. Work is conducted in nine areas:

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Increase collaboration for biogas development. Work to clear national objectives and increased national support. Disseminate knowledge and information on biogas development in Västra Götaland. Contribute to more players are using procurement as a tool. Realize that public transport is run on biogas. Support a domestic market that also leads to an export market. Develop the regional infrastructure for biogas. Promote research and expertise. Increase cooperation with other regions.

LOCATION

Gothenburg, Västra Götalandsregionen, Sweden

Brief History and Owners The project Biogas West started in 2001 with a dozen players. Västra Götaland was one of the financiers and Business Region Göteborg was the project manager. The project Biogas West celebrated for nine years an important role and contributed to the market development. In recent years the interest in biogas for vehicles has increased and more and more players come onto the market.

Stakeholders/Organizations Sjuhärads kommunalförbund OWNERS/ STAKEHOLDERS Business Region Göteborg Fyrbodals kommunalförbund Skaraborgs kommunalförbund Göteborg Energi Borås Energi och Miljö Trollhättan Energi Chalmers LRF

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Phone: +4633-17 48 70 Cellphone: +46702-50 24 05 E-mail: [email protected] Informatör Biogas West Anneli Permer, Enviroment department Phone: +4633-17 48 97 Cellphone: +46730-93 88 00 E-mail: [email protected]

LINK

http://www.biogasvast.se/sv/Ovriga-sidor/Biogas-Vast/Biogas-Vast/In-English/

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BEST PRACTICE Title:

Projekt GoBiGas - Gothenburg Biomass Gasification Project

Region: District/Province:

Date:

SCOPE

The municipality of Gothenburg Västra Götalands län, Sweden 2012-06-29

Biomass Gasification Plant to produce biogas in big scale from forestry residues

The purpose of the GoBiGas-project is

INPUT/OUTPUT

To demonstrate the possibilities of the technique of gasification in commercial scale To build an plant which will supply the growing need of renewable and CO 2 neutral biogas The existing distribution net for gas will be used for transporting the biogas from GoBiGas to the users. Today the biogas is used as vehicle fuel, but it can also be used to electricity and heating and in different industry processes.

LOCATION

Gothenburg, Västra Götaland

Brief History and Owners The idea of developing a method for a big scale production of biogas was born at Göteborg Energi in 2005. Together with E.ON the work with developing technique and planning a big scale plant in Gothenburg begun. In 2005-2007 studies was done to see

OWNERS/ what technique to use and compare the different solutions economically. The choice fell STAKEHOLDERS on the technique from Austrian Repotec, based on performance and reliability. In 20082009 pre-planning for the proposed technique for Stage 1 starts together with E.ON. In September 2009 GoBiGas is one of 5 projects that are chosen by the Swedish Energy Agency to receive money from the Swedish Government if the European Commission approves it. In December 2010 the approval comes and the board of Göteborg Energy

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decides to start building GoBiGas Stage 1. In January 2011 the work with building the plant starts in Ryahamnen, Gothenburg. Göteborg Energi cooperates with Chalmers University of Technology. In the choice of technology and plant design the project aims to get as high efficiency as possible. The goal is to reach 65 percent of the biomass into biogas, and that the overall energy efficiency will be over 90 percent. According to Joaquín Almunia, the Vice President of the European Commission and responsible for competition issues within the EU, is this project just in line with the goals for research and development, the change of climate and energy that the EU has mapped out for 2020. He sees GoBiGas as an innovative project which is not going to cause any significant distortions of competition and trade between the countries within the EU.

Stakeholders Göteborg Energi AB is the owner of this plant and the project is run in partnership with E.ON. Göteborg Energi cooperates with Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg.

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Photo: Göteborg Energi AB

PLANT PICTURES

Photo: Göteborg Energi AB

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Input, outputs, processes in details The GoBiGas biogas project is about producing biomethane (Bio-SNG) by thermal gasification of forest residues as branches, roots and tops. The biomass is converted to a flammable gas in the gasification plant. This so-called synthesis gas is purified and then upgraded in a methanation plant to biogas with a quality comparable to natural gas to enable the two types of gases to be mixed in the gas network, until the natural gas is phased out. Since biogas is produced from renewable sources this does not contribute to increasing emissions of carbon dioxide as fossil fuels do. (www.goteborgenergi.se)

The plant is split into two stages The gasification plant is scheduled to be built in two stages, the first stage (about 20 MW gas) to be built during 2010-2012 and to be operational in late 2012. The second stage (about 80 MW gas) is scheduled to be built in the years 2013-2015 and put into service 2016. (www.goteborgenergi.se) GoBiGas shortly:

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

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Big scale production of biogas Efficient – high efficiency in production and renewable heat used to long distance-heating and electricity Flexible – tolerate varying quality of raw material A platform for development within industry and college

Supply chain streamers Forestry companies will be supplying the plant with forestry residues.

Stage 1: The plant will use about 50 000 – 60 000 tonnes of wood pellets/year during the first years, then the fuel will be changed to forestry residues, 110 000 tonnes/year. Stage 2: The need will be 4-5 times more during to the final size of the plant.

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Power Plant Characteristics and Performances Plant: Gothenburg Biogas Gasification (GoBiGas) Year of construction: 2010-2012 Nominal output (kW): First stage: 20 MW, second stage: 80 MW Type of biomass: Residues from forestry, in the starting process: wood pellets Energy Production: In year 2020: 1 TWh Technology: Indirect gasification

TECHNOLOGY PERFORMANCES

Efficiency (%): In the choice of technology and plant design the project aims

to get as high efficiency as possible. The goal is to reach 65 percent of the biomass into biogas, and that the overall energy efficiency will be over 90 percent. (www.goteborgenergi.se) Total hours of plant operation during a year: continuously, 8760

hours/year Number of worker involved: Planned staff for operation and maintenance of

about 20-25 employees Operation and maintenance: Göteborg Energi AB

Initial Investment/ Public/Private Incentives

FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK

GoBiGas was granted financial aid at 222 million SEK (approx. 24,6 million €) for the first stage of the project from the Swedish Energy Agency, as one of three selected projects, provided acceptance from the European Commission. Total cost for Stage 1 and 2 is estimated to 1,4 billion SEK (approx. 155,4 million €).

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CO2 reduction (expected) (t CO2/year): 40 000 tonnes CO2 /year for Stage 1

Savings in fossil fuel consumption (tep/year): Göteborg Energi expects to deliver in 2020 biogas equivalent of 1 TWh. It represents about 30 percent of current deliveries in Gothenburg or fuel to 80 000 - 100 000 cars. The corresponding figure for Stage 1 is 15 000 - 20 000 cars.

Certification

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY Yes, Göteborg Energi AB has current Environmental Certifications

Success Factors/Foreseen opportunities Fuel flexibility

Constraints/Threats Because the GoBiGas is a Development Project the biggest constraint is new technology. To be able to proceed with Stage 2 the project must show that the technique is working and there will be conditions where the demand and price/incentives will be very important.

Head-office GoBiGas Box 53 SE-401 20 Göteborg Sweden E-mail: [email protected]

CONTACTS Reference Person Managing Director Åsa Burman Phone: +46 31-62 63 50 E-mail: [email protected]

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Project Coordinator Maria Kihlström Ylving Phone: +46 31-62 67 94 E-mail: [email protected]

LINK

http://www.goteborgenergi.se/English/Projects/GoBiGas__Gothenburg_Biomass_Gasifica tion_Project http://gobigas.goteborgenergi.se

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BEST PRACTICE

Title: Biogas production and distribution Brålanda Biogas Municipality: Mellerud and Vänersborgs Region: Västra Götalands County

SCOPE

Biogas production for fuel from manure and crops. A number of farmers will distribute raw biogas from their own biogas plants via a pipe line to a upgrading plant

The raw material used will be manure from 20 farms.

INPUT/OUTPUT

LOCATION

Melleruds kommun and Vänersborgs kommun, Västra Götalands län

Brief History and Owners About 20 farmers will produce biogas on their farms and distribute the raw biogas to a upgrading plant for fuel by pipe lines. The municipalities, organizations and companies which are involved in this project are:

Biogas Väst/Business Region Göteborg Financiers Researchers Hushållningssällskapet Väst OWNERS/ STAKEHOLDERS Innovatum Technology Park Lantbrukarnas Riksförbund – LRF (National Association of Farmers) Farming businesses Food-processing industry Melleruds kommun (The Municipality of Mellerud) Naturbruksgymnasier (Natural Resource High schools) Svenska Gasföreningen (Swedish Gas Society)

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Technical suppliers Trollhättan Energi AB Vänersborgs kommun (The Municipality of Vänersborg)

Stakeholders

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PLANT PICTURES

Source: Biogas Väst/Business Region Göteborg

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Source:

http://www.sgc.se/nordicbiogas/resources/Dejan_Djurkovski.pdf from 2008

Input, outputs, processes in details The first farm biogas plant will be running in the end of 2011. In 2012 three more plants and an upgrading plant for vehicle gas will be built, stage 2 of the project.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

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Supply chain streamers

Power Plant Characteristics and Performances Plant: 20 farm plants Year of construction: 2011 and forward Total land area occupied (m2): Nominal output (kW): Type of biomass: manure and crops

TECHNOLOGY PERFORMANCES

Energy Production: 20 GWh/year fully expanded Technology: farm biogas plants and an upgrading plant for biogas vehicle Efficiency (%): Total hours of plant operation during a year: 365 days/plant/year Number of worker involved: Operation and maintenance:

FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK

Initial Investment

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Annual revenues

Annual profits

Public/Private Incentives

CO2 reduction (expected) (t CO2/year):

Savings in fossil fuel consumption (toe/year):

Radar graph Power [kW]

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

Re use and disposability*

Economy [tCO2/M€]

Certification

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CO2 reduction [tCO2/y]

Savings in fossil fuel consumption [tep/y]

Success Factors/Foreseen opportunities

Contraints/Threats

Head-office

Plant

CONTACTS

Reference Person Peter Eriksson Innovatum Teknikpark AB Trollhättan Sweden Phone: + 46 520-289 322 Mail: peter.eriksson@innovatum

LINK

http://www.businessregiongoteborg.com/download/18.3f6ce9a51288179dfcb800 03836/clean_fuel_concept_uk.pdf

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BEST PRACTICE

Title: Biogas production from industrial vegetable organic waste Municipality: Lidköping District/Province: Västra Götalands län, Sweden SCOPE

Swedish Biogas International: Biogas plant with upgrading plant for fuel Göteborg Energi AB/Lidköpings kommun: Producing liquid methane by cryo technique, first such plant of its kind in the world

INPUT/OUTPUT

Production of biogas from industrial vegetable waste for vehicle fuel, using both the usual technique compressed biogas for private cars and busses and the new cryo technique for trailers.

LOCATION

Västra Götalands län, Sweden

Brief History and Owners

OWNERS/ STAKEHOLDERS

Swedish Biogas International, SBI, is working closely with Göteborg Energi AB and the municipality of Lidköping. SBI is the owner of the plant and is drifting it, all the way from raw material to upgraded fuel. After that Lidköpings kommun and Göteborg Energi AB produces liquid fuel (LBG) for regional distribution and compressed fuel (CBG) for local distribution. The plant is planned to start the production in December 2011.

Stakeholders:

PLANT PICTURES

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Biogas Plant Swedish Biogas International, Lidköping and Cryo plant for methane, Göteborg Energi AB/Lidköpings kommun

Input, outputs, processes in details

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Swedish Biogas International: In: 60 000 t substratum/year Out: 50 000 m3 fertilizer/year and 6 million Nm3 upgraded fuel/year

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Göteborg Energi/Lidköpings kommun: In: 6 million Nm3 upgraded fuel/year Out: About 4 380 t liquid fuel/year

Supply chain streamers

Swedish Biogas International Lidköping AB Power Plant Characteristics and Performances

TECHNOLOGY PERFORMANCES

Plant: Swedish Biogas International Lidköping Year of construction: 2011 Total land area occupied (m2): Nominal output (kW): Type of biomass: industrial vegetable waste, crops

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Energy Production: 6 million Nm3/year Technology: Efficiency (%): Total hours of plant operation during a year: Number of worker involved: 4 Operation and maintenance: Swedish Biogas International will provide

operation and maintenance for the biogas plant and monitoring the cryo plant

Initial Investment: 80 million SEK (approx. 8,4 million €)

Annual revenues FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK

Annual profits Estimated turnover: 40 million SEK/year (approx. 4,2 million €)

Public/Private Incentives

CO2 reduction (expected) (t CO2/year): 14 000 t CO2/year ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY Savings in fossil fuel consumption (toe/year): Radar graph

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Power [kW] 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

Re use and disposability*

Economy [tCO2/M€]

Certification

Success Factors/Foreseen opportunities

Contraints/Threats

Head-office: Swedish Biogas International AB Gjuterigatan 1B

CONTACTS

582 73 Linköping SWEDEN Phone: +46 13 465 08 85 Fax: +46 13 10 65 65 [email protected]

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CO2 reduction [tCO2/y]

Savings in fossil fuel consumption [tep/y]

BEST PRACTICE

Title: Biogas production from organic waste, waste water and manure Municipality: Falköping Region: Västra Götalands län, Sweden SCOPE

Biogas production from organic waste, waste water, biogas crops and manure in Falköping.

INPUT/OUTPUT

Falköping is one of the leadning municipalities in Sweden when it comes to recycling and sustainable thinking. Falköping is also working actively together with SLU, Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet (The Swedish Agricultural University) to develop a biogas production in an economical and environmental way by research of growing plants for biogas production. In a project together with Göteborg Energi AB a farm based biogas plant at Viken Nötcenter nearby the town are supplying the upgrade plant in Falköping with raw methane gas from manure. The raw methane gas will be upgraded to car fuel. The households in Falköping deliver about 60 tons organic waste to the plant every month.

The “Falköping falkoping-model/

LOCATION

Model”.

See:

http://www.biogasmax.eu/downloads/download-the-

Västra Götalands län, Sweden

Brief History and Owners

OWNERS/ STAKEHOLDERS

The biogas upgrading plant from 2008 is owned by Göteborg Energi AB and runned by Falköping Energi AB. It is located just outside the town of Falköping. The biogas plant at Viken Nötcenter not far from Falköping is owned by Göteborg Energi AB and started in june 2011. The biogas plant is supplying the upgrading plant in Falköping with methane from cattle manure. The test fields with different energy crops; hemp, grass, sugar beet, rye, triticale and corn are also located nearby Falköping.

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PLANT PICTURES

Upgrading plant Falköping

Viken Biogas plant

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Biogas crops Falköping

Input, outputs, processes in details

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Supply chain streamers Raw biogas is produced at the farm Viken Nötcenter from cattle manure and is pumped by pipe line to the upgrading plant at Hulesjön just outside the town of Falköping. The biogas plant will produce 2 GWh biogas/year from 17 000 tons of manure from cattle. (These figures are not included in the facts below)

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Sorted organic household waste from Falköping, industrial organic waste and waste water is processed to raw biogas at the treatment plant at Hulesjön. The raw biogas upgrades to vehicle gas in the upgrading plant in the same area. The upgrading plant is a cooperation between the municipality of Falköping, Göteborg Energi AB and Falbygdens Energi AB.

Power Plant Characteristics and Performances Plant: Upgrading plant from biogas to vehicle fuel Year of construction: 2008 Total land area occupied (m2): Nominal output (kW): Type of biomass: Waste disposal from households and sludge from sewage

TECHNOLOGY PERFORMANCES

Energy Production: 4 GWh/year (2011) Technology: Water scrubber Efficiency (%): Total hours of plant operation during a year: Number of worker involved: Operation and maintenance: Falbygdens Energi AB

FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK

Initial Investment

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Annual revenues

Annual profits

Public/Private Incentives

CO2 reduction (expected) (t CO2/year): 1200 t CO2/year

Savings in fossil fuel consumption (tep/year):

Radar graph Power [kW]

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

Re use and disposability*

Economy [tCO2/M€]

Certification Yes

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CO2 reduction [tCO2/y]

Savings in fossil fuel consumption [tep/y]

Success Factors/Foreseen opportunities

Contraints/Threats

Head-office: Göteborg Energi AB Box 53 401 20 Göteborg Phone: +46 31-62 60 00

Plant: Stig Säll, Falköping Energi AB, Phone: +46 515-88 52 77, cell phone: +46 703-38 51 63 mail: [email protected]

CONTACTS Reference Person Göteborg Energi AB: Anders Larsson Phone: +46 31-62 66 54 mail: [email protected] David I'ons Phone: +46 31-62 81 84 mail: [email protected]

LINK

http://www.goteborgenergi.se/Privat/Projekt_och_etableringar/Fornyelsebar_energi/Biog as/I_drift/Falkoping_ http://www.biogasmax.eu/downloads/download-the-falkoping-model/

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BEST PRACTICE

Title: Biogas production from manure from 7 farms Region: The municipality of Skara District/Province: Västra Götalands län, Sweden

SCOPE

Skara Biogas AB: 7 farmers will supply Skara municipality with biogas for heating and later on, upgrading the raw methane to fuel.

INPUT/OUTPUT

Skara Biogas AB is a newly founded company owned by the energy company Skara Energi AB and 6 of the farmers who will either build a farm plant each and then distribute the raw methane gas from manure (slurry from both pigs and cattle) by pipe line to the heating plant in the town of Skara, or build at bigger biogas plant all together. The pipeline will be about 20 km in total. The biogas will in the future be upgraded to fuel.

LOCATION

Västra Götalands län, Sweden

Brief History and Owners

OWNERS/ STAKEHOLDERS

The company was founded in 2010. One plant is built, in 2010. Economical calculations are made for both further farm plants and a bigger plant for all substrates. The board will decide whether the company will apply for financial support from the local County Administration for the bigger biogas plant.

Stakeholders The energy company Skara Energi AB together with probably all the farmers will be the owners of Skara Biogas AB.

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PLANT PICTURES

Map over the distribution net for raw biogas, Skara Biogas AB.

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Input, outputs, processes in details Each farm will produce methane gas from pig or cattle manure in farm plants. Some of the biogas might be electricity. The raw biogas will be transported in a pipe line to the district heating plant nearby the town of Skara and provide the existing system with heat. In the future there are plans for an upgrading plant for vehicle fuel.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Supply chain streamers

Power Plant Characteristics and Performances

TECHNOLOGY PERFORMANCES

Plant: 3 farm plants of 2 GWh/year each and 1 farm plant of about 0,8 GWh/year Year of construction: 2010 (the smaller one), the rest hopefully in 2012

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Total land area occupied (m2): Nominal output (kW): Type of biomass: slurry manure from pigs and cattle Energy Production: Totally about 7,5 GWh including biogas from the city

dump Technology: Efficiency (%): Total hours of plant operation during a year: 8760h/year/plant Number of worker involved: One for each plant (the owner) Operation and maintenance: When producing electricity the maintenance a

day will be about 0,5 h/plant. There are no further calculations made for the rest of operation and maintenance.

Initial Investment Each farm plant will cost about 6,5-7,5 million SEK (approx.

691 000 € - 797 000 €)

Annual revenues FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK

Annual profits

Public/Private Incentives

ENVIRONMENTAL CO2 reduction (expected) (t CO2/year): Have no figures SUSTAINABILITY

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Savings in fossil fuel consumption (toe/year):

Radar graph Power [kW] 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

Re use and disposability*

Economy [tCO2/M€]

CO2 reduction [tCO2/y]

Savings in fossil fuel consumption [tep/y]

Certification

Success Factors/Foreseen opportunities The financial side of projects like this is of course very important. With a suitable support from the Government for example, there will probably be more of such projects.

Constraints/Threats

The constraints and possible threats are politicians who might make decisions which not will benefit the biogas production.

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Head-office Skara Biogas AB c/o Per-Ove Persson Hushållningssällskapet Järnvägsgatan 18 532 30 Skara Sweden

CONTACTS

Plant

Reference Person Per-Ove Persson Phone: +46 511 24860 Cellphone: +46 708 767 599 E-mail: [email protected]

LINK

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BEST PRACTICE

Title: Kretslopp Skaraborg AB Municipality: Skara District/Province: Västra Götalands län, Sweden SCOPE

A new recycling company for supplying biogas plants with substrate.

INPUT/OUTPUT

The company will buy, collect, refine, store, transport and sell substrate for renewable energy (biogas). The raw material today comes from the food industry. The company will also own and manage facilities in the biogas industry.

LOCATION

Skaraborg, Västra Götaland

Brief History and Owners The company started in August 2011. It is probably the first company of its kind in Sweden.

OWNERS/ STAKEHOLDERS Stakeholders Chairman of the Board: Mr Sven-Olof Bengtsson

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Input, outputs, processes in details

The company will buy, collect, refine, store, transport and sell substrate for biogas production. Today the substrate comes from the food industry.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Supply chain streamers

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Power Plant Characteristics and Performances Plant: Year of construction: Total land area occupied (m2): Nominal output (kW): Type of biomass: organic waste from food industry

TECHNOLOGY PERFORMANCES

Energy Production: Technology: Efficiency (%): Total hours of plant operation during a year: Number of worker involved: Operation and maintenance:

Initial Investment

Annual revenues FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK

Annual profits

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CO2 reduction (expected) (t CO2/year):

Savings in fossil fuel consumption (tep/year):

Radar graph Power [kW] 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

Re use and disposability*

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY Economy [tCO2/M€]

CO2 reduction [tCO2/y]

Savings in fossil fuel consumption [tep/y]

Certification

Success Factors/Foreseen opportunities There are big possibilities, a way to economize substrate from farms.

Constraints/Threats Competition from tax financed plants (municipalities for example)

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Head-office Kretslopp Skaraborg AB Box 124 532 22 Skara Sweden

CONTACTS

Plant

Reference Person Per-Ove Persson Phone: +46 511 24860 Cellphone: +46 708 767 599 E-mail: [email protected]

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BEST PRACTICE

Title: Small-scale upgrading of biogas to vehicle fuel at Sötåsen Municipality: Töreboda Region: Västra Götalands län Sweden

SCOPE

Small-scale upgrading raw biogas to fuel on farm basis. The biogas plant is located on a school for farming in Töreboda, Sweden. Today the biogas is used to warm up the buildings at the school and producing electricity for the internal net. Producing vehicle fuel is the goal, but the plant is small and therefore a farm based solution must be used. BioSling is a system which is transportable in containers and developed for small scale biogas plants. Artic Nova AB is the manufacturer and developer for BioSling AB´s behalf.

INPUT/OUTPUT

Input in the Biosling or another system is raw biogas from manuer from pig and cattle and crops. Output is upgraded fuel for vehicles with over 97 % of methane.

LOCATION

Västra Götalands län, Sweden

Brief History and Owners The Biogas Plant Sötåsen has been running since 2008 and produces 80 000 Nm3 raw biogas/year. The plant is built in purpose to be a plant for education and development. An ottoengine at 15 kW is installed for electricity production and a gas boiler at 85 kW for the heat production.

OWNERS/ STAKEHOLDERS Stakeholders

Västra Götalandsregionen

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PICTURES

Head-office CONTACTS

Biosling AB Marknadsvägen 202 981 91 Jukkasjärvi Telephone: +46 980-230 00 Cellphone: +46 70661 89 58

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Fax: +46 980-212 54 E-mail: [email protected]

Manufacturer Biosling: Artic Nova AB | Centralvägen 100, SE-980 10 Vittangi | Phone: +46981-10 000, Fax: +46981-10 201 mail: [email protected] | www.articnova.se

Biogas Plant: Reference Person Johan Emanuelsson Naturbruksgymnasiet Sötåsen SE-54591 Töreboda Phone: +46 506-168 23 Mail: [email protected]

LINK

http://www.articnova.se/biosling.html

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3. Web-based tool for businesses with biomasses Description of the designing process, identification of relevant content and support from stakeholders

nounced a preliminary tender and received nine responses (Sweden 3, The Netherlands 2, Italy 1, Greece 1, Poland 1, India 1). A final tender (Appendix 1) was prepared and sent to all nine companies that responded to the first tender. We received a comprehensive bid from seven of the nine companies. The bids showed great variations in costs. To build a marketplace on the web following our basic specification, prices offered varied a factor of 10. A perfect evidence for the necessity of using public procurement. The seven bids were assessed according to set criteria. The assessment was made by all participants in the project’s steering committee. Each participant could award a maximum number of points for each six criteria: overall quality (20), creativity (15), experience and reference projects (15), design suggestions (10), project planning (10) and price (30). Maximum score was 100. As the winning bid to design the web market place we adopted the company that had the highest score in our assessment, the Dutch company Vuursteen Online Media (www.vuursteen.nl). In the following negotiations with that company some small additions were made. The decision was made in a meeting with the projects Steering Group 28 March 2012 and it was confirmed in a contract where all the partners in the project have signed as buyer and Vuursteen Online Media has signed as seller. During the summer of 2012 Vuursteen Online Media worked with design and construction of the webtool. A beta version was delivered to us in the project group 20122 November. This first version was tested by all partners in the project and our proposed additions and amendments were compiled to the company Vuursteen by our contact person. During the test period, we conducted a meeting where most detailed adjustments have been carried out. At the project’s final conference in Vlissingen (Zeeland, The Netherlands) Vuursteen demonstrated a final version of the web market place. Before this final conference each partner had consultations with the organization/company that will market the web-tool in each country. We decided that a few features should be added, like the possibility of logos of sponsors, a disclaimer page, an ads system and the delivery and implementation of 3 turn-key website duplicates for each region.

During the process of preparing ingredients and a detailed specification of how the online market place should work, we used different sources of inspiration. We used information and feedback from our stakeholders, we studied other market places on the web and we used all knowledge we have within our own organizations. We have of course consulted knowledgeable partners in other bio energy projects we participate in. An important starting point has thus been the wishes and views of our stakeholders on which information they deem relevant about different biomass to be used for different bio based purposes. Through the surveys we have done among all the companies that have different residual suitable primarily for biogas production we have a good picture of what type of products can be sold and bought in an online marketplace. Moreover, an overview of the existing (in each partner region) web-based trading platform was carried out. However, such a platform proved to offer a product categorization that did not suit the needs of a marketplace for biomasses. Yet, some inspiration was taken from a web tool to trade used machinery. The market place Mascus is developed for trading of used machines are now available in 35 European, 10 Asian, 7 American, 3 African countries as well as in Australia and New Zealand. This market place has a well structured categorization of various types of machines and a variety of search functions. Based on the above sources of inspiration, we developed a detailed specification of functions and contents in our market place (Appendix 1).

Description of the tendering process and the winner

Since the procurement of the web-tool was administered by the Lead Sub-Project Participant Agroväst, the procurement was conducted in accordance with Swedish law. The procurement was done according to the law on public procurement. A two-steps procurement process was implemented. It means that all suppliers have the right to apply for an invitation. We first an123

Features of the web-tool and brief users guide SELLER/BUYER LEVEL When you want to place an ad (sell or buy) you create your own login. You create your own personal password. When logged in the first time you have to specify information about the company and contacts. Then you create your ad/ads. When you are logged in, you can also subscribe to the newsletter that can be sent out by e-mail to buyers and sellers. At the next login you reuse the information available about company and contacts. Of course it is possible to change this information if needed.

Hereinafter, the web-tools main features are summarised. A full description is available on Appendix 1. The tool is particularly suitable to the trading of biomasses for bio-based purposes, however the marketplace can easily be extended with more product types to mobilize the wishes of the different businesses. The web-tool provides the user three levels of access: OPEN LEVEL A fully open level that everyone can access. Here you can see all the ads for sellers or buyers. It´s possible to sort them according to the sorting function available. And with a click it´s possible to see all the detailed information about the advertised products and information about the companies that want to sell or buy, and of course information about contact person.

ADMIN LEVEL. Only login for administrators that have permission from the companies or organizations that utilize and market the tool in different countries. At this level, administrators can do translations, create product lists, write newsletters and do more things.

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Strategy for dissemination of the tool The web-tool BIOMAP will be exploited and marketed in Italy, The Netherlands and Sweden by different organizations/companies, as provided for in WP5´s objectives: Creation of three regional web based marketplaces. Three marketplaces serving as portals, in each participation region, for companies involved in bio fuels, biomass industry, food processing industry and agriculture to establish business connections, including a long term strategy for a self-supporting and up-to-date web based tool”. The basic version of the web-tool is in English and the project partners have translated it into Italian, Dutch and Swedish. The tool can relatively easy be translated into other languages and be transferred in other countries within the European Union. The project partners are responsible in their own countries for how the tool is used. If there is interest from other countries besides Italy, The Netherlands and Sweden to use and market the tool we recommend you contact the project Lead Sub-Project Participant, Agroväst Livsmedel AB in Sweden. Contact persons are Kjell Gustafsson (kjell.gustafsson @ agrovast.se, +46706-240036) and Mats Emilson (mats.emilson @ agrovast.se, +467067003009).

Currently we have interested organizations/companies in Italy, The Netherlands and Sweden which are willing to exploit the market place BIOMAP in each country. We project participants in BIOMAP really hope that interested actors succeed in their ambitions to utilize and market BIOMAP in their respective countries. And we also wish that actors in other countries are interested in establishing market places for biomasses. We hope and believe that those market-places in the future will be an important part in the creation of more sustainable bio-based systems and for a much more efficient utilization of residual waste and cultivated products. With great interest we will follow further developments of BIOMAP Market Place.

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4. Lessons learnt, conclusions and what comes next The national regulatory framework, and specifically the incentives’ scheme, led to a high interest from farmers and also other investors in energy production from renewable sources, which stimulated a consistent development of the sector;

During the project, we have strengthened our belief that our three regions have good prospects to move from a fossil dominated to a bio-based economy. The three regions present different conditions and challenges in order to achieve a more bio-based economy, but the project partners diversity has even more enriched the work of the project. Working with inventories of substrates, developing appropriate best practices and dealing with our stakeholders, we found that we have a lot to learn from each of our three regions. We also have a lot to learn from other European regions in order to achieve EU´s ambitions for a more bio-based economy, EU’s energy and climate goals but also to facilitate improvements in the regions’ employment and economy. We hope that the project BIOMAP will significantly contribute to the transition from the fossil to a bio based economy goes some faster and more efficient than otherwise occurred. Our main conclusions are:

Supporting the development of efficient regional and local renewable energy and bio-based markets is key to achieve European environmental and renewable energy goals in the years to come; Furthermore the potential to increase the use of biomass applications in higher added value markets (e.g. in feed, food, chemical building blocks and pharmaceutics) is enormous in the forthcoming years; Of course this presents a number of issues in terms of the overall social balance of such operations (as in the case when land is used for energy farm rather than for food production or when crops are dedicated to energy production rather than food, etc.) Moreover, there are cases where public acceptance from population of biomass plants is hard to be achieved, due to the bad smell discomfort and lorry traffic;

As of today, biomass (including solid biomass, biogas, liquid biomass and liquid municipal waste) is the main renewable energy source with more than 100 Mtoe in the European Union;

It is necessary to stress there is indeed a business case for trading and exploiting biomasses. Both need support and facilitation, as in the case of BIOMAP web market-place;

The energy production from biomasses is largely inferior to its potential, there is room for action in enhancing their use; There are significant biomass assets (e.g. waste, manure, wood, agro-food residues) within regions and local communities in Europe which are suitable for the production of bio-energy or of other sustainable biomass applications (e.g. feed, food, chemical building blocks and pharmaceutics);

It is necessary to raise the awareness of end users and citizens about the potential of biomasses as energy source and higher added value biomass applications (pharmaceuticals, food, feed, chemical building blocks), so that acceptance of biomass processing facilities is higher.

The development of agro-energy and in particular, the use of biomass for the production of biogas and electricity are an important opportunity for the agricultural sector and – generally speaking - for the diversification of energy supply in accordance with the international commitments in the field of renewable energy;

The implementation of a biomass marketplace is not a straight forward exercise. It has its advantages and limits. It can contribute to the use of the huge biomass potential in many EU regions and can lead to an increase in its applications in bio energy, biomaterials and other bio products. The tool is an easy to roll-out

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system and it can serve as help in the set-up of new bio-based business opportunities. It also helps in establishing a positive policy flow on the bio-based economy. However use of a biomass marketplace also has it limits and drawbacks. The web-tool wants to establish viable matches between demand and supply of biomass. This however can lead to unwanted side-effects. It can lead to an increased use of biomass in energy applications instead of attempts to first apply the biomass higher up in the biomass cascade, e.g. in phar-

maceutical, chemical building blocks, food and feed applications. Furthermore the marketplace can lead to an increase in export of biomass to higher subsidized digestion plants abroad as bio-based business in many European regions is still subsidy driven (anaerobic digestion plants can rarely survive without governmental financial help). Unfortunately in such cases the web-tool will not support the regional use of biomass, but will act as a stimulator to transport biomass over large cross-border distances.

What comes next - the local legacy of BIOMAP BIOMAP project results in terms of increased knowledge, new or renewed relationships and availability of specific tools can be further exploited beyond project duration in order to:

raise awareness on the need for a new partnership between those who generate biomasses and those who process them, between enterprises in the biomass market and institutions regulating waste management and the biomass market and to improve communication to the general public;

improve renewable energy production by promoting its social and environmental value; take part to the energy “revolution” moving from a centralized power generation (with a few large plants) to a widespread production/generation systems (photovoltaic systems, wind turbine, solar heating power, co-generative engine, geothermal heat pump, pellet stoves);

create a dialogue with the public and local governments to raise awareness of these new technologies with low environmental impacts. The project partners hope that the marketplace BIOMAP and the Best Practices we presented in this project will have a positive contribution to the process leading to a significant increase in long term sustainable bio-based applications in our regions, our countries and hopefully also in other European countries.

diversification of energy supply and saving in fossil fuel consumption; turn an environmental problem (agricultural waste, industrial by-products, manure) into a greeneconomy business opportunity (energy production, but also organic fertilization and cradle-to-cradle processes), specifically by facilitating trading by means of the implementation of the web-market tool;

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