The role of incentivisation in the development of biomethane production, using anaerobic digestion (AD).

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This paper documents a techno-economic assessment of biomethane feedstocks from urban, rural, and coastal settings. Additionally, the effect of three upgrading technologies was investigated, ranging from commercialised systems (water scrubbing) to more advanced systems: power to gas systems employing hydrogen to capture CO2; and microalgae cultivation utilising CO2 in biogas. In total, nine scenarios were investigated based on a combination of the three feedstock groups and the three upgrading technologies. The levelized cost of energy and the incentive required to allow financial sustainability were assessed. The assessment showed that water scrubbing was the cheapest upgrading method. The optimum scenario was the combination of urban based feedstock (food waste) with water scrubbing upgrading costing 87?/MWh, equivalent to 87c/L diesel equivalent. The incentive required was 0.13 ?/m3 (or per L of diesel equivalent), however if power to gas was used to upgrade, an incentive of 0.40 ?/m3 was required. This was expected as food waste attracts a gate fee. Rural-based plants (using slurries and grasses) are expected to provide the majority of the resource however, for this to become a reality incentive in the range 0.86?1.03 ?/m3 are required.

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Dr. Karthik Rajendran
University College Cork

Brian O Gallachoir
University College Cork

Jerry Murphy
University College Cork

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Author(s)Rajendran, K. Gallachoir, O. Murphy, J.
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Publication InformationThe role of incentivisation in the development of biomethane production, using anaerobic digestion (AD).
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SAFER-Data Display URL https://eparesearch.epa.ie/safer/iso19115/display?isoID=3167
Resource Keywordstechno-economic analysis, biomethane, carbon capture, emissions reduction
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Code2016-RE-DS-6
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project ThemeWaste and Resource Management
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Number of Attached Files (Publicly and Openly Available for Download): 1
Project Start Date Thursday 1st June 2017 (01-06-2017)
Earliest Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects Wednesday 21st February 2018 (21-02-2018)
Most Recent Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects Wednesday 21st February 2018 (21-02-2018)
Published on SAFERThursday 14th February 2019 (14-02-2019)
Date of Last EditThursday 14th February 2019 at 11:54:46 (14-02-2019)
Datasets or Files Updated On Thursday 14th February 2019 at 11:50:06 (14-02-2019)

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This dataset contains the economic analysis of the 9 scenarios performed. This includes general process economics, utility analysis, raw material consumption, and profitability.
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