IEA BIOENERGY TASK 37: Energy from Biogas How do we shape up on the International stage? 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 Australia Biogas Workshop Parramatta 25th July, 2016; Melbourne 27th July, 2016; Gold Coast 2nd August, 2016
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Presentation Overview
• Overview of IEA Bioenergy Task 37 – Work programs and outputs
• Country Report – Summary 2015 – Reporting Australian biogas data – How do we compare with other member
countries?
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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
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Who is involved?
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) Republic of Korea Ho Kang Sweden Mattias Svensson Switzerland Urs Baier The Netherlands Mathieu Dumont United Kingdom Clare Lukehurst / Charles Banks
IEA Bioenergy Task 37…
‘…address the challenges related to the economic and environmental sustainability of biogas production’. Website: http://www.iea-biogas.net/
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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
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Publications
Web Address: www.iea-biogas.net
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Success Stories and Case Studies
Web Address: www.iea-biogas.net
Success Stories and Case Studies
Web Address: www.iea-biogas.net
Success Stories and Case Studies
Web Address: www.iea-biogas.net
The Biogas Handbook Science, production And applications 2013 http://www.woodheadpublishing.com/ en/book.aspx?bookID=2576
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2015 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
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Biogas data gathering • Varies amongst countries • Example: UK
– http://www.biogas-info.co.uk/resources/biogas-map/
2015 Country Report Summary
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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
Distribution of biogas upgrading plants
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Next IEA Bioenergy Task 37 Business Meeting Confirmed: 17th – 18th November, 2016 Venue: Toowoomba Central Plaza Apartment Hotel, Queensland Australia Held in conjunction with Bioenergy Australia Conference (14th – 16th November 2016) Brisbane Contact: A/Prof Bernadette McCabe National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture, University of Southern Queensland [email protected] | Ph: 07 4631 1623
