Optimisation of value chains for biogas production in Denmark

Meeting 30th of April 2013

Expected outcomes of this meeting:

• All participants are:– Well informed about the project– Know the objectives of each work-packages, the

methods being used and expected outcome• Collaboration between activities are

presented. • Develop a common understanding of

demands from companies involved and demands to the companies.

Agenda• 1) Welcome, Sven G. Sommer• 2) Information WP0: Overview of the project and messages

about collaboration agreement. Sven G. Sommer• 3) Presentation of work packages

– WP1: Value chain optimisation, Henrik Klinge Jacobsen & Nina Juul

– WP2: Integration and validation of models, Sven G. Sommer– WP3: Biomass analysis, Alessio Boldrin– WP4: Environmental impacts Sander Bruun & Søren O. Petersen– WP5: Logistics & economics, Michael Støckler & Lone

Abildgaard• 4) Develop a common understanding of demands from

companies involved and demands to the companies.

Project Granted financial support fromDanish Council for Strategic Research (DSF)

Project no. 12-132631.Project from - to: 01.03.2013 - 31.03.2017Studies from - to: September 13 – 31. December 2016. Grant: 19,625,092 DKKCo-funding: 4,338,303 DKK

ParticipantsUniversity of Southern Denmark (SDU), Technical University of Denmark (DTU-M)Technical University of Denmark (DTU-E)University of Copenhagen (KU-S)University of Aarhus (AU-env)Knowledge Centre for Agriculture (KCA)Fredericia Spildevand A/S (FS)Energinet-DK (E-DK)Maabjerg Energy Concept (MEC)Østfoldforskning (ØFF)Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ)Agriculture AgriFood Canada (AAFC)Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering Potsdam-Bornim (ATB)

• Collaboration Agreement: in the process of being signed.

• The homepage -ready for use. – Please send information. – Non- sensitive information in minutes from meetings

will be uploaded.• Vestfold Forskning: Norwegian EnergiX –program

support a valuechain project closely related to BioChain.

• The WP leaders have meet twice this year

Message’s

Presentation of diagrams describing activity in the wp’s.

The biogas production system

Develop a common understanding of demands from companies involved and demands to the companies.

Information and computationsInput

• Biomass – Quality assessment (DTU Miljø & SDU (WP3))• Cost – Investment (KCA (WP5)/Industry partners)• Potential amounts of biomass; (SDU (WP2); KCA & Industry (WP5))

Output• Value chain optimisation: (DTU Man (WP1))• Electricity/District heat - supply/demand: (DTU Man (WP1))• Electricity & Heat prices: (DTU Man, (WP1))• Biomass treatment cost/benefit: DTU Man (WP1) & KCA (WP5))• GHG – reduction: KU,KCA, SDU (WP4/WP5)) • Fertilizer efficiency value: (KU & KCA (WP4/WP5))

Management of biomass and of biogas plant• Running cost– Fuel, heat, electricity, transport: (KCA, &Industry partners (WP5))• Value chain computations: (DTU Man (WP1))

Processes - Biology• Emissions of GHG and nitrogen: (AU&KU&SDU (WP4))• Carbon and plant nutrient fluxes/balances: (AU&KU&SDU&DTU (WP3&4))• Carbon pool measurements: (DTU&SDU (WP3)• Biogas production model: (DTU&SDU (WP3)

BioChain workshop with international partners and advisory committee

• Wednesday the 18th September 2013 - 9:00 till Thursday the 19th of September 2013 - 13:00.

• The participants are invited to a workshop dinner Wednesday the 18th of September.