tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329612892024-03-18T00:29:11.147-07:00Anaerobic Digestion News<b>Watch this blog for Anaerobic Digestion News and information. This blog is unique. It is independent and carries News from all AD sources. We are not allied to any particular manufacturer or product, so you will see all the Anaerobic Digestion News here first.</b>Steve Lasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760237819154188738noreply@blogger.comBlogger609125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32961289.post-16802232853052067542022-03-06T16:13:00.003-08:002022-03-06T16:13:33.575-08:00Suppliers of Food Waste Depackaging and Separation Equipment Listed<p> Make no mistake, there have been significant advancements in food waste depackaging and separation equipment in recent years. </p><p>The industry is moving away from first-generation equipment, which consisted of repurposed machines originally designed for MSW sorting, milling, pulping, paper, and card and shredding, and toward purpose-built models that are the result of many years of innovative design.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/List-of-Food-Waste-Depackaging-and-Separation-Equipment-Suppliers-786x442.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="442" data-original-width="786" height="225" src="https://anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/List-of-Food-Waste-Depackaging-and-Separation-Equipment-Suppliers-786x442.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;">List Criteria: Depackaging and Separation Machines</h2><p>We looked for the following characteristics in the listed equipment:</p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Acceptance of a diverse range of biowastes, ranging from OFMSW (Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste) to "Out of Specification." Food-processing-industry-related products</li><li>Off-the-shelf, tried-and-true designs are preferred over one-of-a-kind, custom-designed prototype equipment.</li><li>A process philosophy which avoids creating microplastics.</li></ol><p></p><p>In contrast to suppliers who offer separate units for each function, such as bagging, the new generation of this equipmentis integrated and carries out multiple functions in a single process stage.</p><p>such as bag opening and shredding followed by separation and sometimes multiple other units</p><p>Suitability for the equipment to be used in conjunction with the anaerobic digestion process.</p><p>The best depackaging equipment will separate and capture organic packaging materials from food waste, and also separate and recycle as much of the reject material (e. g. plastics) as possible.</p><p>Subject to regulatory requirements, operators of the new generation of this equipment will be able to benefit from green credentials. These come from reclaiming the organic content of food waste and incorporating it into the highest purity quality, natural compost and sustainable soil products.</p><p>In the post CPO26 era, all businesses must not only act in a sustainable way but also make plans and publish targets to decarbonise their whole organisations by 2050 or earlier. One way to do this for any organisation which produces food waste, and even some other previously unused organic materials, is to carry out their own in-house depackaging and separation.</p><p>An example of government involvement in this process is the US Food Waste Management Program. This scheme is addressing a major issue of our time that directly affects the human and ecological balance of the environment. That is by reducing methane emissions while also creating renewable energy to displace the use of fossil fuels.</p><p>There is no doubt that climate change can be reduced by reducing food waste, and recycling more. Where unavoidable waste still occurs it makes sense to channel it back into the circular economy. </p><p>Efficiently depackaging food waste is a key component in this area.</p><p>According to the USDA, food waste represents 30 % of all American food manufactured. This can be due primarily to over-consumption in the homes and subsequently. In food production, there are evidently still many wastes generated in even the most sophisticated manufacturing facilities.</p><p>We have compiled our waste depackaging and separation equipment supplier list as a resource for all organic waste/ biowaste processors in the hope that we can assist in the selection of the most suitable equipment for their purchasing decisions.</p><p>For our list go to our <a href="https://anaerobic-digestion.com/list-of-food-waste-depackaging-and-separation-equipment-suppliers/" target="_blank">list of food waste depackaging and separation suppliers here</a>.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit the <a href="http://www.anaerobic-digestion.com">Anaerobic Digestion</a> Community web site, for the growing buzz around biogas digesters.</div>Steve Lasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760237819154188738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32961289.post-42626623603886167282022-02-25T17:08:00.002-08:002022-02-25T17:08:37.695-08:00Case Study: Digester Mixing System Increases Biogas Production by Over 40% <p>New digester mixing technology has helped a prominent food waste-to-energy plant enhance its biogas production by an average of more than 43%.</p><p>Biogas yields have been improved by Landia and Hayley Group working together closely.</p><p>Hayley Group, an engineering component supplier, was consulted about the availability of an alternative, superior mixing system for its customer's second digester; mixers that, unlike those in the first tank, would eliminate typical biogas process problems such as foam, blocking, and crusting – and in doing so, help boost the levels of methane in the gas.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Digester-Mixing-System-Increases-Biogas-Production-786x442.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="442" data-original-width="786" height="225" src="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Digester-Mixing-System-Increases-Biogas-Production-786x442.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Hayley Group’s Engineer, Rob Bentley, said:</p><p>“We constantly look to help customers improve efficiencies. This project is of particular note because, with the new, superior mixing system, the increase per cubic metre in gas from the second digester is over 40%. This is extremely encouraging, to say the least, especially when you consider that the second digester also has 10% less capacity than the older first tank”.</p><p>Visit: <a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/digester-mixing-system-increases-biogas-production/">www.blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/digester-mixing</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit the <a href="http://www.anaerobic-digestion.com">Anaerobic Digestion</a> Community web site, for the growing buzz around biogas digesters.</div>Steve Lasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760237819154188738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32961289.post-36444206170921222482022-01-23T07:51:00.003-08:002022-01-23T07:51:50.855-08:00Anaerobic Digestion Costs - The Short Answer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/anaerobic-digestion-costs-786x442.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="442" data-original-width="786" height="225" src="https://anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/anaerobic-digestion-costs-786x442.webp" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>We'll look at how much anaerobic digestion costs in general in this article. </p><p>We also go over other basic rules of thumb to assist folks who are trying to figure out <a href="https://anaerobic-digestion.com/anaerobic-digestion-cost-gate-fees/">how much a biogas digester will cost in our main article here</a>.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Capital Expense</h2><p>Depending on the size of the facility and the technology employed, a commercial microbial anaerobic digester can cost anywhere from $400,000 to $5,000,000 to develop. An anaerobic digestion plant on a farm costs about $1.2 million dollars on average.</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Operating Costs</h2><p>In 2022, a medium-sized commercial on-farm digester with 250 cows will cost around $0.30 to run all-in. Electricity sales will bring in around half of that.</p><p>Upgrading to biomethane raises costs, but in the appropriate circumstances, it can pay for itself.</p><p>Profitability in power generating is dependent on additional revenue from sources such as:</p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Entrance fees</h2><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Subsidies from the government</li><li>Sales of digestate as a natural fertiliser (liquid and fibre), bedding material (fibre), and insulating product (fibre)</li><li>On-farm or through delivery to a local greenhouse, business, or housing complex, combined heat and power (CHP) is used for home heating.</li></ul><p></p><p>It is often possible to assure the profitability of a biogas plant by creative thinking and even by coming up with a unique "out-of-the-box" solution.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjl1UZUSIgWWNaGpZXK3-yepiSpRD715L7Dd4xZsZe7engjazNIOyk-2wIzWNuUDO8KlF8dTpGo6YOVUSxJWG0AdGOqeWqHEpjjHxbV_AczcFO7agjSXeayFtyXgWKCo1KBnghSiYgT_gtpGyqnBsFyCCSLG6gf6tt3EFxBtsaa_WgajrVIqg=s818" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="818" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjl1UZUSIgWWNaGpZXK3-yepiSpRD715L7Dd4xZsZe7engjazNIOyk-2wIzWNuUDO8KlF8dTpGo6YOVUSxJWG0AdGOqeWqHEpjjHxbV_AczcFO7agjSXeayFtyXgWKCo1KBnghSiYgT_gtpGyqnBsFyCCSLG6gf6tt3EFxBtsaa_WgajrVIqg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit the <a href="http://www.anaerobic-digestion.com">Anaerobic Digestion</a> Community web site, for the growing buzz around biogas digesters.</div>Steve Lasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760237819154188738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32961289.post-40521660465569743082021-12-21T15:41:00.002-08:002021-12-21T15:44:01.654-08:00Food Waste Depackager Separator by Twister is a Breakthrough in Vortex Technology<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif", serif; font-size: 15pt;">When compared to competitors, the Twister Food Waste Depackager and Separator
is breaking into new markets thanks to its low microplastics output and low
energy consumption.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://marketersmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/89056542-thumb-500x282.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="282" data-original-width="500" height="282" src="https://marketersmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/89056542-thumb-500x282.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif", serif; font-size: 15pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif",serif; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Twister announced today that their innovative Food
Waste Depackager and Separator has been purchased by new customers in Europe
and Asia. In the increasing EU and Asian markets, the small-footprint,
low-energy-use plastic waste reprocessing facility has established itself.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif",serif; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Since 2016, it has been in the works. It's a
decentralised organic processing system with exceptional separation performance
that was recently introduced in Canada.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif",serif; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Each opened, empty, and full box is ejected. The
"Twister" effect produces clean food waste that is free of
microplastics and suitable for anaerobic digestion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif",serif; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">"We wanted something distinctive for Drycake's
Twister," explains Mark Vanderbeken, Chairman and Founder of Drycake®.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif",serif; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">"Anyone familiar with the food waste
depackaging industry will have noticed that everyone else looks to start their
depackaging and separation of source-separated organics by reducing particle
size." This is how most competing depackagers avoid congestion. They mill,
macerate, cut, or shred the plastic to make it into little pieces. Larger
pieces, on the other hand, are easier to separate than tiny ones, so why not
combine the depackaging and separation processes?"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 22.5pt; margin-top: 30pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 21pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Food Waste
Depackager Separator from Twister (TM)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif",serif; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">So DryCake went back to the drawing board and came
up with a method that doesn't require any cutting and isn't dependant on reducing
particle size by processing plastic. In actuality, they use shear forces and
vibration to open and remove biological matter in a high-speed vortex, causing
as little injury as possible while making as little microplastics as possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif",serif; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">As a result, it has established itself as a market
leader in terms of sustainability by reducing the risk of environmental damage
caused by plastic pollution. Due to rising evidence of "ocean microplastic
ingestion," which is hurting ocean plankton and the food chain that
sustains all marine life, Drycake adopted this course of action.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/w6UVflCJE7Q" width="320" youtube-src-id="w6UVflCJE7Q"></iframe></div><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif",serif; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif",serif; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Slicing, bashing, and crushing these materials
likewise consumes a lot of energy. Hammer mills, blades, and knife openers all
have moving components that wear out and need to be replaced. As a result, the
Twister only has a few moving parts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif",serif; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">"It must be preferred to avoid breaking up
plastic wrapping wherever possible."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif",serif; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Mark continued, "Then you won't manufacture
those microplastic particles in the first place."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif",serif; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">As a result, Drycake predicted that this invention
would be in high demand right away. This company has strong prospects to
disrupt the market and become the industry-standard depackager provider in
Europe and Asia, with considerable environmental benefits.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif",serif; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">On the one hand, they want to provide their clients
the option of running sustainable plastic recycling businesses, reprocessing
garbage into resin for use in new packaging as part of the "circular
economy," which is vital to averting runaway climate change. While also
providing biogas facilities with a high-quality organic paste.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://biogas-digester.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Twister-Announce-Food-Waste-Depackager-Separator-Breakthrough.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="225" src="https://biogas-digester.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Twister-Announce-Food-Waste-Depackager-Separator-Breakthrough.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif",serif; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif",serif; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">They may offer this mixture, or "organic
soup," as feedstock to anaerobic digestion plant operators, allowing them
to create renewable energy in the form of biogas refined to biomethane.
Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) is compressed biomethane that may be injected into
town and city gas mains to heat our homes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif",serif; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">It's also ideal for use as a low-emission
transportation fuel throughout the transition to hydrogen technology.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif",serif; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Twister is also a novel concept, as its target
market is larger than city/regional MRFs and ERFs (Energy Recovery Facilities/
Incinerators). The small size is ideal for several locations around a city,
reducing RCV travel distances, lowering collecting costs and emissions, and
improving food waste collection efficiency.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif",serif; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Waste collection employees will spend more time on
the street collecting rubbish and less time sat in the cabs of their RCVs en
route to the MRF ERF or transfer station as a result of the Twister unit
distribution. Drycake will also design the entire process, as well as the
facility, if necessary.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif",serif; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Twister's low energy use, low carbon footprint,
simple maintenance, and high uptime are all features they wish to impress their
clients with. It's a sound long-term investment that's also environmentally
friendly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif",serif; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">In fact, supermarkets, organisations, and
institutions that run catering facilities, as well as clients in the food and
beverage industry, may discover that purchasing just one Twister unit will help
them achieve their sustainability goals. As a consequence, their company's
carbon footprint is reduced, and they may proudly showcase their really green
achievements for years to come.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif",serif; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">It's always a risk to try anything new, but they
feel it's one worth taking. In this circumstance, not least to contribute to
the global environment's preservation and to develop a product that would help
in the attainment of Net-Zero Carbon 2050 emission targets.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21pt;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjeY8oElD3TwnFS7RMQ15SHB9S0nv4KyFUvudg0u04XJt1XEkAKfN3dKpAd4RsbCBRMpyd-GHw16df7_L3cJPfeoswYIGLPyLeEY7UmLS9AML6VFssZXksyju7u3ocx60jg_FLlsla0RwCmc4tA1dRQj21eMtN4VQDRfLlymLEyUFDrjjEyIw=s1139" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1139" height="447" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjeY8oElD3TwnFS7RMQ15SHB9S0nv4KyFUvudg0u04XJt1XEkAKfN3dKpAd4RsbCBRMpyd-GHw16df7_L3cJPfeoswYIGLPyLeEY7UmLS9AML6VFssZXksyju7u3ocx60jg_FLlsla0RwCmc4tA1dRQj21eMtN4VQDRfLlymLEyUFDrjjEyIw=w753-h447" width="753" /></a></b></div><b><br /><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 24pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21pt;"><b><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 24pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">How Twister, a vortex-based food waste depackager, Outperforms Rivals</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif",serif; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Twister Food Waste Depackager technology
accomplishes this in four different ways:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif",serif; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">1. Combining two operations into a single unit to
save energy and water.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif",serif; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">2. Reducing dependency on fossil fuels (e.g., oil),
which produce much more "greenhouse gas" carbon when things are made
from virgin plastic resins instead of recycled.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif",serif; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">3. By transforming food waste into a plastic-free
paste or slurry that may be used to power a biogas plant, which provides
sustainable energy while emitting very little net carbon dioxide. This
eliminates the need to develop oil or gas geological deposits once more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif",serif; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">4. When organic slurry is digested and applied to
agricultural land, it decreases carbon emissions by reducing the requirement
for chemical fertilisers on the part of the farmer. Traditional fertilisers are
derived from geological deposits. They need a lot of fossil fuel to extract and
transport them, therefore this notion contributes even more to environmental
preservation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 25.5pt; margin-bottom: 8.05pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 42.0pt; margin: 42pt 0cm 8.05pt; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 24pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Conclusion on the Twister Food Waste Depackager<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif",serif; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Drycake has been a global leader in separation
solutions since 1995. Since its founding, it has provided market-disrupting
process equipment and design for sustainable waste reuse, recycling, and energy
recovery on a global scale.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif",serif; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">This isn't the first time Drycake has gone against
the grain. They previously made a splash with the Plastifloat, a waste reuse
and materials recovery system for municipal and industrial wastewater. A
straightforward yet effective method for extracting plastic from liquids.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif",serif; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Drycake has grown into Europe and Asia, in addition
to previous sales in the Americas, and the Twister Food Waste Depackager is
aiming for global recognition. More information may be found in the following
article: <a href="https://biogas-digester.com/food-waste-depackager-separator-from-twister-unique-vortex-breakthrough-in-europe-asia" target="_blank"><span style="color: #00a3d9;">Vortex Depackager and Separator by
Twister</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif",serif; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Visit https://www.twisterseparator.com for more
details.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "PT Serif",serif; font-size: 15pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Also see https://drycake.com for more information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit the <a href="http://www.anaerobic-digestion.com">Anaerobic Digestion</a> Community web site, for the growing buzz around biogas digesters.</div>Steve Lasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760237819154188738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32961289.post-35224058378070034792021-07-03T12:31:00.003-07:002021-07-03T12:32:45.209-07:00Methane Mitigation – World Biogas Summit 2021 Will Be “All About Methane”<p> <span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700;">“Methane Mitigation”</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px;">which can be defined as</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700;">using the anaerobic digestion (i.e. biogas production process) to help humanity</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px;">in the fight against climate change, is the core subject announced for the</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px;"> </span><em style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">World Biogas Summit 6 -8 July 2021.</span></em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 25px;">It will be “All About Methane”!</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 25px;">Find out more by reading the ADBA Press Release reproduced below:</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 25px;"></p><hr style="background: rgb(153, 153, 153); border: 0px; box-sizing: content-box; clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; height: 2px; margin-bottom: 25px; margin-top: 25px;" /><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: grey; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">WBA Press Release 29 June 2021:</span></span><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 25px;"></p><h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #292c33; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 27px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.45; margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;">International Energy Agency and Climate and Clean Air Coalition to headline the “It's all about the methane” World Biogas Summit 2021</h3><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 25px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://anaerobic-digestion.com/wba2021" rel="nofollow" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="354" data-original-width="354" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEEj5G_XuW1nVw8F0uCL9g07GeL8Uer-3Hhyphenhyphen46kfIw0kwPOn2SfN2HUoBhbDgXcOwoSwrxt9FX1y0fYVuCC19i7iuNsfMDhDSkhOB9_DfMGnuJNCF03_4mdVATvkNo8vIXkEZr/s320/WBAConfBanner2021.jpg" /></a></div><br />Held online from 6th to 8th July, the <a href="http://www.world-biogas-summit.com/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #4082c6; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">World Biogas Summit 2021</span></a>, organised by the <a href="http://www.worldbiogasassociation.org/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #4082c6; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">World Biogas Association</a> (WBA), will feature<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"> Keisuke Sadamori, </span>Acting Deputy<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"> </span>Executive Director of the <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">International Energy Agency </span>and<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"> Drew Shindell, </span>Special Representative for Action on Methane<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">, Climate and Clean Air Coalition </span>as keynote speakers – leading an impressive line-up of eminent figures from not only the global biogas sector but also from the worlds of finance, retail and urbanism.<p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 25px;"><a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/us-biogas-tax-credits-announced/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #4082c6; text-decoration-line: none;">This year's event</a> held virtually due to the Covid-19 pandemic, will focus on how, in the build-up to COP26, AD and <a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/how-to-reduce-methane-emissions-by-our-support-of-agricultural-biogas-says-obama/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #4082c6; text-decoration-line: none;">biogas can help reduce global methane and other greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions</a>. In particular, it will explore the need to capture and recycle the 105bn tonnes of organic wastes generated by human activity every year – and turn these wastes into a valuable resource (1).</p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5185" class="wp-caption alignleft" id="attachment_5185" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; display: inline; float: left; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 20px 20px 0px; max-width: 100%; width: 325px;"><img alt="Portrait of Keisuke Sadamori - Keynote presenter" class="size-full wp-image-5185 ls-is-cached lazyloaded" data-src="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/pic-1-Keisuke-Sadamori.jpg" data-srcset="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/pic-1-Keisuke-Sadamori.jpg 325w, https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/pic-1-Keisuke-Sadamori-145x169.jpg 145w, https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/pic-1-Keisuke-Sadamori-129x150.jpg 129w" height="320" sizes="(max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px" src="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/pic-1-Keisuke-Sadamori.jpg" srcset="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/pic-1-Keisuke-Sadamori.jpg 325w, https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/pic-1-Keisuke-Sadamori-145x169.jpg 145w, https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/pic-1-Keisuke-Sadamori-129x150.jpg 129w" style="border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15) 0px 0px 5px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="275" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-5185" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 32.5px; text-align: center;">Keisuke Sadamori – Keynote presenter.</figcaption></figure><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 25px;">Entitled “It's all about the methane”, the 2021 Summit programme will review how to efficiently capture organic wastes, recover the gases and nutrients they contain and recycle them in the form of clean energy and natural <a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/biogas-digester-design-fertilizer-cost-reduced/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #4082c6; text-decoration-line: none;">fertilisers</a> – achieving GHG emissions savings, displacing fossil-based equivalents, restoring soil health and helping <a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/biogas-benefits-climate-change-peaks-2017/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #4082c6; text-decoration-line: none;">reduce the carbon footprint of hard-to-decarbonise sectors such as heat</a>, transport, agriculture and waste management – thus contributing to countries meeting their Net Zero targets.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 25px;">Ahead of his address, CCAC's Drew Shindell said: <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">“</em></p><blockquote style="background-color: white; background-image: url("https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/themes/speaker-theme/images/blockquote.png"); background-position: 15px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 19px; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.65; padding: 13px 41px; quotes: "" ""; text-align: center;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Methane mitigation is one of the most significant climate actions the world can take this decade. There are cost-effective solutions that can be implemented immediately, and the benefits far outweigh the costs. The world needs to make 2021 a ‘methane moment,’ by committing to implement policies and measures to rapidly reduce methane emissions and working to drive a decade of methane action.”</em></p></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://anaerobic-digestion.com/wba2021" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="96" data-original-width="480" height="80" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmiAjt_OS_gDXzmj0k2hQLTu0kcVMVyR1ExVHjDrm6u8rHxI0dUho6x5LlAqMZmH_XMz5jrWw9UlpRA8qcpJSAVsVC-IcVzIycySmG68d4j71ucCs03XK6UYU3UvA7Ny2nRp4L/w400-h80/WBA-Conference-Summit-Banner-2021.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><center style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px;"><b>Click on the image above to find out more!</b></center><div class="soc_one_third" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; float: left; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; height: auto; margin-right: 57.0781px; min-height: 1px; position: relative; width: 602.484px;"></div><p><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: teal; font-family: impact, chicago; font-size: 19px;">There's no Net Zero without Biogas: ending waste, delivering the circular economy, tackling the climate crisis</span><span style="background-color: white; color: teal; font-family: impact, chicago; font-size: 16px;">.</span> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit the <a href="http://www.anaerobic-digestion.com">Anaerobic Digestion</a> Community web site, for the growing buzz around biogas digesters.</div>Steve Lasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760237819154188738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32961289.post-30416716566432514562021-06-25T14:22:00.003-07:002021-06-25T14:22:50.923-07:00Use of Biomethane Decarbonises Heavy Vehicles Now - Unlike Hydrogen and Battery Power<blockquote><p><b>"Biomethane the key option to decarbonise heavy vehicles immediately";</b></p></blockquote><p> says trade body in a new publication </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggyfZTj16Gixd4to5XQ_ADX9CuG4YsaVRqmuicoBhc_MBAZ9IDaV1QLmfJCXNn9rbs83a12WskdWpvw31zJXBgkALqpalv80q5t9b-3uzXhXkMCXamI_KP0vGiqR9_H8t5Rix4/s1280/Use+of+Biomethane+Decarbonises.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggyfZTj16Gixd4to5XQ_ADX9CuG4YsaVRqmuicoBhc_MBAZ9IDaV1QLmfJCXNn9rbs83a12WskdWpvw31zJXBgkALqpalv80q5t9b-3uzXhXkMCXamI_KP0vGiqR9_H8t5Rix4/s320/Use+of+Biomethane+Decarbonises.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>Biomethane: Fuelling a Transport Revolution reviews how the anaerobic digestion and biogas industry can help decarbonise heavier modes of transport, such as trucks and buses, much sooner than electricity or hydrogen.</p><p>· The Policy Briefing report by the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) details the GHG emissions issues facing the UK transport sector and explores the solutions available for heavy goods and public transport vehicles, which alone generate 20% of current emissions per year.</p><p>· Rapid deployment of biomethane for HGVs could reduce GHG emissions by 38% over the next 10 years. Current technological barriers to powering heavy vehicles with electricity or hydrogen mean these future fuels could only cut emissions by 6% over the same period.</p><p>· Major fleet operators are already making the transition to biomethane trucks and buses.</p><p>· Fuelling HGVs with biomethane can cut well-to-wheel emissions by 80% per km driven and greatly improve air quality.</p><p>· As well as decarbonising transport, biomethane can boost an entire economic sector, with ROI for hauliers achieved within two years of operation.</p><p>Earlier this month, the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) launched a Policy Briefing report demonstrating the crucial role biomethane could play in decarbonising transport in the UK in the short-term.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghnmQRHqTYzAZeeEO4m_t2CkeLObOP2oYUZs2mUDEXbkuMqJGSPLHZ_9ERG-7yAIElZal4wN406xYH4aSCeOQU5ouD-ItR4yi3fudMuA_9ZIiB8otUyHzT_KTkxqnhmxNs7hnl/s465/UK+Emissions+by+transport+mode.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="290" data-original-width="465" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghnmQRHqTYzAZeeEO4m_t2CkeLObOP2oYUZs2mUDEXbkuMqJGSPLHZ_9ERG-7yAIElZal4wN406xYH4aSCeOQU5ouD-ItR4yi3fudMuA_9ZIiB8otUyHzT_KTkxqnhmxNs7hnl/s320/UK+Emissions+by+transport+mode.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>In the first of a series of Policy Briefing Events, the trade body presented Biomethane: Fuelling a Transport Revolution, which analyses the UK transport sector's issues and explores the options presented by electric vehicles, hydrogen and biomethane. </p><p>The research highlights the value of biomethane in providing a green fuel alternative for heavy good and public transport vehicles - immediately. Trucks and buses currently generate 20% of the UK's greenhouse gas emissions from transport, which is itself the highest GHG emitting sector in the UK (27%).</p><blockquote><p>" Transport is the most polluting sector and its GHG emissions levels have not changed over the past decade. "</p></blockquote><p>, explains Charlotte Morton, ADBA's Chief Executive. </p><blockquote><p>"Biomethane is ready to be produced, ready to be used, and can decarbonise heavy vehicles transport here and now. At time when the pollution levels exceed WHO guidelines on 97% of UK roads, we can not afford to wait 15-20 years for electricity or hydrogen solutions to become ready."</p></blockquote><p>A 2020 report by Element Energy shows that rapid deployment of biomethane for HGVs would reduce emissions by 38% over 10 years, whilst waiting for hydrogen/electric HGVs to be manufactured would deliver only 6% over the same period.</p><p>Biomethane is particularly appropriate for public transport, long-haul logistics and food distribution vehicles. Household names and cities such as ASDA, Royal Mail, Nottingham City Transport and Liverpool City Council are already making the transition for their delivery fleets and buses.</p><p>The report reveals that fuelling HGVs with biomethane can cut well-to-wheel emissions by 80% per km driven, compared to diesel, and that the Return On Investment (ROI) for fleet operators is achieved within two years.</p><blockquote><p>"Using biomethane as a transport fuel is an immediate “no regrets” option that not only contributes to significant cuts in GHG emissions from HGVs, but also stimulates continued growth in the UK biomethane sector." </p></blockquote><p>says Philip Fjeld, CEO of CNG-Fuels. </p><blockquote><p>"As the refuelling network expands across the UK, biomethane as a transport fuel will become a win-win solution that is available to all hauliers and that continues to reduce the carbon footprint of a sector that has always been seen as very hard to decarbonise".</p></blockquote><p>With the launch of the CNHi Biomethane tractor and small scale on-site methanation units, agriculture could be the next sector to benefit from the availability of biomethane to reduce its GHG emissions. The biomethane sector is therefore primed to play an increasingly crucial role in helping the UK achieve its Net Zero targets by 2030.</p><p><a href="https://adbioresources.org/newsroom/transport-biomethane-fuelling-a-transport-revolution/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD THE ADBA POLICY BRIEFING</a></p><p>Biomethane: Fuelling the Transport Revolution</p><p>- ENDS -</p><p><a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/use-of-biomethane-decarbonises-heavy-vehicles/">Read full post at the AD Blog here.</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit the <a href="http://www.anaerobic-digestion.com">Anaerobic Digestion</a> Community web site, for the growing buzz around biogas digesters.</div>Steve Lasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760237819154188738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32961289.post-83428878802862685832021-03-30T16:39:00.000-07:002021-03-30T16:39:27.523-07:00World Will Fail Climate Targets Unless Organic-Waste Methane is Cut Now – WBA Report<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/World-Will-Fail-Climate-Targets-786x442.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="442" data-original-width="786" height="225" src="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/World-Will-Fail-Climate-Targets-786x442.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>The World will fail to meet promised Paris 2015 Accord Climate Targets unless action is taken now to reduce organic-waste methane emissions. </p><p>Globally all governments must act now to start cutting highly damaging methane emissions from the breakdown of organic waste now, or they will be by default simply abandoning their pledges – is our interpretation of the latest WBA report just published.</p><p>All those hard-won ‘Paris Accord' promises will simply go for nothing and the fervent hope of all people, especially the young, that global warming can be defeated will be hit a body blow. </p><p>That's because although carbon dioxide (CO2) is most often talked of as the climate-changing gas most worrying, methane (for a long while quoted to be 32 times worse – but is now known to be 85 times1 worse due to it's longer persistence in the atmosphere. </p><p>Read our full article including the Press Release by the World Biogas Association in full here:</p><p><a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/world-will-fail-climate-targets-unless-organic-waste-methane-is-cut/">https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/world-will-fail-climate-targets-unless-organic-waste-methane-is-cut/</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit the <a href="http://www.anaerobic-digestion.com">Anaerobic Digestion</a> Community web site, for the growing buzz around biogas digesters.</div>Steve Lasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760237819154188738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32961289.post-8752723388762628392021-02-14T12:04:00.002-08:002021-02-14T12:06:10.176-08:00Biogas Analysis and Gas Quality Monitoring of Anaerobic Digestion ProcessesBiogas analysis and maximizing the efficiency of anaerobic digestion plants are gaining more attention as the anaerobic digestion industry matures. If you are seeking to find out more about this topic, read-on because this article is for you!<div><br /><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2909" class="wp-caption alignleft" id="attachment_2909" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; display: inline; float: left; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 20px 20px 0px; max-width: 100%; width: 300px;"><a href="https://anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/technician-monitoring-sample.jpg" style="background-color: initial; box-sizing: inherit; color: #4082c6; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="Technician gas analysis - studying monitoring results." class="wp-image-2909 size-medium ls-is-cached lazyloaded" data-src="https://anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/technician-monitoring-sample-300x186.jpg" data-srcset="https://anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/technician-monitoring-sample-300x186.jpg 300w, https://anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/technician-monitoring-sample-150x93.jpg 150w, https://anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/technician-monitoring-sample.jpg 650w" height="186" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/technician-monitoring-sample-300x186.jpg" srcset="https://anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/technician-monitoring-sample-300x186.jpg 300w, https://anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/technician-monitoring-sample-150x93.jpg 150w, https://anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/technician-monitoring-sample.jpg 650w" style="border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15) 0px 0px 5px; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="300" /></a><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-2909" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 30px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/technician-monitoring-sample.jpg" style="background-color: initial; box-sizing: inherit; color: #4082c6; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 10px;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">CC BY by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/acwa" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: initial; box-sizing: inherit; color: #4082c6; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">PEO, </a></em></span></figcaption></figure>With the rapidly increasing global awareness that the world must decarbonize or suffer huge problems and costs as a result of unrestrained global warming, biogas is in rising demand as a valuable energy source. However, the highest prices are only available for top quality biogas with a consistently high calorific value after upgrading (purification). To do that operators need to pay close attention to the quality of the digester off-gas. The way to do that is through biogas analysis<br /><br />Thankfully, robust and low-cost biogas analysis sensors are available from a number of manufacturers for controlling the various biogas quality upgrading processes. The development of these devices specifically tailored to the biogas industry has been essential. But, there has been great progress, and biogas plants are now able to work much more effectively than before. The challenge for the equipment specifier is to match the available biogas analysis products for the scale, robustness, and accuracy to suit every application.<br /><br />Many devices combine the functions of biogas flow measurement with quality monitoring systems for a wide variety of needs. There is often a requirement that the biogas analysis device includes, not only a capability to measure the main constituents of biogas, but also the lower concentrations, and even trace-level contaminants.<figure class="wp-caption alignleft" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; display: inline; float: left; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 20px 20px 0px; max-width: 100%; width: 360px;"><a href="https://anaerobic-digestion.com/downloads/free-downloads/biogas-analysis" style="background-color: initial; box-sizing: inherit; color: #4082c6; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="Link to the Biogas Analysis and Gas Quality Monitoring pdf version." class="lazyloaded" data-src="https://anaerobic-digestion.com/downloads/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/biogas-analyzers-cover3d-flat-480.png" height="490" src="https://anaerobic-digestion.com/downloads/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/biogas-analyzers-cover3d-flat-480.png" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="360" /></a><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 35.9943px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://anaerobic-digestion.com/downloads/free-downloads/biogas-analysis" style="background-color: initial; box-sizing: inherit; color: #4082c6; text-decoration-line: none;"></a>In a Hurry? Want to keep this page on your device for later? Click on the image to download the pdf version.</figcaption></figure><div><br /></div>The need to continuously measure methane (CH4) and <a href="https://anaerobic-digestion.com/biogas-and-anaerobic-digestion/uses-of-biogas/">carbon dioxide (CO2)</a>, can be joined with a need for analysis of the low percentages of CO, H2S, N2, O2, which can also be found in the biogas composition depending on the nature of the process it originates from.<p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 25px;">There are special requirements for the analysis of biogas which is produced as <a href="https://anaerobic-digestion.com/biogas-and-anaerobic-digestion/difference-biogas-landfill-gas/">landfill gas</a>, and the additional contaminants often found in that form of biogas. For that reason, we have devoted a section of this article to landfill gas analysis. Scroll down and read that if you are seeking information about landfill biogas analysis.<br /><br />In the paragraphs which follow we provide more info on biogas analysers or general use. Biogas plant operators need economical, versatile, and reliable biogas analysis. Whether dealing with <a href="https://anaerobic-digestion.com/make-money-from-farm-biogas-plants/">biogas plants</a>, landfills, sewage treatment plants, and in some circumstances even composting plants. Some are fixed units, and some are mobile, and products are even available that are a combination of a stationary unit and mobile gas measuring device enables.<br /><br />Today, like never before there are comprehensive professional biogas process control and optimization devices available for purchase. REad more here:<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Poppins;"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span><a href="https://anaerobic-digestion.com/biogas-analysis/" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px;">https://anaerobic-digestion.com/biogas-analysis/</a></p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit the <a href="http://www.anaerobic-digestion.com">Anaerobic Digestion</a> Community web site, for the growing buzz around biogas digesters.</div>Steve Lasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760237819154188738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32961289.post-77792519758972313832020-12-06T06:03:00.001-08:002020-12-06T06:12:11.750-08:002020 A Lost Year for New Anaerobic Digestion in the UK<p> </p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/2020-a-lost-year-for-new-ad-in-the-uk/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="UK anaerobic digestion 2020 lost year" border="0" data-original-height="411" data-original-width="730" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiejcm1ZjioRsjP0NbHpqPBs8mGv2zSALJW7vmGRFhIR1raNJP70QMsUMBzPLoNd_ZiGkk4YMLwdnfnKbPkoURBjr-fbnl1BdZ5VDYYM224x5MG0V_YNeLsW845sxropbpKYMoW/w400-h225/2020+anaeobic+digestions+lost+year730w.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />2020 has been a lost year for new anaerobic digestion plant capacity in the UK.<br /><br /><br /><br />A few years ago there were UK biogas plants starting construction at the rate of at least two a month, and the industry was even then disappointed and thought the rate should be higher. It was hoped that at least in 2020 with the UK's Brexit departure set in stone at year's end, the UK industry might return (later in the year) to the rate of progress seen pre-2016.<br /><br />It was in 2016 that the withdrawal of most UK government support for the technology began to stall new project starts which had been running at double that rate or higher for several years. Many will blame the COVID-19 pandemic for the poor performance this year, but in other industries such as in the UK wind-powered energy sector, turbine construction activity has continued.<br /><br />In the last 2 to 3 years the UK government has made increasingly encouraging announcements about supporting the production of renewable energy production in areas of high potential such as the AD industry. But action seems to have been almost entirely lacking.<br /><br />It seems that while Brexit talks continue to occupy the cabinet, much more important UK decisions will continue un-resolved, let alone will any real progress be made:<br />on climate change pledges, and<br />the benefits offered by a vibrant biogas industry.<br />The industry can also, let's not forget, generate many jobs at a time when these are so badly needed. At least 20 UK AD plants must be sitting with planning permission granted, and can surely be “shovel ready” in no time if only decisions are made to return confidence to the UK AD sector.<br /><br />But, we are not about to let other European governments off the hook here. Their renewable energy performance when judged against the promises made during the Paris Accord 2015, and general statements made subsequently toward Net-Zero 2050 goals is also very disappointing.<br /><br />To make our point more clearly, we are pleased to be able to republish the following article which explains the above statement and was first featured in the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">[RE]fuel Report</a>, Issue 156, on 30 November:<br /><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 25px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #999999; font-size: 14px;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">[RE]fuel Article Starts:</span></em></span></p><hr style="background-color: #e5e5e5; border: 0px; box-sizing: content-box; clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; height: 1px; margin-bottom: 25px;" /><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #292c33; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 30px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.45; margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;">EU countries remain far behind FQD requirements, EEA data shows</h2><br /><b>EU countries remain far behind on their requirement to reduce the intensity of greenhouse gases in the fuel they produce by 6% versus the 2010 level by the end of this year, according to figures released by the European Environment Agency in late November.</b><br /><br />Although worrying, the figures are lagging and it will be two years from now before it is clear that countries have fallen short of the end-2020 deadline.<br /><br />Figures published by the European Environment Agency (EEA) for 2018, the year that the most recent data is available, show that nearly all Member States are well behind Fuel Quality Directive (FQD) requirements, with data for the EU as a whole in 2018 showing that the greenhouse gas intensity of fuels across the EU have fallen by 3.7% compared to the 2010 baseline, mostly due to<br />the use of biofuels.<blockquote><div>“Progress varied greatly across Member States, but almost all need to take swift action to meet the 2020 target of 6%,”</div></blockquote><div><br />the EEA said in a statement to accompany the data.<br /><br />The EEA said the fall in emission intensity of road transport fuels between 2017 and 2018 can be attributed mainly to a rise (from 4.5% to 5.2%) in the proportion of biofuels used, because biofuels<br />have a lower emission intensity than fossil fuels.<br /><br />However, the heavy reliance on crop-based biofuels that year partly offset the benefits that could have been achieved, namely a 4% rather than a 3.7% reduction in emission intensity by 2018, the Commission added.</div><div><blockquote>“This increase in biofuel emission intensity was due to an increase in the use of oil crops, which generally have a higher emission intensity than other feedstocks, in biofuel production.”</blockquote></div><div>Compliance with the 6% FQD does not consider emissions from indirect land-use change (ILUC) but the EEA said that if ILUC is taken into account, the average GHG emission intensity of fuels consumed in 2018 is only 2.1% lower than in 2010.<br /><br />[RE]fuel Article Ends:<hr style="background-color: #e5e5e5; border: 0px; box-sizing: content-box; clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; height: 1px; margin-bottom: 25px;" /><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 25px;">It is clear that <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">most of the reduction has been gained from crop-based biofuels</span>, and this is itself a form of fuel production which although renewable by its general nature has been heavily criticized and is being phased-out globally due to the fact that:</p><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; list-style: square; margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;"><li style="box-sizing: inherit;">while it is undoubtedly a lower carbon-emitting energy source than fossil fuel sources, including natural gas, it isn't particularly low carbon-emitting</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;">government subsidies for crop-based biofuels have been heavily criticized for their suspected perverse effect in raising food prices. In principle, how can it make sense for governments which say they intend to keep food prices low, to continue to subsidize farmers to take a food crop (often maize -sweetcorn) off the food market to use it to make fuel?</li></ul><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 25px;">The UK biogas industry, in particular, which produces a low output of crop-based biofuels which in recent years is considered to amount to no more than a 1% use of the national maize crop is <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">tired of being roundly criticised for the use of food crops in this way.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 25px;">While some older farms in the UK continue to use some food crop in their feed mix, those are operations set-up many years ago and are grandfathered in upon funding agreements due to end in the next few years. Those AD plants are <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">a small and diminishing part of the UK industry</span>.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 25px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">For many years</span> the <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">UK AD industry has been an industry </span>based upon the use of AD technology to <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">process all forms of waste biomass</span>, and when maize is used as a feedstock it is used in such a way that the waste (stalks, leaves etc.) form the feed for the biogas process.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 25px;">Let's be clear, the <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">global biogas industry projections</span> by bodies such as ADBA and the WBA for the contribution of up to 11% contibution (which we have reported previously here) that biogas can make to reducing carbon emissions from transport before 2050,<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"> are</span> <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">based upon biodegradable waste biomass feedstocks, and not food crops</span>.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 25px;">To explain this more fully, the energy industry distinguishes between the many sources of biofuel through the <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">concept of “generations of biofuels”</span>. Read on to find out more:</p><hr style="background-color: #e5e5e5; border: 0px; box-sizing: content-box; clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; height: 1px; margin-bottom: 25px;" /><h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #292c33; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 27px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.45; margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;">What are Crop Based Biofuels?</h3></div><blockquote>Crop Based Biofuels are first-generation biofuels<b></b>.</blockquote>These are fuels made from food crops grown on arable land. The crop's sugar, starch, or oil content is converted into biodiesel or ethanol, using transesterification, or yeast fermentation.<div></div><div>via <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">Wikipedia</a></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #292c33; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 27px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #292c33; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 27px;">What Generation of Biofuels are Destined for Use in Producing Biogas and by Upgrading to Become Biomethane?</span><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 25px;">Those fuels will be the <span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">second generation biofuels</span></span> using current and future <a href="https://anaerobic-digestion.com/the-anaerobic-digestion-process/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #4082c6; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">anaerobic digestion process</a> technologies.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 25px;">Wikipedia defines second generation biofuels as:</p><blockquote style="background-color: white; background-image: url("images/blockquote.png"); background-position: 15px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 19px; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.65; padding: 13px 41px; quotes: "" ""; text-align: center;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px;">Second-generation biofuels are fuels made from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lignocellulosic_biomass" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #4082c6; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="Lignocellulosic biomass">lignocellulosic</a> or woody biomass, or agricultural residues/waste. The feedstock used to make the fuels either grow on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arable_land" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #4082c6; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="Arable land">arable land</a> <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">but are byproducts of the main crop, or they are grown on marginal land</span>. Second-generation feedstocks include straw, bagasse, perennial grasses, jatropha, waste vegetable oil, municipal solid waste and so forth.</p></blockquote><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 25px;">There are also third and fourth generation biofuels the technologies for which are not so far advanced in their development.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 25px;"><img alt="Image with text: "2020 anaerobic digestions lost year"." class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4747 ls-is-cached lazyloaded" data-src="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2020-anaeobic-digestions-lost-year730w.jpg" data-srcset="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2020-anaeobic-digestions-lost-year730w.jpg 730w, https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2020-anaeobic-digestions-lost-year730w-300x169.jpg 300w, https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2020-anaeobic-digestions-lost-year730w-200x113.jpg 200w" height="411" sizes="(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px" src="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2020-anaeobic-digestions-lost-year730w.jpg" srcset="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2020-anaeobic-digestions-lost-year730w.jpg 730w, https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2020-anaeobic-digestions-lost-year730w-300x169.jpg 300w, https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2020-anaeobic-digestions-lost-year730w-200x113.jpg 200w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; display: block; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="730" /></p><hr style="background-color: #e5e5e5; border: 0px; box-sizing: content-box; clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; height: 1px; margin-bottom: 25px;" /><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #292c33; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 30px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.45; margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;">Conclusion</h2><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 25px;">We hope that the sections following the [RE]fuel article above explain fully the fact that <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">most of the reduction so far in carbon emissions by European nations has not been from anaerobic digestion</span> and the use of upgraded biogas production (<a href="https://anaerobic-digestion.com/biomethane-gas-to-grid/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #4082c6; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">biomethane</a>).</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 25px;">It is <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">hoped that government actions throughout the globe will soon begin to remedy this</span> by encouraging investment in their anaerobic digestion industries.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; font-family: Poppins; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 25px;">This post was <a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/2020-a-lost-year-for-new-ad-in-the-uk/" target="_blank">originally published in the Anaerobic Digestion Blog</a>.</p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit the <a href="http://www.anaerobic-digestion.com">Anaerobic Digestion</a> Community web site, for the growing buzz around biogas digesters.</div>Steve Lasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760237819154188738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32961289.post-38537395601332522732020-11-07T15:49:00.000-08:002020-11-07T15:49:01.179-08:00In Sub-Saharan Africa Biogas Can Be A Replacement for Fossil Fuels<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtclJrcQYjA-V_QzFfwvOQmQsnxcAs1DIRo7YO1xJxVFHRZysxtdUhfHiw3K-lKCXh6ubuxf_UkXWKMZ18GCd7f8nYgaWkTsYnGtldRIvQ1OUcxQw3-RtTELNP0Bb4z0j5NcTC/s730/biogas+in+sub-saharan+Africa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="411" data-original-width="730" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtclJrcQYjA-V_QzFfwvOQmQsnxcAs1DIRo7YO1xJxVFHRZysxtdUhfHiw3K-lKCXh6ubuxf_UkXWKMZ18GCd7f8nYgaWkTsYnGtldRIvQ1OUcxQw3-RtTELNP0Bb4z0j5NcTC/w640-h360/biogas+in+sub-saharan+Africa.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Biogas can have a central role in the replacement of fossil fuels in Sub-Saharan Africa and in providing affordable and clean energy as identified in the 2030 UN SDG 7.</p><p>Uniquely, biogas has a role in:</p><ul><li style="text-align: center;"><strong><img alt="Image shows the key global issues and biogas, to explain How Biogas Can Be A Replacement for Fossil Fuels in Sub-Saharan Africa." class="alignleft size-full wp-image-4725" height="346" src="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/key-global-issues-and-biogas.jpg" width="425" /></strong></li><li><strong>Environmental Security</strong>: being a cleaner fuel by far than the burning of fossil fuel so air pollution is reduced</li><li><strong>Economic Security: </strong>reducing climate change and global warming due to its much-reduced greenhouse gas emissions and helping prevent the worst ravages upon crop production and human life with the resulting enormous cost to economic security throughout the region</li><li><strong>Energy Security:</strong> by providing reliable and low-cost energy day and night from multiple distributed generation sources, biogas plants contribute to energy security</li><li><strong>National Security:</strong> replacing fossil fuels can assist with providing jobs for and feeding the rising global population forecast to reach 9 Billion by 2050 (UN) which itself is essential for the maintenance of a stable society. National security requires a stable economy to pay for the police and army which can only exist when adequately supported by tax revenues.</li></ul><p>The diagram above illustrates the inter-relationship between biogas and the 3 essential components of any civilized nation and the energy security which renewable biogas energy can provide. Biogas energy lies at the very heart of all three through its contribution to energy security and is required before any of the other forms of security can be achieved.</p><h2>The Urgent Need to Decarbonize Every Economic Sector in Sub-Sharan Africa</h2><p>Each of the following economic sectors presents a special challenge if society is to succeed in its aim for Net Zero Carbon Dioxide Emission to the Atmosphere by 2050:</p><ul><li>Power and Electricity</li><li>Transport Fuel (land, sea and air)</li><li>Heat transfer (cookers, boilers)</li><li>Agriculture (compost, manure, crop residuals)</li><li>Waste management (landfills).</li></ul><p>The Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association has been attributed with the quotation which says it all: “There is no net-zero emissions without biogas” (EU).</p><h2>What Is Biogas And What Are Its Benefits?</h2><p style="text-align: center;"><strong><img alt="A composition table for biogas." class="alignleft size-full wp-image-4728" height="443" src="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/composition-table-for-biogas.jpg" width="175" /></strong></p><p>Biogas comprises 50 to 75% methane typically when produced plus Carbon Dioxide and small traces of Nitrogen, Hydrogen, Hydrogen Sulphide, and Oxygen. See image.</p><p>The benefits of biogas production are many and varied, as follows:</p><ol><li>It is a low carbon emission fuel source which can be used at the point of creation or after transportation, for cooking heating and power creation.</li><li>Waste biomass used for its production is used locally to produce biogas. This means that it is inherently a distributed energy source. When each biogas plant is located across the grid area, and power is fed into the grid locally, power line losses are low as the distance to the point of use is short., This contrasts with large output regional power stations where the energy is distributed from a single location. Much of the power must be transported long distances with consequently large power losses (up to approximately 30%). In this way, biogas has an energy efficiency advantage of large fossil fuel power stations.</li><li>The process of anaerobic digestion which produces biogas produces an output (known as digestate) which is a natural fertilizer. Therefore, biogas use with the resulting fertilizer production displaces chemical fertilizers, which entail high carbon emissions in order to produce them.</li><li>Using the fertilizer provides for the recycling of nutrients essential for the long-term health of soils, and by not adding those nutrients to landfills the damaging emissions of methane escaping from landfills are reduced.</li><li>For the nations of sub-Saharan Africa which have little or none of their own fossil fuels to use, creating power at home reduces the need to import energy. This has a beneficial effect on their economies as they no longer forced to spend as much of their hard-won foreign exchange on energy imports.</li><li>Decentralized biogas electricity generation means that populations remote from the grid and small communities which cannot afford the costs of grid connection can electrify their homes, farms, and business premises through self-help. This has the benefit of speeding up the connection of rural dwellings to electricity sources.</li><li>Rural farming receives a welcome boost when a biogas plant is commissioned because much of the wealth created remains within the community. This cannot fail but boost incomes locally and provide rewarding employment for the skilled labour force needed to run and maintain each biogas plant.</li></ol><h2>Specific Challenges Experienced in Sub-Saharan Africa</h2><p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Map of Sub Saharan Africa." class="alignleft size-full wp-image-4726" height="434" src="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Sub-Saharan-Africa-map.jpg" width="455" /></p><p>The region is characterized economically by huge unemployment and low GDP. Despite the low rainfall of parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, this represents a huge potential in terms of the available biomass which could be used in the anaerobic digestion process if fully developed.</p><p>At the moment too much of the region’s export income is spent on energy import, and most must buy in fuel from abroad. This is a huge burden, for example, over 50% of its transport fuels are imported currently. Increases in home-made energy production through new biogas plant output is desperately needed to reduce reliance on imported fuel. The money released to the exchequer of these nations could then be used to put right a legacy of poor infrastructural development which daily results in the spread of lethal diseases. Such domestic problems in Sub-Saharan Africa tend to result in unrest which all too often spills over into wars.</p><p>Biogas supplied straight from landfill or fermentation chambers can be used as fuel for cooking or heating; however, this is mostly seen in developing countries, such as India or Bangladesh. For biogas to be used as fuel in engines, it must be refined, i.e. purified from unwanted components, so that it consists of 96–98% methane.</p><p>This is of course achieved through chemical processes, such as absorption and adsorption. Once biogas is refined, i.e. converted to biomethane that has practically the same composition as the gas used in cookers, it can be compressed and used for various purposes, such as fuel for motor vehicles. via <a href="https://euinmyregion.blogactiv.eu/2016/07/04/biogas-buses-are-the-green-solution-for-cities/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">euinmyregion.blogactiv.eu</a></p><p>Biogas methane (<a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/pipeline-quality-gas-biomethane-gas-to-grid/">biomethane</a>) is ideally suited for <a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/advantages-of-biogas-decarbonising-transport/">use as a transport fuel</a> with trucks available on the market which run reliably on purified and compressed biogas.</p><p>The range of a biogas bus is up to 250 miles - the same as a diesel bus. Reading Buses and Stagecoach both have their own compressed natural gas (CNG) refuelling stations and Nottingham City Transport will operate one from next year. via <a href="https://www.scania.com/uk/en/home/experience-scania/features/biogas-buses.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.scania.com</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Image text: "Biogas in Sub-Saharan Africa"." class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-4731" height="225" src="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/biogas-in-sub-saharan-Africa-300x169.jpg" width="400" /><br /><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">With financial support from the Swedish government, between 2006 and 2009 Skånetrafiken introduced 140 buses fuelled by a combination of natural gas and biogas to its network, making it the public transport company with the largest number of gas-fuelled buses in Sweden.</p><p>Since then the company has bought a further 300 gas-fuelled buses, which means that more than half of its fleet of 1,000 buses now runs on gas. These new buses already produce far fewer emissions of carbon dioxide than traditional diesel-fuelled buses but Skånetrafiken now wants to go further and has pledged that its entire fleet of buses will operate entirely on biogas by 2020. via <a href="https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/ex/sustainablecitiescollective/europes-biggest-biogas-bus-fleet-wallander-homeland/223196/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.smartcitiesdive.com</a></p><h2>Biogas as a Raw Material Replacement for Oil</h2><p>Biomethane can be used as the raw material instead of oil for many chemicals and plastic production. Methane is the precursor organic compound from which oil, products are produced in oil refineries. It is produced from fossil fuel oil as producer gas and can be a replacement organic material for most fossil fuel-based oil use.</p><p>Once again, biogas production particularly well matches the need of all Sub-Saharan nations to reduce imports. This could mean that a large proportion of foreign exchange currently being spent on oil as the raw material for refineries, could also be moved into each nation’s economy.</p><h2>Conclusion - How Biogas Can Be A Replacement for Fossil Fuels in Sub-Saharan Africa</h2><p>The potential for biogas in the Sub-Sharan Region is exceptionally large and the <a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/benefits-of-biogas/">benefits of biogas</a> production also closely match the most pressing needs of the area.</p><p>If governments will recognize the true merits of full implementation of biogas production from the anaerobic digestion process and provide initial help to develop the local <a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/us-moving-forward-act-biogas-industry/">biogas industry</a> the resulting benefits will be enormous.</p><p>Plus, doing so simultaneously moves the biogas adopting nations toward a much-reduced rate of carbon emissions. This can, in turn, allow them to make big strides toward the goals globally set for reducing all carbon emissions (the emissions which raise <a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/farm-digesters-and-reduction-of-greenhouse-gas-emissions/">Greenhouse Gas</a> levels) to “Net -Zero” by 2050.</p><hr /><p>[soc_panel color="orange"]This article is based upon a presentation given by Dr Vincent Ifeanyi Okudoh, Bioresources Engineering Research Group (BioERG), Department of Biotechnology, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, <a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/anaerobic-digestion-in-south-africa-vast-untapped-renewable-resources/">South Africa</a> at the WBA Biogas Summit 2020.[/soc_panel]</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit the <a href="http://www.anaerobic-digestion.com">Anaerobic Digestion</a> Community web site, for the growing buzz around biogas digesters.</div>Steve Lasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760237819154188738noreply@blogger.com0Haut-Lomami, Democratic Republic of the Congo-7.7052751999999991 24.9042208-40.379488197185935 -10.252029199999999 24.968937797185934 60.060470800000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32961289.post-11910576726536774092020-09-09T12:36:00.002-07:002020-09-09T12:36:43.791-07:00Home Cooking with Gobar Gas - Biogas Stoves for Small Scale Digesters<p>An in-depth article about <strong>biogas stoves</strong>, covering everything for small scale digesters and home cooking with what in India is known as <span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">gobar gas</span>. Read on for the info on biogas stoves:</p><div class="col-sm-12 col-md-6" style="float: center; margin: 2px; padding: 5px;"><div style="border: 1px solid #C0C0C0; padding-left: 10px; width: 90%;"><h4>On This Page</h4><ol><li><a href="#1">What is a Biogas Stove?</a></li><li><a href="#2">Stoves for Small Scale and Home Biogas</a></li><li><a href="#3">Potential Improvements From Biogas Stoves</a></li><li><a href="#4">Domestic Appliances Running on Biogas</a></li><li><a href="#5">Cost of household biogas systems</a></li><li><a href="#6">Using a Biogas Stove</a></li><li><a href="#7">Using a Regular LPG Stove</a></li><li><a href="#8">How to Modify a Normal LPG Stove to Run on Biogas</a></li><li><a href="#9">LPG Stoves Versus Biogas Stoves</a></li><li><a href="#10">Methane Used in Puxin Biogas Stove</a></li><li><a href="#11">Puxin Biogas Oven</a></li><li><a href="#13">Biogas Fuel Stove with Single Burner</a></li></ol></div></div><h2 id="1">What is a Biogas Stove?</h2><p>A biogas stove is a specially adapted, stainless steel, countertop, or built-in, biogas fuelled stove.</p><p>Using a stove which is either intended or modified, to run on biogas (gobar gas) is the easiest method for home and small scale, biogas digester beginners. These stoves are small, most have no more than two burner rings, and are often portable. They can usually be positioned as needed in order to accommodate other kitchen appliances on the countertop.</p><p>They are most often manufactured from stainless steel or cast-iron. Some can be used as a built-in single burner stove specially adapted to cook with biogas. One brand of biogas stove is designed to slide into a stove range or be built into a countertop and is perfect for those who have limited kitchen space.</p><p>Biogas is the gaseous product of breaking down organic matter in the absence of oxygen (see "<a href="https://anaerobic-digestion.com">Anaerobic Digestion</a>"). It can be used to meet the energy need for cooking and baking in individual households as well as in small businesses.</p><p>Stoves and ovens for biogas application are similar to conventional appliances that run on commercial fuels such as butane and propane. However, special modifications (particularly in the design of the burners) are required in order to ensure proper combustion and the efficient use of energy.</p><p>At this website, we have received so many queries regarding the non-availability of Biogas Stoves, and we are not quite sure why so few are on the market for sale. We assume that the reason is that the demand for biogas stoves is so low compared with other fuels that stores do not consider it worthwhile to stock them. It is difficult to buy biogas stoves both in rural areas and in big cities.</p><img alt="Close up of one of the biogas stoves discussed." class="wp-image-4662 size-full" height="535" src="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/biogas-stove-e1599516643831.jpg" width="467" /> <br />CC BY by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/gtzecosan" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sustainable sanitation</a><p>However, not many people are aware that you can use a normal LPG stove to run on biogas with simple modifications. In fact, you will not find much difference if you look at both an LPG Stove and a Biogas Stove normally.</p><p>Most of these conventional appliances can be adapted for the use with biogas by the modification of the burners to ensure proper combustion and <a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/renewable-natural-gas-rng-hgv-us/">efficient use of energy</a>.</p><p>Several grassroots and nonprofit organizations (such as Heifer International and it's partners) have in recent years started biogas fueled stove manufacturing projects to allow people in impoverished communities to have a sustainable way to cook their food and <a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/landia-pasteurizers-delivered-to-romanian-wte-biogas-plant/">heat their homes</a>.</p><h2 id="2">Stoves for Small Scale and Home Biogas</h2><p>By far the biggest demand for biogas stoves comes from the millions of small scale domestic and smallholding type biogas plants ranging in design from digesters based upon oil drum sized vessels all the way up to the community (e.g. village) <a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/anaerobic-digestion-in-south-africa-vast-untapped-renewable-resources/">biodigesters</a> built in-pits with masonry walls and covers.</p><p>The gas pressure at which these stoves must operate is low and highly variable, and the same goes for the proportion of methane present.</p><p>One thing that doesn't change though, is that biogas burns over a narrow range of mixtures containing 9 to 17 per cent of biogas in the air. If the burning flame has too much gas, the burn will be poor and incomplete, giving off poisonous carbon monoxide and contain a lot of soot particles. via <a href="https://www.build-a-biogas-plant.com/biogas-stove-design/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">babiogas</a></p><p>A good biogas stove design aims to maximize the conversion of methane and to reduce unburned methane and soot from incomplete combustion. For this reason, a biogas stove design should burn on the lean side with a small amount of air to avoid the flame becoming rich. In a good biogas stove design, the <a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/anaerobic-digester-plant-explosion-blamed-on-gas-storage-epdm-failure/">air is mixed with the gas</a> prior to when it is burned to ensure the correct air-gas mix is obtained. There are other problems to solve which are known as:</p><ul><li>lighting back,</li><li>flame lift,</li><li>pressure drop at the burner manifold.</li></ul><p>A successful biogas stove design must avoid those problems and deliver the flame where the heat of combustion can efficiently conduct its warmth into the cooking vessel.</p><h2><img alt="Cooking on a biogas stove." class="size-full wp-image-4645 alignleft" height="500" src="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cooking-on-a-biogas-stove_500sq.jpg" width="500" /><br />Potential Improvements from Biogas Stoves</h2><p>Stoves and ovens using biogas have the potential to improve the wellbeing of marginalised people. They offer an excellent opportunity to put an end to the <a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/benefits-of-biogas/">indoor air pollution</a> generated in the kitchens of many poor families around the world, as well as <a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/anaerobic-digestion-in-wastewater-treatment/">treating organic waste</a> that commonly represents health and environmental threats.</p><p>Local manufacturers of biogas stoves are, therefore, emerging in many countries. There appears to be significant potential to improve the combustion efficiency and overall quality of the stoves which are currently being offered on the market. It is hoped that as sales increase competition will become greater and the sellers with then match the quality of today's <a href="https://www.bestgasstove.in/best-gas-stove-brands-in-india/">best gas stove brands</a>.</p><h4 id="4">Domestic Appliances Running on Biogas</h4><p>As a gaseous fuel, biogas can be used for many domestic tasks. A common practice is the adaptation of commercial appliances that originally ran on fossil fuel gases, such as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) or natural gas.</p><p>Biogas from small digesters may contain carbon dioxide and water vapour and is at low pressure flows out of burner holes. It flows through stoves with less volition and therefore has a lower calorific value than LPG (or natural gas) and therefore cannot be used to run normal LPG gas appliances. Regular appliances can be modified to run on biogas by enlarging apertures (theoretically a simple process, but a lot more tricky in practice).</p><p>There are a number of domestic appliances in addition to Stoves and Cookers which can be fuelled biogas. These are:</p><ul><li><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/biogas-in-india/">Biogas Lamps</a></span></li><li>Radiant Heaters</li><li>Incubators</li><li>Refrigerators</li><li><a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/recent-news-developments-in-biogas-engines/">Biogas-fuelled Engines</a> including modified:<ul><li>Four-stroke Diesel Engines</li><li>Four-stroke Spark-ignition Engines.</li></ul></li></ul><h2 id="5">Cost of Household Biogas Systems</h2><p>Costs for any plant require initial investment costs and once built, they also incur running costs. Considering the initial capital cost versus the financial and environmental benefits is important. It is estimated that an 8 m<sup>3</sup> household biogas tank can treat the manure from 4 to 6 pigs, yielding around 385 m<sup>3</sup> biogas annually. That suggests that such a plant can save 847-1,200 kg of coal-based on the calculation of effective heat equivalent. According to the methodology recommended by IPCC in 2006, if a household biogas digester treats the manure of 4 pigs, it can reduce GHG of 1.5~5.0 tonnes CO2e.</p><p>The initial equipment purchase and installation costs of each household biogas digester (8-16 m<sup>3</sup>) range from US$500 to US$1,000 depending on the <a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/anaerobic-digester-for-sale/">digester size</a>. Most rural households within developing countries have low disposable income and weak financial capacity for making such a large investment. In addition, the household will continue to pay a biogas digester maintenance cost. By contrast, the current practice of <a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/biogas-gcse/">deep-pit treatment</a> method is by far considered the most attractive option for manure treatment given that it requires very limited additional investment and labour input. via <a href="https://www.ctc-n.org/technology-library/renewable-energy/household-biogas" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.ctc-n.org</a></p><p>The cost functions for a biogas plant are thought of by one research group as being:</p><ol><li>The economies of scale</li><li>The ratio of the cost of a given size of the plant to the cost of a reference plant (this remains almost constant over time)</li><li>The effect of retention time and other factors on the capital cost</li><li>The costs of the material (if it must be brought in from outside the farm or home).</li></ol><h3 id="6">Using a Biogas Stove</h3><p>Biogas can be used in gas appliances for energy production which is then used for heating, lighting, the supply of steam plants, in water boilers, gas stoves, infrared radiators and internal combustion engines.</p><p>The simplest method of biogas utilization is using it in burners, as it can be directly supplied from low-pressure gas holders, but it is more preferable to use biogas for mechanical and electrical energy production. The best biogas stove sellers offer designs that are specifically developed for the low-pressure gas burners needed to burn biogas direct from small digesters or from storage holders containing biogas.</p><p>Gas pipes are also needed that can effectively connect the point where you collect the accumulated biogas and the stored gas through gas lines to the home stove.</p><p>The stainless steel, built-in single burner stove is specially adapted to cook with biogas. The HomeBiogas stove is designed to slide into a stove range or be built into a counter-top and is perfect for those who have limited kitchen space.</p><p>After selecting the type of digester, the retention time, which is a key parameter in determining digester size, is chosen to maximize the percentage of production of biogas with respect to the retention time. 10 to 30 days is often chosen as the minimum amount of time for sufficient bacterial action to take place to produce biogas and to destroy many of the toxic pathogens found in human waste, considering the diameter and height of the mixing pit are equal.</p><p>At the household level, biogas systems can also be used to produce fertilizer and for providing energy for cooking and lighting.</p><p>Safety pilot and air filter Biogas-fueled radiant heaters should always be equipped with a safety pilot, which turns off the gas supply if the temperatures go low i.e. the biogas does not burn any longer.</p><p>Biogas consumption can be calculated from assuming that household burners consume 0.2 to 0.45 m<sup>3</sup> of biogas per hour and industrial burners – from 1 to 3 m<sup>3 </sup>of biogas per hour. Biogas volume, necessary for food preparation can be determined from the time spent on daily cooking.</p><h4 id="7">Using a Regular LPG Stove</h4><p>Using 1-2 burners for biogas in addition to your current LPG stove is a good way to set up a kitchen to use biogas whenever possible. If a user chooses to connect a "HomeBiogas"™ digester to a regular stove, the user should be aware of the energy requirement of the stove.</p><p>The Biogas stove is different from the LPG regular stove since low compressed bio-methane is a far less compressed gas than LPG, the gas burner flame openings need to be wider for better combustion.</p><p>The first time that a new digester set-up is used, the gas in the tank won't burn as it contains Carbon Dioxide gas. If, fortunately, it burns then good, or else wait for the second time after draining the first tank-load of gas. The second use will be likely to be much better quality biogas, and thereafter will usually be good methane. You can detect how much gas there is in the system when the gas holder tank rises up as the gas is produced.</p><h2 id="8">How to Modify a Normal LPG Stove to Run on Biogas</h2><p>So it is very difficult biogas stoves in big cities. However, you can use a normal LPG stove to run on biogas with simple modifications. You will not find much difference if you look at both LPG Stove and Biogas Stove normally.</p><p>The Biogas Burner I am showing has 3 mm holes in it. Take an LPG stove, unscrew and remove the nozzle, and this may be enough, also close any air-entraining/ mixing gap provided for LPG use. You can control the pressure and required amount of biogas with the gas control knob provided.</p><p>Check by comparison with existing burner the operation of it with biogas after removing the nozzle. If it is burning properly, then leave it as it is otherwise necessary to search for a burner of the same diameter. Burners are of different sizes. So take your LPG burner when searching. In our locality, there are hardware stores fabricating and selling local-made stoves for biogas use.</p>[caption id="attachment_4664" align="alignleft" width="500"]<img alt="Featured image text biogas stoves" class="wp-image-4664" height="281" src="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fetured-image-text-biogas-stoves-800w-300x169.jpg" width="500" /> CC BY by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/dfid" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">DFID - UK Department for International Development</a>[/caption]<p>Once you did the modifications, Connect Biogas pipeline to your stove and check your stove and it should run on biogas properly. via <a href="https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Modify-a-Normal-LPG-Stove-to-Run-on-Biogas/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ww.instructables.com</a></p><p>Do not add anything other than cow dung slurry and organic waste. Once gas formation starts, you can feed organic waste in small quantities. Make sure there is no leakage. Also, be aware that the initial gas produced will not burn as it will be mostly carbon dioxide.</p><p>Release the gas 2 to 3 times before testing. Use a Bunsen burner to test and DO NOT use a lighted match stick for testing. If the gas pressure is too low to fuel the bunsen burner, add some weight on top of the gas holder to get a better pressure.</p><h3 id="9">LPG Stoves Versus Biogas Stoves</h3><p>Almost any gas stove can be converted to support biogas by removing the pressure nozzle. However, one stove cannot supply both LPG and biogas.</p><p>For an LPG stove versus Biogas stove, the LPG stove wins for its low cost for a high-quality product. Lightweight and portable. Check that the one you buy has easy to use heat adjustment dials.</p><p>Against this background, for the biogas stove, you will most likely need a match to light the stove. In addition, heat adjustment is not precise.</p><p>If you're looking for something simple on holiday, a butane stove can be perfect for you. It's our favourite, for a solo camper looking to make a simple but delicious meal is a cheap LPG stove.</p><p>However, for the poor and any environmentally aware person, the biogas stove is considered far better with its wonderfully "<a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/gobar-gas-benefits/">green" environmental benefits</a> and its value in reducing the unhealthy smoke found in so many developing nations in houses where wood would be the only economically alternative cooking fuel.</p><h4>Methane Used in Puxin Biogas Stove</h4><p>From its first decade, the Puxin methane program was a success. It installed more than 20,000 biogas stoves (or biodigesters) in that period. Digesters that enable rural households to turn the waste of their cows and pigs into a methane-rich gas suitable for both cooking and lighting, as well as bio-slurry (predominantly used as a <a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/biogas-digester-design-fertilizer-cost-reduced/">substitute for fertilizer</a>).</p><p>To begin explaining biogas stoves, it is probably useful to first think about what "biogas" is? biogas is essentially another word for</p><p>For instance, the 5,000l package comes with the digester, one purifying biogas (methane purifier) MP 12 135 (PVC), a gas holder with a capacity of 5 m<sup>3</sup>, one generator bg 2500 w (biogas power generator 2500 watts), bacterial methane activators gp-7 for 1 month, installation of equipment, and stoves. a gas mixture that is predominantly made up of methane (CH<sub>4</sub>) and carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>).</p><h2 id="11">Puxin Biogas Oven</h2><p>Cookstoves and ovens for biogas application are similar to those of conventional appliances running on commercial gas-fuels. A biogas stove usually has a single or double burner with varying gas consumption rates, which is influenced by the pressure provided by the biogas plant and the diameter of the inlet pipe.</p><p>Stoves and ovens for biogas application are similar to conventional appliances that run on commercial fuels such as butane and propane.</p><h3 id="13">Biogas Fuel Stove with Single Burner</h3><p>Biogas combustion is so much cleaner than other fuels, such as solid biomass and kerosene, that it must be considered. However, for these advantages to make it worth buying a biogas stove it depends on the quality of the biogas stove (particularly the burner).</p><p>The HomeBiogas™ stainless steel, built-in single burner stove is specially adapted to cook with biogas. This stove is designed to slide into a stove range or be built into a countertop and is perfect for those who have limited kitchen space.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit the <a href="http://www.anaerobic-digestion.com">Anaerobic Digestion</a> Community web site, for the growing buzz around biogas digesters.</div>Steve Lasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760237819154188738noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32961289.post-16919092317402329002020-08-14T17:50:00.001-07:002020-08-14T17:54:22.720-07:00Biogas Potential Ignored in New UK Think Tank Report An influential Think-Tank report has now been <b>published by experts who should know better,</b> and which completely <b>misunderstands and ignores the full scope and potential of the anaerobic digestion</b> and biogas industry “on the road to recovery”.<figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4610" class="wp-caption alignleft" id="attachment_4610" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #444444; display: inline; float: left; font-family: poppins; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 20px 20px 0px; max-width: 100%; width: 400px;"><a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Road-to-net-zero-report-aims.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #4082c6; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="Road to recovery graphic from "No Time to Waste" UK report in which Biogas Potential Neglected." class="wp-image-4610 ls-is-cached lazyloaded" data-src="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Road-to-net-zero-report-aims.jpg" data-srcset="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Road-to-net-zero-report-aims.jpg 533w, https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Road-to-net-zero-report-aims-119x169.jpg 119w, https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Road-to-net-zero-report-aims-106x150.jpg 106w" height="568" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" src="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Road-to-net-zero-report-aims.jpg" srcset="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Road-to-net-zero-report-aims.jpg 533w, https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Road-to-net-zero-report-aims-119x169.jpg 119w, https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Road-to-net-zero-report-aims-106x150.jpg 106w" style="border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15) 0px 0px 5px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="400" /></a><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-4610" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 40px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Road-to-net-zero-report-aims.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #4082c6; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Only 1 mention of AD in the whole report:</span> Click on the image above to enlarge it to read small text.</figcaption></figure><br /><br /><b>Referring to AD solely as a technology for the treatment of food waste and only once in the entire report</b>, shows such a lack of knowledge that it simply has to be called out for the nonsense it is.<br /><br />But, it doesn't stop there as unfortunately the omission of any proper recognition of the potential of biogas, results in a conclusion which lacks any reference to action on energy from waste by anaerobic digestion.<br /><br />ADBA (The Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association) has published their own reaction to this report, which is reproduced below:<hr style="background-color: #e5e5e5; border: 0px; box-sizing: content-box; clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: poppins; font-size: 16px; height: 1px; margin-bottom: 25px;" /><br /><h1 style="text-align: left;">It is time to understand AD: ADBA responds to Policy Connect report</h1><br /><i>ADBA Press Relase Posted on 06 Aug, 2020 by Giulia Ceccarelli:</i><br /><br />Out of the 674 anaerobic digestion (AD) plants in the UK, just over 100 treat solely food waste, over three times as many treat agricultural wastes and 164 wastewater, while the rest treat a combination of different organic wastes. All are turning what we perceive as ‘waste’ organic material that would otherwise be causing a health hazard and emitting harmful methane emissions, into green energy and natural bio <a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/biogas-digester-design-fertilizer-cost-reduced/">fertilisers</a>, demonstrating AD’S role at the heart of the circular economy of organic wastes. AD, therefore, has a central role to play in waste policy in the UK. The first step is to understand this ready-to-use technology.<br /><br />In mentioning AD, the latest <a href="https://www.policyconnect.org.uk/sites/site_pc/files/report/1326/fieldreportdownload/policyconnect-notimetowaste-final.pdf">Policy Connect report</a>, which calls for a Scandinavian approach to waste policy in the UK and argues in favour of Energy from Waste (EfW) versus landfilling, commits the mistake of referring to AD solely as a technology for the treatment of food waste.<br /><br />AD is a widely available circular economy technology (indeed it has been treating our sewage here in the UK for decades), which has been recognised as the preferred technology for managing residual food waste, as acknowledged in the Policy Connect report. However, its role in recycling wastes to generate energy goes far beyond that. AD treats, and most importantly, recycles, a much greater range of organic wastes into green renewable energy and a low carbon biofertilizer, digestate, that recovers nutrients and organic matter to help restore our depleted soils.<br /><br />When pledging to achieve Net Zero by 2040, the National Farmers Union identified AD as a key technology to meet its ambitious target.<br /><br /><br />“AD has a role in agriculture across all scales”, said NFU Chief Renewable Energy Adviser Jonathan Scurlock, “using animal manures, crops and crop by-products to create low-carbon gas to replace fossil fuels and petrochemicals, while returning nutrients and organic matter to land – and perhaps in the future to actively remove CO2 from the atmosphere.”<br /><br />AD is also a vital technology for the treatment of wastewater.<blockquote><blockquote><div><br />“EFW plants certainly have a role to play in recycling some wastes”, said Howard Burton from leading pump and mixer manufacturer, Landia, – “But with the increasing amount of digester mixing equipment that we are supplying to UK water companies, we can see first-hand just how valuable a feedstock wastewater sludge is for <a href="https://anaerobic-digestion.com/anaerobic-digestion-plants/">Anaerobic Digestion plants</a>. AD/Biogas provides a tremendous opportunity to bolster both electricity and gas supplies, whilst also recycling a wide range of organic wastes (not just food waste), and producing a valuable fertilizer.” </div></blockquote></blockquote>ADBA Chief Executive Charlotte Morton said:<blockquote><blockquote><div><blockquote>“AD and the specificity of our sector remain widely misunderstood. Since this technology by definition has application in many different sectors, AD is often grouped with other technologies under various labels – EfW, Renewables, Bioenergy, Biofuels – without a clear understanding of AD’s role at the heart of the circular economy and its enormous potential. Lack of awareness is often the underlying cause, therefore we at ADBA call on the Government, civil servants and local authorities to attend ADBA’s L&D event “<a href="https://registrations.adbioresources.org/event/introduction-to-ad-its-benefits-value-role-in-the-green-recovery/">Introduction to AD</a>” on 25th August to educate themselves on this incredible technology which can deliver <a href="https://adbioresources.org/docs/Biomethane_-_Pathway_to_2030_-_Full_report.pdf">a 6% reduction</a> of total UK carbon emissions today, and with it 30,000 new green jobs.”</blockquote></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote><blockquote>– ADBA Press Release ENDS –<h3 style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; line-height: 1.45; margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"></h3></blockquote></blockquote><h2 style="text-align: left;">Why The <a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/anaerobic-digestion-and-biogas-potential-neglected/">Policy Connect report “No Time to Waste” Needs Re-thinking to Add the Role of Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas</a> Where It Should Be</h2><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit the <a href="http://www.anaerobic-digestion.com">Anaerobic Digestion</a> Community web site, for the growing buzz around biogas digesters.</div>Steve Lasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760237819154188738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32961289.post-14727192298413232472020-07-15T14:10:00.000-07:002020-07-15T14:11:05.566-07:00Make Biogas from Rice Crop Residues and Stop the Burning of Rice Straw Throughout Asia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Rice straw biogas production from rice crop residues is <b>a proven technology that is still completely</b> <b>untapped</b> and at the same time <b>stop the smoke from burning rice fields after each crop</b>. <br />
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Around 300 million tonnes of waste rice straw is burnt in fields across Asia every year. <b>Rice accounts for 48% of all greenhouse gas emissions from crops globally</b>, or 1,000 MT of CO2e/yr. Straw burning is producing smoke so thick it can block out the sun for days on end in the main rice-producing regions. This comes at great cost in respiratory ailments and early deaths.<br />
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As the global population grows, more rice is produced, leading to yet more straw burning every year. And the sooty “black carbon” particles in the smoke are far more potent global warmers than the gases most people worry about, such as carbon dioxide.<br />
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Straw Innovations</h3>
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One company which believes it has the answer to this problem is Straw Innovations Limited, with biogas operations in Laguna in the Philippines.</div>
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What Straw Innovations are saying is revolutionary, because if implemented globally their plans for the anaerobic digestion of rice straw would transform this major waste into:<br />
A major asset as a renewable fuel source: locally produced 24/7<br />
Valuable compost or <a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/biogas-digester-design-fertilizer-cost-reduced/">fertiliser</a> that can build soil fertility<br />
Increased rice productivity, enabling three crops per year instead of just two<br />
A means of rural development and job creation, right where they are so much needed in the midst of the developing nations.<br />
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A Global Vision for Rice Straw Biogas from Anaerobic Digestion</h2>
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It is hard not to be impressed by the vision of their Director, Craig Jamieson, who recently presented to the World Biogas Association's eFestival attendees stating that:<br />
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“If all available rice straw were to be digested, it would reduce global CO2 emissions enough to offset all of the CO2 currently emitted by the entire global aviation industry (918 MT of CO2e/yr), leaving the resulting biogas from the <a href="https://anaerobic-digestion.com/the-anaerobic-digestion-process/">anaerobic digestion process</a> to power their farms and localities.”<br />
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“It would also save a huge problem with rice straw stubble burning where 300 million tons are now being burnt every year, just in Asia. If you have ever visited cities such as Delhi in India during the rice straw burning season you will know just how appalling it is to have to live with the smoke that creates.”<br />
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“Governments are progressively banning the burning, but farmers frequently don't see any alternative, and therefore aren't complying. The race is on to find ways of using all global rice-waste in a way that doesn't simply end-up causing another problem to further impoverish the world's poor”.<br />
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Many local jobs would also be created to serve the biogas industry locally, and the need for importing energy from abroad in these nations would be greatly reduced.<br />
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Rice Agronomics and “To Burn or Not to Burn”</h2>
The most obvious solution would seem to be simply returning the rice straw back into the soil. The problem is that it then rots in waterlogged ground, producing methane emissions. Methane is a greenhouse gas, approximately 25 times more potent than CO2.<br />
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Another disadvantage of returning it to the land is that waiting while the previous crop decomposes delays the establishment of the next rice crop.<br />
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Burning the rice crop-waste in the fields reduces methane emissions by 50%, but results in local air pollution, including black carbon which also traps heat in the atmosphere.<br />
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“Upland rice” or “aerobic rice” can be grown instead, where the fields are not flooded. Then the straw can be returned to the soil without the high methane emissions. However, upland rice suffers from lower yields and much greater weed problems, which require hand-weeding or the use of herbicide chemicals.<br />
Other Solutions – Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD)<br />
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A compromise is to alternate between flooding and draining rice fields. This can enable higher yields and reduced weed growth (as with flooded fields), but with reduced water use and lower methane emissions (because it’s not continuously flooded).<br />
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However, AWD can increase emissions of N2O – one of the most potent greenhouse gases – especially if not well managed, and the drying phase is not always possible in countries with heavy rain seasons.</div>
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The “Straw Innovations Limited” Biogas Plant Solution</h2>
Straw Innovations Limited has been researching and developing rice straw biogas technology since 2017, partnering with Universities and other biogas companies keen to innovate in what, if their voice is heard, will become a $multi-billion industry.<br />
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Financial assistance has been provided by the UK Government, which has enabled them to trial an innovatively simple and low-cost dry anaerobic digestion process, with support from British universities and QUBE Renewables.<br />
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Their solution is to remove the rice straw from the fields and co-digest it with manure. With most crops, removing all the crop residues would lead to loss of organic matter in the soil, but with flooded rice-rice systems, this is not a problem. The lack of oxygen reaching the soil means that any organic matter breaks down more slowly.<br />
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Just leaving the crop roots in the soil after harvest provides enough organic matter to retain soil fertility; hence all the straw can be safely removed and used for other things. That being the case the collection and use of rice straw in the anaerobic digestion (AD) process can truly be a sustainable process.</div>
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Anaerobic Digestion of Rice Straw: a Big Opportunity</h2>
Anaerobic digestion has so far been adopted mostly in three areas of activity, using “wet AD technology” these being:<br />
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– Domestic and small community waste: in developing nations – especially China where several million low-tech biogas plants have been built and operated. They continue to provide much needed clean fuel and fertiliser to rural communities.<br />
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– Municipal Wastewater Sludge Treatment from the Activated Sludge Process: in industrialised nations, these have been in use for more than 50 years but are being installed now at an ever-increasing rate to enable water companies to decarbonise their operations. The best of them are using their AD plant biogas to help power operations and move rapidly toward corporate goals for compliance with global decarbonisation targets arising from the 2015 Global Accord signed in Paris.<br />
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– Commercial: Large CSTR type “Wet AD” Reactors for agricultural and food waste applications originally developed to be fed by specially grown food crops, but this has now become rare due to the removal of government subsidies and tax-breaks from food crop use. Nowadays such plants are fed with crop wastes instead, digesting what remains after the food has been harvested.<br />
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The numbers of these plants globally are rising each year and the pace of development is accelerating. The decomposed contents of the digester are returned to the land as fertiliser, creating a sustainable, ‘closed-loop’ cycle.<br />
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All 3 “wet AD” applications above are now well-proven and attracting mainstream investment. However, Straw Innovations are using a novel, “Dry AD” batch process.<br />
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“Dry AD” refers to biogas production using less water (20% dry matter or above) and is also now a mature technology, used until now mostly for local government-funded MSW pre-treatment. “MSW pre-treatment” is essentially anaerobic digestion/ biogas extraction which governments require to reduce the biological activity of the waste before the organic content of mixed MSW is allowed to be disposed to landfill.<br />
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Straw Innovations has adapted the dry AD process for rice straw biogas and if they have their way dry digesters will become far more popular.</div>
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Rice Straw Biogas – The Next Big Opportunity for Anaerobic Digestion</h3>
The view of everyone at Straw Innovations Limited, is that now is the time for the AD industry to move into the <a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/rice-straw-biogas/" target="_blank">Anaerobic Digestion of rice straw</a>, and by so doing the rice-producing nations can also join with the rest of the world in using AD technology to decarbonise their economies at little or no net cost.<br />
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Dry AD technology is well-proven and should attract investment from banking institutions, as Straw Innovations prove its application for rice straw.</div>
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While implementing this technology for rice straw biogas they will also benefit from the many spin-off advantages of anaerobic digestion processes.</div>
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Not least will be the benefit in removing the deathly annual palls-of-smoke from straw burning, now blighting the rice-growing nations of the world.</div>
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The anaerobic digestion of rice straw must surely be a massive opportunity right in front of our eyes!</div>
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<b>For more information, see Straw Innovations' at <a href="http://www.strawinnovations.com/">www.strawinnovations.com</a> or on Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/StrawInnovations/">https://www.facebook.com/StrawInnovations/</a></b><br />
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<b>Biomethane from Biogas</b> is in demand and it could hardly be better for biomethane producers that a major oil company such as Shell has signed up to take a biomethane supply from the Danish company Nature Energy.<br />
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This deal among others is just a part of a <b><u>consistent pattern of developing demand for this form of renewable energy</u></b> biomethane which has contributed to the current high prices being obtained by biomethane producers for their climate change ameliorating energy. Read on for more details:<br />
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Nature Energy has entered into a major agreement to sell biomethane to Shell Energy Europe Limited. The long-term agreement is the largest of its kind and demonstrates the important role that biomethane can play in Europe’s transition to a lower-carbon society.</div>
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“The agreement is a seal of approval of biomethane as a key driver in the energy transition globally. We are proud that a major energy player like Shell is investing in our biomethane,” </blockquote>
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“This agreement is a commercial breakthrough for biomethane. The size of the agreement also gives us more strength to realize new biomethane projects. We have ambitions to build several large-scale biomethane plants in Denmark, North America and other parts of Europe, and the agreement with Shell is a crucial step for both Nature Energy and the energy transition,” </blockquote>
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“In our dialogue with Shell, we have seen how important it is for them to contribute to the energy transition. For this reason, we have no doubt that it is the right thing to come together in pursuit of spreading biomethane across Europe.” </blockquote>
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Shell welcomed the agreement as part of its wider drive to provide more and cleaner energy solutions for society.<br />
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“Biomethane has an important role to play in the energy transition. This purchase is an important part of our work to provide a range of lower-carbon energy choices for our customers across Europe,” </blockquote>
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Nature Energy is the biggest producer of biomethane on the European gas grid. Biomethane injected into the European gas grid can be stored, which is crucial to secure more renewable energy. Biomethane provides a direct path towards a green transport, industry, and heating sector by using existing distribution infrastructure. Read more about <a href="https://natureenergy.dk/en/node/259" target="_blank">Nature Energy here</a>.</div>
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<b>Demonstration shows new electrochemical technology is commercially competitive with other methods of converting the unwanted carbon dioxide in biogas into pipeline-quality renewable natural gas</b><br /><br /><br />LOS ANGELES, June 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas), Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), and Opus 12 today announced they have demonstrated further advancement of a new electrochemical technology that converts the carbon dioxide content in raw biogas to pipeline-quality renewable natural gas, a critical improvement in the science of upgrading waste emissions to renewable gas. <div>
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The single-step process is designed to use renewable electricity, and thus also provides a way for long-term storage of excess wind and solar power. The twelve-month research and development effort was funded by SoCalGas and PG&E and builds on the success of an initial feasibility study in 2018. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Raw biogas is produced from the anaerobic breakdown of waste from sources like landfills, sewage, and dairy farms. It contains roughly 60 percent methane (the main component of natural gas), and 40 percent carbon dioxide. While current biogas upgrading technology removes the carbon dioxide from biogas, this new technology captures the carbon dioxide and converts it into additional renewable fuel.<br /><br />The new demonstration shows that improved catalyst activity could speed reactions by five times and nearly double conversion efficiency, making the technology commercially competitive with other new biogas upgrading methods. The core technology was scaled up and tested using commercially available electrolyzer hardware. The next step will be to test this technology for longer periods at an existing biogas facility.<br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">
"This cutting-edge method of using renewable electricity to convert carbon dioxide in biogas to renewable natural gas in a single-step process is significant to SoCalGas,"</blockquote>
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As we work to meet California's ambitious climate goals, emissions-reducing innovations like these will help us protect the environment by providing a reliable carbon-neutral fuel."<br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">
"PG&E is deeply committed to meeting California's bold vision for a sustainable energy future in a reliable and cost-effective manner for customers. We continue to work toward advancing innovation that provides new possibilities in our quest to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and find alternative sources of carbon-neutral fuel. We are very proud to be part of this collaboration with Opus 12 and SoCalGas," </blockquote>
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"We achieved significant advances in reaction rate and demonstrated the scalability of our approach by moving from lab scale to commercial-grade components," said Dr. Etosha Cave, Opus 12 co-founder and chief science officer. "We look forward to continuing to work with our partners at SoCalGas and PG&E toward a field demonstration of this technology."</blockquote>
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"Our vision for deploying this technology in California is to recycle CO2 emissions from industry and agriculture before they reach the air, and create valuable products such as renewable natural gas and feedstocks for everyday materials, chemicals, and even liquid fuels. They are compatible with existing infrastructure, and when produced with renewable electricity, these products will have significantly lower lifecycle emissions than conventional products."</blockquote>
<br />Opus 12, a clean-energy startup with its origins at Stanford University and the prestigious Cyclotron Road program at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, has created a new proprietary Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) electrolyzer that uses electricity to convert water and carbon dioxide into renewable natural gas in one step. The technology differs from those that use microorganisms.<br /><br />The research is part of SoCalGas' and PG&E's respective development of cutting-edge technologies for storing excess renewable energy. Because gases can be easily stored for long periods of time using existing infrastructure, these technologies have distinct advantages over storing renewable electricity in batteries.</div>
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As part of the COVID-19 recovery, the <b>US Moving Forward Ac</b>t has been published amid the <b>welcome news </b>that, if passed by the House of Representatives, <b>the act would at long last, bring the support for the US biogas industry</b> in-line with the sort of tax incentive support which has long been available to some other renewable energy sources.<br /><br />This would boost the US Biogas Industry as part of the $1.5 trillion plan to Rebuild American Infrastructure after COVID-19.<br /><br />Read more in the PR published below:<br /><br /><i><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #999999;">American Biogas Council Press Release 23 June 2020 (Washington):</span></b></i><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;">
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<br />The American Biogas Council (ABC) praised the release of the long-awaited infrastructure package by the U.S. House of Representatives entitled, The Moving Forward Act (H.R.2). The $1.5 trillion proposal to rebuild U.S. communities with infrastructure and innovation includes several tax provisions on which the ABC has long labored, to create a more equitable environment where natural market forces can work to build more biogas systems. Because the biogas industry intersects with so many sectors of our economy, when the Moving Forward Act helps boost the biogas industry, it will also surge growth in agriculture, wastewater and <a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/new-ad-plant-starts-opens-commissioned/">municipal recycling infrastructur</a>e, access to more renewable energy, and more.<br /><br />Biogas systems recycle organic material into renewable energy and soil products using a natural microbial process called anaerobic digestion. Currently, the US has 2,000 operational biogas systems, and the potential to build nearly 15,000 new biogas systems. If fully realized, these new biogas systems will directly catalyze at least $45 billion in capital deployment which would result in approximately 374,000 short-term construction jobs to build the new systems and 25,000 permanent jobs to operate them. Indirect impacts along supply chains would be even greater.<br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">
“The American Biogas Council (ABC) thanks the House for responding to our requests to create more parity in our tax code. The Moving Forward Act can create an environment where the biogas industry can create billions of dollars of new investments to build new recycling and renewable energy infrastructure and simultaneously protecting our air, water, and soil,”</blockquote>
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“The biogas industry plays one of the most underappreciated roles in the renewable energy industry, creating your choice of non-stop renewable electricity, gas, and/or heat, plus natural soil products from recycled organic waste.”</blockquote>
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<img src="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/California-biogas.jpg" /><br />CC BY-SA by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/">EscoPhotog</a><br /><br />In particular, the Moving Forward Act includes three tax provisions of importance to the ABC including the creation of an investment tax credit (ITC) for RNG and heat-based biogas systems; the extension of the Section 45 production tax credit (PTC), and related ITC, for electricity-biogas systems; and the extension of the Alternative Fuel Excise Tax Credit for biogas and renewable natural gas used as a vehicle fuel. Furthermore, the bill also recognizes the volatility caused in tax equity markets by the coronavirus and establishes an elective payment for those entities utilizing the PTC or ITC.<br /><br />Without the <a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/us-moving-forward-act-biogas-industry/" target="_blank">Moving Forward Act, the US tax code only supports a sector of the biogas industry</a> which has rarely benefited from a tax credit extended into the future which would enable developers and investors to build more new projects.<br /><br />During these times, other renewable and fossil energy technologies have often benefited from long extensions of their tax credits impacting their entire industry and accelerating growth in those sectors while making it difficult for others to obtain financing.<br /><br />The Moving Forward Act takes a major step towards correcting many of those inequities.<br /><br />Related resources:<br />H.R. 2 – The Moving Forward Act: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001nbI-O8Rb2r1ht1CP09NrEyT1BlOJm8p7E7n3-93J7Vbq9byTjZ7na1ahfbli_QMJpWSV0ZLHgLQzEOUgWJpHcre6uxFCQAbuqGgfaw0UPgLI76TGXRmAPDSZbzoYXYys_CvudM8wqQiZmieUfk4b25iMc21fz3ls9mA7jQhBqiLXh6UrDv_wEiemE-x63sxVx2ZpLQAzNPTrr0OioIJfJBXz-2Y2vSNprraYopBX6luKJQRQTsi9jH7yH79gUiiGGKSkh3e9K3X30nPJlHDavrHbHilYj0g1LhvyB9hovYrtSr1WMYI_KQ==&c=iG2Dreka_ykmgPMaIZSIyTXnQeARhqYnxHuUsstISBHYTxVhPoAUtQ==&ch=rbpSUTsX0wX27j9Y2YRlaCpVHPcHL9_ioPzBRwUREw6q8X8LZHozTw==">Section by Section</a> | <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001nbI-O8Rb2r1ht1CP09NrEyT1BlOJm8p7E7n3-93J7Vbq9byTjZ7na1ahfbli_QMJAbaIfbLFQBjiah689P7-xgX9i1YDPqVBttDH1v69PKwewlS91kjIWavOsPllv3Y_cuJQ3whk_vD8OJ9Q64MmWw81OdmVvynFfyPcgVWASXXZNLSVrk18NnDblcSVS1bcyJbjIhGpbKI2eMB6P6_ZnLsHdcnsb4vN&c=iG2Dreka_ykmgPMaIZSIyTXnQeARhqYnxHuUsstISBHYTxVhPoAUtQ==&ch=rbpSUTsX0wX27j9Y2YRlaCpVHPcHL9_ioPzBRwUREw6q8X8LZHozTw==">Bill Text</a> | <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001nbI-O8Rb2r1ht1CP09NrEyT1BlOJm8p7E7n3-93J7Vbq9byTjZ7na1ahfbli_QMJ8n_4ezg4uoqO6vrlwsGRA6454x8sdkH4l12S76392MMy6ZwTEKuwAJ09HRW7AE3zFjq_5TCwsQTkCydgk0LfVw4yzzF1PEcRUDGvbNgftQsRdolOBGxBGa2PCw1eyVtsbjrpcPK82vuv6f4evNHpyNEe3ZB4PQjG43rnQ1Ec0X3UTvH0BA92MDKXNJTXMCbIpssSiDE3dDKp4U6S5GrSiw==&c=iG2Dreka_ykmgPMaIZSIyTXnQeARhqYnxHuUsstISBHYTxVhPoAUtQ==&ch=rbpSUTsX0wX27j9Y2YRlaCpVHPcHL9_ioPzBRwUREw6q8X8LZHozTw==">Fact Sheet</a><br /><br />The American Biogas Council is the only national trade association representing the entire biogas industry in the U.S. We represent over 200 companies in all parts of the biogas supply chain who are dedicated to maximizing the production and use of biogas from organic waste.</div>
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<br /><b><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Is coal cheaper than </span><a href="https://ecoenergyproducts.info/renewable-resources/what-are-the-renewable-energy-resources/" style="box-sizing: border-box;">renewable energy</a></b><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b>?</b> Not anymore (!) "renewables cheaper than coal" is what a new report says, we are pleased to say. <b>Renewable energy is here to stay.</b> In a big way! Those readers that are hoping to hear that anaerobic digestion has also become cheaper and more competitive with coal are going to be disappointed we fear. There has been little to no news on that, although the increase in upgraded plants producing biomethane has undoubtedly reduced some upgrading equipment capital costs.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">(It will also help the world achieve Net-Zero 2050, as pledged by the nations of the world at the Paris 2015 Global Accord.)</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Competitive power generation costs make an investment in renewables highly attractive as countries target economic recovery from COVID-19, new IRENA report finds.</span></h3>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><i>Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2 June 2020 </i>— Renewable power is increasingly cheaper than any new electricity capacity based on fossil fuels, a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) published today finds. "</span><a href="https://www.irena.org/publications/2020/Jun/Renewable-Power-Costs-in-2019" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2019</a>"<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> shows that<span style="background-color: yellow;"> <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">more than half of the renewable capacity added</span></b></span></span><b><span style="background-color: yellow; color: #b45f06;"> in 2019 achieved lower power costs than the cheapest new coal plants.</span></b></div>
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The report highlights that <span style="background-color: yellow;"><b>new renewable power generation projects now increasingly undercut existing coal-fired plants</b>.</span> On average, new<a href="https://ecoenergyproducts.info/solar-energy/solar-landfills-latest-gold-rush/"> solar photovoltaic (PV)</a> and onshore wind power cost less than keeping many existing coal plants in operation, and auction results show this trend accelerating – reinforcing the case to phase-out coal entirely. <span style="background-color: yellow;"><b>Next year, up to 1 200 gigawatts (GW) of existing coal capacity could cost more to operate than the cost of new utility-scale solar PV, the report shows. </b></span><br /><br />Replacing the costliest 500 GW of coal with solar PV and onshore wind next year would cut power system costs by up to USD 23 billion every year and reduce annual emissions by around 1.8 gigatons (Gt) of carbon dioxide (CO2), equivalent to 5% of total global CO2 emissions in 2019. It would also yield an investment stimulus of USD 940 billion, which is equal to around 1% of global GDP.<h2 style="text-align: left;">
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“We have reached an important turning point in the energy transition. The case for new and much of the existing coal power generation, is both environmentally and economically unjustifiable,” said Francesco La Camera, Director-General of IRENA. “Renewable energy is increasingly the cheapest source of new electricity, offering tremendous potential to stimulate the global economy and get people back to work. Renewable investments are stable, cost-effective, and attractive offering consistent and predictable returns while delivering benefits to the wider economy.<br /><br />“A global recovery strategy must be a green strategy,” La Camera added. “Renewables offer a way to align short-term policy action with medium and long-term energy and climate goals. Renewables must be the backbone of national efforts to restart economies in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. With the right policies in place, falling <a href="https://ecoenergyproducts.info/dallas/south-dallas/wheatley-place-solar-panel-power-installation/">renewable power costs</a>, can shift markets and contribute greatly towards a green recovery.”<br /><br />Renewable electricity costs have fallen sharply over the past decade, driven by improving technologies, economies of scale, increasingly competitive supply chains, and growing developer experience. Since 2010, utility-scale solar PV power has shown the sharpest cost decline at 82%, followed by concentrating <a href="https://ecoenergyproducts.info/solar-energy/all-about-solar-energy-how-home-solar-power/">solar power</a> (CSP) at 47%, onshore wind at 39%, and offshore wind at 29%.<br /><br />Costs for solar and wind power technologies also continued to fall year-on-year. Electricity costs from utility-scale solar PV fell 13% in 2019, reaching a global average of 6.8 cents (USD 0.068) per kilowatt-hour (kWh). Onshore and offshore wind both declined by about 9%, reaching USD 0.053/kWh and USD 0.115/kWh, respectively. <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "Open Sans", verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 10px;">
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<br />Recent auctions and power purchase agreements (PPAs) show the downward trend continuing for new projects are commissioned in 2020 and beyond. Solar PV prices based on competitive procurement could average USD 0.039/kWh for projects commissioned in 2021, down 42% compared to 2019 and more than one-fifth less than the cheapest fossil-fuel competitor namely coal-fired plants. Record-low auction prices for solar PV in Abu Dhabi and Dubai (UAE), Chile, Ethiopia, Mexico, Peru, and Saudi Arabia confirm that values as low as USD 0.03/kWh are already possible. <br /><br />For the first time, IRENA’s annual report also looks at investment value in relation to falling generation costs. The same amount of money invested in renewable power today produces more new capacity than it would have a decade ago. In 2019, twice as much renewable power generation capacity was commissioned than in 2010 but required only 18% more investment.<br /><br />Read the full report <a href="https://www.irena.org/publications/2020/Jun/Renewable-Power-Costs-in-2019">Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2019</a></div>
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Food waste recycler <a href="https://www.andigestion.co.uk/">Andigestion</a>’s Holsworthy site in Devon has become only the third plant in the UK to achieve certification under a new scheme which recognises good operational, environmental, and health & safety performance.<br />
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The plant, near Bude, has now been certified under the <a href="https://www.adcertificationscheme.co.uk/">Anaerobic Digestion Certification Scheme</a> (ADCS), an industry-led initiative designed to raise standards and recognise good practice in the running of AD plants. The scheme provides an independent audit process and reports that help operators to ensure they are meeting required standards and identify areas for improvement. It is managed by the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA), the UK’s trade body for AD.<br />
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“Andigestion has always been ahead of the curve in terms of innovation and processes, and the main driver for applying for ADCS certification is our wish to maintain continual improvement,” commented Tom Brown, Compliance Officer at Andigestion. “Certification goes some way to demonstrating that we are on top of things while the compliance system ensures that any changes to the way we operate are made the right way.”<br />
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And Mike Lowe, Operations Director at Andigestion added: “Naturally we’re delighted to be one of just three plants in the whole of the UK to be awarded this certification and I am extremely proud of our on-site compliance team and all members of staff whose high standards of management and professionalism enable us to deliver safe and sustainable practices each and every day.”<br />
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In addition to its Holsworthy site, Andigestion also operates the Bishops Cleeve AD plant near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, which recycles up to 34,000 tonnes of food waste a year and which will also be assessed for ADCS certification.<br />
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Conferences are essential for the development of science, but <b>global conferences unavoidably entail an enormous amount of travel and much of that is for high carbon-emitting air-flights</b>. Through necessity, the WBA adapted to coronavirus by running an online eFestival of Biogas. I attended throughout and it was a raging success. The hope now is that post-corona their eFestival will become the most common way to hold such events.<br />
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For once people are saying "<b><span style="color: purple;"><i>life will never be the same after COVID-19</i></span>", but in a good way, about this.</b> Read-on to find out more<b style="font-weight: bold;">. Don't forget to enrol and attend the next one!</b></div>
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The World Biogas eFestival, organised last week by the World Biogas Association (WBA) to maintain the international dialogue amid global Covid-19 lockdowns, proved to be a great success with over 300 participants joining the four-day online event from 48 countries around the world.<br />
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WBA has estimated that this has prevented a carbon footprint of 402 tonnes CO2e which would have been generated if a physical event had been held. This is the equivalent of planting 6,650 trees, saving emissions from using 930 barrels of oil or removing the annual emissions of 180 cars.<br />
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Delegates attended the virtual event from all world continents (bar Antarctica) to hear representatives from United Nations bodies, US Congress, the World Bank, the International Energy Agency, as well as industry leaders, sharing insights into the opportunities and challenges faced by the biogas industry as it grows on a global scale.<br />
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Research by the WBA has shown that fully deployed, with the right support from world governments, the biogas industry could reduce global greenhouse gases emissions by 12% by 2030. This equates to the proportion of global emissions generated by the US in 2012. The sector would also create between 11 and 15 million jobs worldwide within that timescale, supporting a green economic recovery.<br />
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The content of the eFestival will feed into the WBA’s next report – Pathways to 2030 – which will draw a roadmap towards achieving the 12% objective. The report is scheduled for publication in the Autumn.<br />
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Launched at COP22 in Marrakesh in 2016, the World Biogas Association is the global trade association for the biogas, landfill gas, and anaerobic digestion (AD) sectors, and is dedicated to facilitating the adoption of biogas globally. It believes that the global adoption of biogas technologies is a multi-faceted opportunity to produce clean, renewable energy while resolving global issues related to development, public health, and economic growth. </div>
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The industry’s ability to achieve 12% GHG emissions reduction by 2030 was established in the WBA’s<a href="https://www.worldbiogasassociation.org/global-potential-of-biogas"> Global Potential of Biogas</a> report – highlighting the potential of AD as a technology to generate renewable energy, abate GHG emissions and recover organic nutrients and carbon for use on soil. The report also sets out the potential of AD to help meet the climate change targets under the Paris Agreement.</div>
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<li>The estimated 11-15 million permanent jobs created by the biogas sector is based on direct and indirect jobs created per MW installed capacity, as estimated by NNFCC in their report “UK jobs in the bioenergy sector” (2013). The range of values represents the extent to which power-to-gas is integrated with AD plants to upgrade biogas to biomethane.</li>
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Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Columbia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, England, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Surinam, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, the United States of America, Uruguay, Wales.</div>
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The manufacturer Landia Pumps which produces <b>high-quality pumps for Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Plant use</b>, and all slurry and solid/ liquid mixture pumping and mixing applications, has discovered a<b> COVID-19 silver lining</b>. <div>
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As so far there have been precious few of those we decided to post that fact here, as in the following Press Release:<br /><b><i><br /><span style="color: #999999;">Press Release: 9 May 2020:</span></i></b><br /><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;">
Three Continents on the Same Day</h2>
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Landia keep pumping with Online Meetings</h3>
With global business travel looking so uncertain for the foreseeable future, a leading pump and mixer manufacturer says it is seeing considerable time and cost-savings with online meetings. <br /><br />Landia, which is celebrating the 70th year of its inventing the chopper pump reports that it has been pleasantly surprised by the efficiency of online meetings and the number of positive outcomes. <br /><br />Thorkild Maagaard, Landia’s Export Sales Director, commented:<br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">
“All of us want to get back to interacting with people, but in the meantime, we have no choice. For example, during the lockdown - via our Indian customer KIS Group, we have won a significant order to supply a digester mixing system for a municipal solid waste project in Nepal”.</blockquote>
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“Importantly, on-site commissioning will be online, so without all the usual costs and time, including long-haul flights, this is very much in keeping with an industry that wants to protect resources for a better and cleaner world”. </blockquote>
<br />Maagaard also pointed to recent successful online presentations between Landia in Denmark and potential customers in Brazil, which prior to the Coronavirus lockdown would have meant a week away from the office. <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">
“Now we can have meetings on three continents on the same day for a mere fraction of the cost”,</blockquote>
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“Of course, we can’t achieve everything online, but even though we are a solutions provider who doesn’t just sell pumps off the shelf, we are certainly seeing a new way of working. Realistically, it is going to take a very long time for travel and traditional meetings to be possible without numerous obstacles to overcome – yet even when that does<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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happen, online meetings can continue to provide a very cost-effective and efficient alternative – more than ever before”. </blockquote>
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<span style="color: grey;"><strong>ADBA PRESS RELEASE 24 April 2020:</strong></span><br />
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ADBA and REA launch joint survey to treat surplus organic waste generated by Covid-19 lockdown</h2>
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<li>The <strong>Environment Agency and devolved nations’ regulators</strong> have expressed concern over the <strong>issue of organic waste surpluses created by the Covid-19 lockdown</strong>.</li>
<li>In response, the <a href="http://www.adbioresources.org/">Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association</a> <strong>(ADBA) and the <a href="https://www.r-e-a.net/">REA</a> have launched a survey to identify spare capacity across the UK AD industry</strong> for this <strong>additional feedstock to be treated</strong>.</li>
<li>Through this survey <strong>ADBA and REA will match organic waste producers with the nearest suitable AD operators</strong> for their surplus to be treated.</li>
<li><strong>Operators are urged to <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/3XSZMT7">complete the survey</a> to support those efforts</strong>.</li>
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In response to the increase in organic waste surpluses caused by the Covid-19 lockdown, ADBA and the REA have launched a joint survey that will match organic waste producers to their nearest AD operators.<br />
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A consequence of the lockdown has been the large amount of additional organic wastes generated by the closure of markets for food and drink producers such as farms, fisheries and breweries. To address this situation, regulators in England, Scotland and Wales have contacted ADBA and the REA to assess the AD industry’s capacity to take on this surplus waste for recycling into green energy and biofertilisers.<br />
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The <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/3XSZMT7"><strong>UK-wide survey</strong></a> will help identify suitable AD plants for the various feedstock types. It also aims to assist Defra, the regulators and industries that generate biodegradable waste in identifying the overall spare capacity available to treat feedstock and prioritise recycling through AD; favouring it over other types of disposal lower down the waste hierarchy, such as energy recovery, incineration and the most environmentally harmful option, landfill.<br />
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ADBA and the REA will use the information from the survey to match suitable <a href="https://anaerobic-digestion.com/slurry-equipment-for-sale/">AD operators with the farmers</a> and other food/drinks supply chain organisations that have surplus that needs to be recycled. This <strong>aims to ensure that organic waste is correctly treated</strong> and that AD operators have <strong>more opportunities to source feedstock throughout lockdown</strong> measures.<br />
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<strong>Charlotte Morton, Chief Executive of ADBA, </strong>said<strong>:</strong><br />
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"<em>In these extraordinary times, everyone must pull together to address the difficulties caused by the Covid-19 lockdown. This survey of AD's spare capacity to treat various types of organic wastes shows how our industry can proactively play its part in supporting farmers and food and drinks producers with their surplus feedstock. Most importantly, it delivers a solution that not only tackles the current waste surplus crisis, but also, by recycling organic wastes into <a href="https://anaerobic-digestion.com/biogas-power-plant/">biogas for power</a>, heat and transport as well as biofertilisers for agriculture, sustains the economy and establishes a building block towards a green recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. We are proud to deliver such a valuable service to society and <strong>urge all AD operators to complete the survey</strong> so that our <strong>industry's potential to help is fully assessed and realised</strong>, now and in the future."</em></blockquote>
<strong>Dr Nina Skorupska CBE FEI, Chief Executive of the REA, </strong>commented:<br />
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<em>“It is our role as associations to ensure that our members and the wider industry can operate as normally as possible through these unprecedented times. With lockdown measures resulting in a drop in feedstock supplies in AD plants, this survey is a valuable tool that will not only aid the AD operators business continuity but prevent surplus waste from being disposed of in an inefficient and environmentally unfriendly manner.”</em></blockquote>
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<b><i><span style="color: #999999;">Press Release 22 March 2020;</span></i></b><br />
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A Multicrusher made by Borger is playing a key role in the continuing success of an award-winning waste-to-energy operation in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.<br />
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At Stornoway’s <a href="https://www.cne-siar.gov.uk/bins-and-recycling/household-waste/household-waste-recycling/">Creed Integrated Waste Management Facility</a> (IWMF) on the Isle of Lewis, the <a href="https://www.boerger.com/en_UK/products/macerating-units/multicrusher/series/hpl.html">Borger Multicrusher</a> consistently chops a 7-cubic ton batch per shift of coarse waste salmon. This has enabled the facility to integrate the fish with household food waste and garden waste for its AD/ biogas process.<br />
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Food Waste Management for Compliance with EU Standards</h2>
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Guaranteeing the shred of waste salmon to meet BSI PAS 110 regulations – the Borger Multicrusher.<br />
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Crucially guaranteeing the shred of waste salmon to meet BSI PAS 110 regulations AND EU ABP regulation 1774/2002 [5a] for the safe use of <a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/16-uses-for-biogas-digestate/">digestate</a> as a <a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/food-waste-ad/">renewable fertiliser,</a> the Borger Multicrusher cuts the waste to the required maximum particle size of 12mm.<br />
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This vital cog in the process has helped Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (the Local Authority for the Western Isles), together with its partners, The Scottish Salmon Company, Pure Energy Centre PEC, and Community Energy Scotland, win the prestigious Scottish Environment Business VIBES award.<br />
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Donnie Macmillan, Plant Manager at the Creed facility, said:
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“Borger’s Multicrusher works extremely well for us in a very harsh environment. Some salmon waste can be quite tough and abrasive, so understandably we see wear on the cutters during our inspections, but that’s perfectly understandable”.</div>
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“Importantly, the Borger unit helps us meet all of our PAS 110 requirements, which is all part of what we set out to achieve here – optimising the methods of managing waste. In this case optimisation is achieved through not sending waste salmon to landfill sites, and not having to have it transported off the island”.</div>
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Based on the proven design of the Borger Rotary Lobe Pump, the twin-shaft Multicrusher homogenizes the waste salmon to facilitate the pumping and <a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/landia-abp-pasteuriser-fish-waste/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #4082c6; text-decoration-line: none;">pasteurisation process</a> at Creed, ensuring that downstream equipment can operate smoothly.<br />
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By inserting individual blade disks and defining the direction of rotation of the shafts, operators have the flexibility to choose which way the pumped medium flows. Various blade widths and cutting profiles determine the final cutting yield.</div>
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“We are very proud to play our part at Creed. It rightly deserves all the praise it gets for showing what can be done to protect the environment and reduce carbon footprint with good practice, forward-thinking and hard work”.</blockquote>
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Biogas Production, CHP, Optimised Use of Renewable Electric Power, Thermal Storage and Hydrogen Technology </h2>
Also in Use at Creed Managing waste from the island’s population of approximately 22,000, the Creed IWMF has grown steadily to include a combined heat and power plant (CHP), electric boiler and thermal store, a wind turbine and a hydrogen system comprising electrolyser, storage and refuelling station, and a 960m3 AD/biogas plant.<br />
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Some of the electricity generated by the CHP is used to produce hydrogen and oxygen. This is captured, compressed and delivered to the salmon hatchery, where oxygenation is essential.<br />
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Hydrogen is used in a small fuel cell to provide electricity to the remote site, which sometimes suffers from electrical network failures. Previously, back-ups were provided by ageing diesel generators, meaning higher CO2 emissions and delivery costs. The hydrogen system at Creed also includes a refuelling station, where some of the hydrogen is used to refill a dual-fuel Refuse Collection Vehicle (RCV) operating on hydrogen/diesel.</div>
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<b>Renewable Natural Gas (RNG)</b> use is<b> growing</b> for <b>HGVs in the US</b> and much of the credit for that can be attributed to a company known as “<b>Clean Energy Fuels” (Clean Energy®)</b>.<br />
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<b>Clean Energy® </b>is a company with a very <b>clear mission</b>. That mission is quite simply to change the way the world fuels its vehicles. <b>Reducing pollution from the transportation industry</b> is an important goal for our the US nation, and at <b>Clean Energy</b> they know just how realistic and attainable that goal is with natural gas fuel.<br />
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“Moving forward in our thinking as well as in our vehicles means a safer, healthier planet for all of us. This change is happening. Natural gas is abundant and economically viable and is increasingly being adopted as transportation fuel by countries around the world.”</blockquote>
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<b>Clean Energy® Natural Gas</b> is available at all <b>Clean Energy</b> public and private fueling stations throughout North America. Natural gas is naturally abundant across North America and is a cleaner, less expensive alternative to gasoline and diesel. Clean Energy Natural Gas is available in:<br />
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<li>CNG (Compressed Natural Gas),</li>
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<li>Redeem® renewable natural gas (RNG). </li>
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<b><br />Clean Energy</b> is currently selling <b>Redeem </b>at stations for the same price as conventional natural gas.<br />
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<b>Redeem®</b> is described as the world’s first renewable fuel made entirely from organic waste for use in commercial vehicles. <b>Redeem®</b> is a<b> <a href="https://blog.anaerobic-digestion.com/pipeline-quality-gas-biomethane-gas-to-grid/">biomethane</a> fuel </b>which is <b>cost-efficient, and available in North America</b> and <b>up to 70% cleaner than gasoline and diesel</b>, making it a<b> smart choice for natural gas vehicle fleets </b>including <b>heavy-duty trucks</b>.<br />
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<b>Clean Energy®</b> has seen what must surely be a golden opportunity to reduce the environmental impact of vehicle fuel use in a wonderfully pragmatic way. </div>
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Thanks to the efforts of six progressive harbor trucking firms that are demonstrating with today’s near-zero emission natural gas trucks, that the <b>US can slash transportation emissions immediately and cost effectively</b>.<br />
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The result has been that:<br />
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Clean Energy is the <b>largest provider of natural gas fuel for transportation</b> in<b> North America</b>, <b>fueling</b> over <b>46,000 vehicles each day </b>at over <b>530 fueling stations throughout the United States and Canada.</b></div>
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Wondering <strong>how to cut carbon emissions</strong>? New report says that assisting <strong>UK biomethane production could cut 1/3 off the carbon emission from the hardest to decarbonise sectors</strong>. Hopefully the UK, and other governments, are currently thinking hard on how to cut it!<br />
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The new report says that <strong>assisting biomethane production could cut just under 1/3 of the UK's 2030 carbon target if</strong> used <strong>in the toughest sectors</strong>.<br />
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Some people have been dismissing the use of anaerobic digestion recently, as having any role at all in reducing the global carbon emissions blamed for causing rising temperatures.<br />
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They <strong>point to the rapid introduction of wind energy, and solar</strong>, and <strong>allude to biogas as being high-cost</strong>.<br />
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<strong>They just don't get it...</strong><br />
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At some level, possibly even subconsciously, <strong>they connect biogas with "waste" and smells that they find distasteful.</strong><br />
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Politicians think of <strong>badly implemented government subsidies</strong> which have either been <strong>over generous and hence over subscribed, or frankly not been thought through properly</strong> in the first place.<br />
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<strong>That's unfair!</strong><br />
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These attitudes <strong>need reconsidering</strong>.<br />
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It jeopardizes the ability to comply with net Zero 2030 targets toward 2025 Net Zero.<br />
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And, it is now urgent that they are, in this <strong>time of <u>unheard of intensities of forest fires, drought and flooding</u></strong>.<br />
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The anaerobic digestion and biogas<strong> industry does not seek hand-outs. It</strong> <strong>seeks recognition for what it can do</strong>. Plus, a <strong>level playing field</strong> to further <strong>develop tried-and-tested technologies</strong> to save carbon emissions <strong>in the most difficult to decarbonise sectors</strong> (such as heavy goods transport, and heating homes and business via the gas grid) where:<br />
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<li>few opportunities exist to reduce carbon emissions using currently available technologies</li>
<li>quite apart from the carbon reducing opportunity, the wholesale introduction of biomethane can also bring enormous additional benefits (e. g. in jobs, air quality improvement, and reducing other emissions such as polluting forms of nitrogen).</li>
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Biogas as <strong>biomethane is NOT promoted any longer as a competitor with wind and solar</strong>. No longer does the biogas industry seek to be promoted for electricity generation in competition with lower cost technologies (although many contest that they are cheaper overall).<br />
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<span style="color: green;">It's how to cut carbon emissions with "The <u>no regrets</u> option for the hardest to decarbonise sectors".</span></h3>
<strong>Read on</strong> and <strong>find out</strong> where <strong>biogas (biomethane) has a unique role</strong> in the Press Release which follows:<br />
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<span style="color: grey;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px;">ADBA Press Release (3 March 2020):</span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: navy;">Biomethane could deliver 30% of the UK’s 2030 carbon budget in hardest to decarbonise sectors, provide green heat to 6.4 million homes and create 30,000 jobs by 2030, says report</span></h2>
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<li>With a supportive policy environment, anaerobic digestion (AD) technology could produce 8 billion m<sup>3</sup> biomethane/year, <strong>enough to heat 6.4 million homes, by 2030</strong>.</li>
<li>This would deliver a 6% reduction in total UK greenhouse gases emissions, specifically within the hard-to-decarbonise sectors of heat, transport, waste management and agriculture, and 30% of the reduction needed by 2030 to meet our legally binding carbon budget.</li>
<li>The industry would directly create 30,000 green jobs and become a leading exporter of innovation, technology and professional expertise.</li>
<li>The report sets out the pathway to full deployment by 2030 and identifies policy asks to stimulate growth.</li>
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Alan Whitehead MP today hosted the launch of <a href="http://adbioresources.org/docs/Biomethane_-_Pathway_to_2030_-_Full_report.pdf" title="Biomethane report pdf"><em><strong>Biomethane: the pathway to 2030</strong></em></a>, a major report by the <a href="http://adbioresources.org/">Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA)</a>, which highlights the potential for biomethane to cut emissions in the hardest to decarbonise sectors of the UK economy such as heat, transport, waste management and agriculture, and achieve the country’s Net Zero target.<br />
Fully deployed, the biomethane industry could deliver a 6% reduction in the UK's greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 - a third of the 5th Carbon Budget target - and provide heating for 6.4 million homes. It would also create tens of thousands of jobs, boost energy and food production security, attract investment into the green economy and enhance Britain's competitiveness on the international sustainable technology market.<strong><span style="color: teal;"> vision of "How to cut carbon emissions with Anaerobic Digestion in 2030.</span></strong><br />
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Unlocking this potential however requires a supportive policy environment and the report identifies the key policy asks that will enable the industry to flourish:<br />
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<li>immediate support for biomethane production beyond 2021</li>
<li>extension of the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation beyond 2032</li>
<li>funding for innovation</li>
<li>establishment of resource hierarchies for all organic wastes with AD as the optimal recycling technology</li>
<li>development of a renewable biofertiliser obligation</li>
<li>support for local circular economy projects around food waste recycling through AD into heat and power generation</li>
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Charlotte Morton, ADBA Chief Executive, said:<br />
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<em>"Our sector has seen periods of very strong growth in the last decade as a direct result of supportive policy, but this has stalled in recent years due to the withdrawal of support. The next ten years, dubbed the climate decade, are our last chance to reverse the climate crisis. To reach its full potential by 2030 and make a real impact, the industry must grow faster than it has ever done. We therefore need robust and immediate support from government to capitalize on the sector's wide-ranging environmental and social benefits, and to unlock a commercially viable, world-class AD industry with goods, services and expertise that can be exported around the world. In the face of the climate emergency, AD is not an option, it's a necessity, and a technology that needs to be fully deployed NOW to create the healthy environment and healthy green economy that the UK needs</em>."</blockquote>
The report has been sponsored by Air Liquide, Privilege Finance and SNG.<br />
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Industry Comments on How to Cut Carbon Emissions the ADBA Way</h2>
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Chris Winward, Chief Commercial Officer at Privilege Finance, commented:<br />
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<em>"Now is the time for us to ensure policy makers understand the potential for energy from waste technologies to contribute towards <a href="https://anaerobic-digestion.com/uk-net-zero-emissions-nation-2050/">achieving net zero</a> and the creation of a more circular economy. Sending waste to landfill that could be used for energy production needs to be seen as socially unacceptable. Existing anaerobic digestion technologies offer a solution to both the problem of producing materials that ultimately end up in landfill, and the need to <a href="https://anaerobic-digestion.com/how-to-cut-carbon-emissions/">decarbonise our energy system</a>.”</em></blockquote>
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John Morea, CEO of SNG, said:<br />
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<em>“The injection of further biomethane into the gas network is key to decarbonise heating through the 2020s and involves no disruptive changes for customers. We hope this report will raise the profile of the potential for biomethane to deliver a third of the carbon savings necessary to meet the UK’s legally binding fifth carbon budget and allow for the necessary policies to be introduced from when the Renewable Heat Incentive ends in March 2021.”</em></blockquote>
David Smith, Chief Executive of Energy Networks Association, said:<br />
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<em>“We welcome this report that clearly shows the benefits of biomethane and anaerobic digestion which must play a critical role in helping us get to net zero. They are good for the environment, good for the economy and good for the public who will benefit from a low carbon, low cost energy system. In the run-up to COP 26 this year, what we now need is a commitment to roll-out the world’s first zero-carbon gas grid.”</em><br />
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The WBA is in <strong>Talks on their Climate Change Commitment to major emissions reductions by 2030. At last!</strong> We have been saving for more than 10 years that it's about time real plans were made to reduce the impact of global warming, and all the time carbon emissions have in fact been escalating year on year.<br />
At last the WBA and the biogas industry are in talks to how vague promises can be translated in real action to make a difference.<br />
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We are pleased to publish below the WBA's latest Press Release which explains how this is happening:<br />
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World Biogas Association meets with UNFCCC in Bonn to discuss the industry's Biogas and Climate Change Commitment Declaration to deliver major emissions reductions by 2030</h3>
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<li>Declaration sets out ambition to reduce global greenhouse gases emissions by 12% by 2030</li>
<li>Meeting discusses how to gain world governments' commitment to unlock this potential</li>
<li>WBA representatives arrive on board a biomethane-powered car.</li>
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Bonn - 18 February 2020 - David Newman, President, and Charlotte Morton, Chief Executive of the <a href="https://www.worldbiogasassociation.org/">World Biogas Association (WBA</a>) , today met with H.E. Ovais Sarmad, Deputy Executive Secretary, UN Climate Change - the secretariat for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) - to discuss the implementation of the <a href="https://www.worldbiogasassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Biogas-and-Climate-Change-Commitment-Declaration.pdf">Biogas and Climate Change Commitment Declaration</a> that was presented to Mr Sarmad at COP25 in Madrid in December.<br />
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Signed by WBA and major biogas stakeholders from 11 countries, the Declaration sets out the ambition for the industry to deliver 12% reduction in global greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions by 2030, subject to world governments' removing current barriers to growth and investing fully in the technology as part of their contribution to meeting their Paris Agreement commitment. The 12% potential equates to the total US GHG emissions in 2012 or that of the EU in 2017.<br />
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David and Charlotte arrived at the UNFCCC offices in Bonn on board a biomethane/Bio-CNG-powered Audi Q5, accompanied by Harmen Dekker of <a href="https://www.dmt-et.com/">DMT Environmental Technology,</a> a biogas solutions provider and member of the WBA Advisory Board, who supplied the car. They were greeted by Niclas Svenningsen, Manager, Global Climate Action, UN Climate Change, who had called for all Paris Agreement signatories to include biogas in their Nationally Determined Contributions at the World Biogas Summit last July, and who also joined the meeting.<br />
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David said: "We are greatly encouraged by the progress made since Niclas' speech at the Summit only 7 months ago. The global biogas industry is determined to play its part in addressing the climate emergency.<br />
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However, delivering on its huge potential requires the political will from all world nations to move away from fossil fuel subsidies and invest in this mature, readily available technology that can not only significantly mitigate the climate crisis, but also form a cornerstone of global sustainable development.<br />
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Research has shown that our industry can help meet nine of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals. Gaining the support of UNFCCC in raising awareness and securing commitment from world governments is a major milestone towards achieving our 12% GHG emissions reduction goal. 2020 has been declared the Year of Action and we must act, now."<br />
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Talking about the biomethane car that brought the delegation to Bonn, Harmen Dekker said: "This retrofitted Audi Q5 is a great example of the positive impact that the car manufacturing industry can immediately have in decarbonising transport. The technology to adapt diesel and petrol cars to biomethane/Bio CNG is available, and DMT has some very successful example projects done already.<br />
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The biogas sector is ready to generate the biomethane needed to power them. What is urgently required to deploy this technology fully is direct support from policy makers and investors for the best well-to-wheel solutions and for biomethane".<br />
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