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Sustainable raw material supply
for the Production of Biomethane
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19/06/2015
Kristin Sternberg
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Introduction:
Agency for Renewable Resources
(FNR)
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Facts and Tasks
Founded:
1993
Main office:
Gülzow (Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania)
Support:
Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL)
Employees:
>80
Legal status:
Registered association
Tasks:
• Support of research, development and demonstration projects in the field of
material and energetic use of renewable resources
• Information and advice, public relations activities
• International and EU activities
Target Group:
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Commercial enterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises , private and public
research institutions, universities, authorities, consumers
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Sustainable Raw Material Supply for the Production of Biomethane
BIOSURF
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Sustainable Raw Material Supply for the
Production of Biomethane
Sustainability
Sustainability is the endurance of systems and processes. It includes four
interconnected domains: ecology (i.e. ensuring that biological systems
remain diverse and productive), economics, politics and culture
BIOSURF assesses and evaluates:
• Availability and potential of sustainable feedstocks
• National sustainability criteria & indicators, incl. a benchmark and gap
analysis
• And produces „Guidelines for biomethane value chain evaluation“
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Selected sustainable raw material categories
Animal waste
• Manure and slurry
Other waste materials
• E.g. municipal bio-waste from households and catering, and food and
feed industry residues
Residues from Agriculture & Landscape Maintenance
• E.g. by-products from agriculture like straw, grass from landscape
maintenance, catch crops
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Use of substrates for Biogas-Plants
Comparison France - Germany
- Bonus vor
slurry use in
France
- As off 2015,
use of energy
crops will be
forbidden for
certain plants
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Next Steps
Task 4.2 – Data collection, processing and estimation of
current/ future technical & sustainable raw material supply
Source: DBFZ
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Availability/ Potentials of sustainable raw
materials
Potential & use of
biogas substrates
in Germany in
2013
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Change of substrate mix – a way towards
more sustainability
Obvious change of
the avarage substrate
mix for biogas plants
over the passed years
in Germany
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Workshop - Sustainable Raw Material Supply for the
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Discussion
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Guiding questions
• Use of feedstocks
How is the general substrate mix for biogas plants in Italy? (field reports) Is the focus rather
on local availabilty (related to climate and soil quality) or on external drivers (e.g. feed in
tariffs that promote use of plants with highest biogas production)
• Availability & Potentials of feedstocks
How is the availability of the discussed sustainable feedstocks? Where can information on
this topic be obtained (Italian studies on biogas feedstock potentials?)
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Discussion about optimisation of sustainable feedstock use/ supply
Challenges related to use of wastes and residues in biogas plants
What role does sustainability play in daily operations of biogas plants/ national politics
Need for action regarding sustainable feedstock supply/ potical framework
• Which outcomes do you expect from this project
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Thank you
for your attention!
Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V. (FNR)
Hofplatz 1
18276 Gülzow-Prüzen
[email protected]
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Availability
• Is there enough information concerning the availability of all raw material categories?
• How do you obtain information about biomass availability?
• At what level of detail are data sets available?
• At what geographical level are data of interest for you and what for (e.g. planning, political
consultancy)?
• Is there information available about the location and capacity of animal husbandries? For example in
Serbia the Ministry of Agriculture collects such data from a certain farm size on.
• How does the “EU-Waste Framework Directive” influence the future amount and availability of
biowaste?
• Are there any efforts visible regarding the development of a circular economy?
• How are catch crops integrated in the Italian farming system?
• How do climate conditions affect their availability?
• Is there any information about straw availability or usable material from landscape maintenance?
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Uses
• How is the general substrate mix for biogas plants in Italy? (field reports)
• Is the focus rather on local availability (related to climate and soil quality) or on external drivers (e.g.
feed in tariffs that promote use of plants with highest biogas production)
• What are the competing uses for biomethane production?
• Do urgent Disposal problems exist?
• Does a monitoring of biomass potentials, current plants and the used feedstock exist or is it
planned?
• Do you expect a change from current landfilling, incineration and composting of biowaste to
digesting?
• Topics which could be additional drivers for that?
• Are catch crops used in biomethane production at a significant rate? If yes or no, why and which
ones?
• Is straw used in biomethane production at a significant rate? If yes or no, why?
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Discussion
• What are challenges related to the use of the raw material categories for biogas/biomethane
production?
• Does any raw material category has a high potential of conflict because of competing uses?
• Separate collection of biowaste?
• How can we avoid impurities in biowaste streams
• How could the use of digestates have an impact on yields and soil fertility?
• What are measures to avoid soil erosion, increase yields and soil fertility?
• Do you consider a limit of 175 kg N for digestate useful as it is European law for farm fertiliser?
• Is the use of straw for biomethane production a problem for yields and soil fertility?
• Is the use of catch crops for biomethane production a problem for yields and soil fertility?
• Need for actions: what needs to be done to overcome the challenges related to the sustainable
use of feedstocks for biomethane production?
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