IEA BIOENERGY TASK 37: Energy from Biogas Country Report 2016 A/Prof Bernadette McCabe National Team Leader: Task 37 National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture, University of Southern Queensland [email protected] | Ph: 07 4631 1623 Bioenergy Business Breakfast ‘Maximising Biomass Value in SA’ Adelaide 25th May, 2017
IEA Bioenergy Task 37
Presentation Overview
• Overview of IEA Bioenergy Task 37
– Work programs and outputs
• Country Report
– Summary 2016
– Reporting Australian biogas data
– How do we compare with other member countries?
IEA Bioenergy Task 37
IEA Bioenergy presently has 10 Tasks
Task 32: Biomass Combustion and Co-Firing Task 33: Thermal Gasification of Biomass Task 34: Pyrolysis of Biomass Task 36: Integrating Energy Recovery into Solid Waste Management Task 37: Energy from Biogas Task 38: Climate Change Impacts of Biomass and Bioenergy Systems Task 39: Commercialisation of Conventional and Advanced Liquid
Biofuels from Biomass Task 40: Sustainable Bioenergy Markets and International Trade:
Securing Supply and Demand Task 42: Biorefineries: Sustainable Processing of Biomass into a
Spectrum of Marketable Biobased Products and Bioenergy Task 43: Biomass Feedstocks for Energy Markets
IEA Bioenergy Task 37
IEA Bioenergy Task 37…
‘…address the challenges related to the economic and environmental sustainability of biogas production’.
Website: http://www.iea-biogas.net/
IEA Bioenergy Task 37
Scope of Task 37 Studies
• Agricultural slurries, crops & crop residues • Organic fraction of municipal solid waste • Waste water treatment/sewage sludge • (Landfill gas)
• Heat, electricity generation & CHP • Up-grading to biomethane - Injection into
grid/compression for vehicle fuel • Storage and Power-to-gas
IEA Bioenergy Task 37
Task37 Member Countries
Australia Bernadette McCabe Austria Bernard Drosg / Günther Bochmann Brazil Jeferson Toyama Denmark Teodorita Al-Seadi Finland Saija Rasi France Olivier Théobald / Guillaume Bastide Germany Jan Liebetrau Norway Tormed Briseid Republic of Ireland Jerry Murphy (Task Leader) Sweden Mattias Svensson Switzerland Urs Baier The Netherlands Mathieu Dumont United Kingdom Clare Lukehurst / Charles Banks
IEA Bioenergy Task 37
Recent Task 37 Meeting
4th – 7th April, 2017
Vljimen,
The Netherlands
Publications
Web Address: www.iea-biogas.net
IEA Bioenergy Task 37
Country Reports
Available at:
http://www.iea-biogas.net/country-reports.html
Data capture: Australian Biogas Survey
http://biogas.nceastg.usq.edu.au/biogas/#/home
Status of biogas production in Australia
IEA Bioenergy Task 37
Substrate/Plant type Estimated Number
of plants
Number of plants
from survey
Potential
Production (GWh/year)*
Sewage sludge (WWTP) 52 22 221
Biowaste 5 3 15
Agriculture 22 9 27
Industrial 34 12 39
Landfill 129** - 1,140**
Total 242 46 1,442
* Calculated from the estimated electricity production and an assumed efficiency of 35% with 70% methane content in biogas. ** From 2006 Sustainable Power Plant Register, Australian Business Council for Sustainable Energy
Biogas utilisation in Australia
Table 2.2: Utilisation of biogas in Australia* (data from survey at end of 2016 – 46 respondents)
Plant type Electricity (%) Heat (%) CHP (%) Flare (%)
Biowaste 40.0 20.0 20.0 20.0
Sewage sludge 33.3 26.2 21.5 19.0
Industrial 17.6 29.4 - 53.0
Agricultural 80 20
*No data for landfill
2015 Country Report Summary
IEA Bioenergy Task 37
Annual biogas production in the IEA Bioenergy Task 37 member countries
Comparison of Financial Support Systems Country Financial Support systems
Australia LGCs, ERF, FIT (low); investment grants
Austria FIT dependent on capacity and end utilisation; 30% manure mandatory
Brazil Low C emissions policy; credit facility for family agriculture
Denmark* FITs for biogas used in: CHP or B to G; transport or industrial purposes
Finland FIT for electricity and heat (dependent on capacity); investment grants
France FIT for electricity and upgrading (specific for substrate); subsidies via financial funds
Germany New EEG (Aug 2014) – funds restricted to waste and residues. New FIT set (with increase in manure use)
Norway 2 incentives: banned landfilling of biodegradables from 2009 and payments to biogas plants that treat manure; green certificates for electricity generation (low). Tax exemptions for biogas used as vehicle fuel.
Republic of Ireland 2013: Landfill levies & requirement for source segregation of food waste. Incentives for digestion of OFMSW. FIT dependent on capacity and end utilisation
Republic of Korea No tariffs or subsidies
Sweden No FIT but use other support systems mainly used focussed on increasing the use of biomethane as automotive fuel
Switzerland FIT for electricity depending on if used substrate and utilisation. Voluntary support program for biomethane injection
The Netherlands New support scheme launched in 2014 – forces renewables to compete with one another. Scheme favours large scale facilities (small scale need to demonstrate heat is utilised)
UK FITs encourage the provision of small scale low C electricity (<5MW). ROCs; RHI for heat, biogas and biomethane
Biogas data gathering
• Varies amongst countries
• Example: UK
– http://www.biogas-info.co.uk/resources/biogas-map/
Integrating IEA Bioenergy Biogas facilities map onto AREMI
http://nationalmap.gov.au/renewables/#share=s-vg5cyKt2CwHD4WDv
Next IEA Bioenergy Task 37 Business Meeting
Confirmed:
13th – 15th September, 2017
Denmark
2018 Meetings:
Meeting 1: Finland
Meeting 2: Ireland
Acknowledgements
Australia's IEA Bioenergy participation is supported by Bioenergy Australia and Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) funding from its Emerging Renewables Program.
The Bioenergy Australia Task 37 National Participation Group.
In-kind support for development of biogas survey provided by the National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba
