COMPONENT 3 EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCES DEDICATED TO THE IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF GOOD PRACTICES FUELS

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1 COMPONENT 3 EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCES DEDICATED TO THE IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF GOOD PRACTICES DOCUMENT: REPORT OF THE SECOND INTERREGIONAL VISIT ON BIO- FUELS

2 INDEX EXECUTIVE SUMMARY BACKGROUND SUMMARY OBJECTIVES AND PREVIOUS DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES PARTICIPANTS PREVIOUS DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTERREGIONAL VISIT THE BASICS OF THE INTERREGIONAL VISIT AND METHODOLOGY USED BACKGROUND OF THE INTERREGIONAL VISIT ON BIO FUELS THE STRUCTURE AND ACTIVITIES OF THE INTERREGIONAL VISIT INTRODUCING LECTURES STUDY VISITS SYSAV WASTE FACILITY, 4 TH OF JUNE BIOGAS PRODUCTION AT WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, INCLUDING BIOGAS UPGRADING (BIOMETHANE) AND GRID INJECTION, 4 TH OF JUNE CNG/BIOGAS FILLING STATIONS; SLOW FILLING STATION/DEPOT FOR BUSSES AND PUBLIC FAST FILLING STATION FOR PERSONAL CARS, LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES AND TRUCKS, 4 TH OF JUNE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING HÅLLBARHETEN WHERE A HOME FILLING BIOMETHANE STATION IS INSTALLED THE NEXT STEPS IN THE SUM PROJECT CONCLUSIONS OF THE INTERREGIONAL VISIT...14 ANNEX 1. AGENDA OF THE 2 ND INTERREGIONAL VISIT 2. PARTICIPANTS LISTS 4 TH OF JUNE INTERREGIONAL VISIT 3.PARTICIPANTS LISTS 5 TH OF JUNE INTERREGIONAL VISIT 4. PARTICIPANTS LISTS 5 TH OF JUNE EXTRA STEERING COMMITTE MEETING 5. MINUTES FROM EXTRA STEERING COMMITTE MEETING Pag.2

3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.1 BACKGROUND The second Interregional Visit on Sustainable Mobility using biofuels, was organised in Malmö 4 5 Juni 2013, and was the second visit in a series of interregional visits. The visit was organised jointly by the technical team of the SUM PROJECT. Alltogether there are three interregional visits to be arranged, the first one was organised in Riga (Estonia) December 2012 and the following will be arranged in Vratsa (Bulgaria) in the second part of The Interregional Visits of the SUM PROJECT aim is to identify the most effective and transferable policies and practices referring to mobility. It is important to learn from them, in order to acquire firsthand knowledge of those policies and practices that are being developed, which can lead to acquisition of interesting ideas by the partners related to sustainable mobility. This report has the objective of summarising the results of the event taken place in Malmö (Sweden) on 4th and 5th of June SUMMARY objective of summarizing the results of the event taken place in Riga (Latvia) on 12th and 13th December 2012 The Interregional Visit has been developed and hosted by the Skåne Association of Local Authorities. This second Interregional Visit was structured in two parts. The first day and half of the second day was dedicated to lectures and site visits directly related to sustainable mobility using biofuels. In the other half of the second day, an extra fourth steering committee meeting was organised to optimise the next steps of the project. Pag.3

4 OBJECTIVES AND PREVIOUS DEVELOPMENT 2.1 OBJECTIVES The specific objective of this part of the project has been to collect and deploy best practices from partner regions in the field of sustainable mobility using biofuels. By achieving a greater level of knowledge and understanding, working with transferability in each of the partner regions and ensure that such knowledge can serve as a roadmap for the adoption of best practices in the field of sustainable biofuel mobility, are important tasks. The operational objectives can be summarised as: Promoting knowledge sharing and joint discussion on regional policies and practices to benefit sustainable mobility using biofuels. The expectations of the participants before the beginning of the workshop can be summarised as: Getting firsthand knowledge on the existing experiences and learning about sustainable urban biofuel mobility in Malmö, Skåne, Sweden. Being able to have a closer contact with local stakeholders and their experiences and expectations regarding sustainable urban biofuel mobility. 2.2 PARTICIPANTS The first two-day Interregional Visit was attended by 28 persons from the partner entities of the project. Eight persons not working in the project were also involved in carrying out the programme activities of the first day. The second day, 27 persons from the partner organisations took part in the planned activities. Two persons not working in the project were also involved in carrying out second days activities of the visit. Representatives from all 13 participating organisations in the project, attended the second interregional visit (partner 2 and 5 have withdrawed). Pag.4

5 2.3 PREVIOUS DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTERREGIONAL VISIT As it was indicated in the Application Form, the SUM PROJECT proposes a methodology for the sequence of action, in which the products of the previous activities are the entries for the following activities. Firstly, a study of the regional practices on sustainable mobility should be carried out by each partner, including identification and analysis of regional experiences in the field of sustainable urban mobility grouped in the following thematic areas: electric mobility, bio-fuels and other sustainable practices. The first activity of each partner was preparation of a study (report) for its region about mobility using biofuels and provision of information on this topic in the second thematic workshop in Amiens (April, 2012). The reports were evaluated, and five best practices were chosen by the partners. Secondly, after identifying the best practices, the Interregional Visits on the same thematic areas in this case bio-fuels would be organised in Malmö, Sweden. The second Interregional Visit was planned in close communication with local stakeholders in Malmö, having acceptance from the SUM PROJECT Lead partner Municipality of Vigo, and other partners. This report will show not only the results and conclusion of the Second Interregional visit, but also all the steps that made it possible and successful. This report is divided into two parts, the first one refers to the basics of the site visits, while the second one focuses on the SUM projects partner meeting. Pag.5

6 OBJECTIVES AND PREVIOUS DEVELOPMENT 3.1 BACKGROUND OF THE INTERREGIONAL VISIT ON BIOFUELS As a first step, each partner was requested to find within its respective geographical area (at local, regional or even national level for those partners from small countries) the best practices in the field of sustainable mobility using biofuels which could be suitable for sharing with the rest of the partners. Great importance in this project is given to interregional visits, which allow for direct introduction of implemented measures in the field of sustainable mobility using biofuels, thus assessing the adequacy of development of these measures in the partner cities and distinguishing opportunities for transferring the appropriate measures into practice. Skåne Association of Local Authorities organised the project s second Interregional Visit in the city of Malmö, and time for the two-day event was decided to 4 th to 5 th of June One and a half of these days were dedicated to visit sites related to mobility using biofuels. After lunch on the 5 th of June, a one and a half hour project meeting was to be held. The Second Interregional visit in Malmö was hosted and organised by the Skåne Energy Agency (hereinafter SEA), which acts on behalf of Skåne Association of Local Authorities in the SUM PROJECT. SEA is a regional energy agency, which manages and coordinates energy and climate information projects in the Skåne region and raises awareness on these issues amongst the local population. SEA is a department within Skåne Association of Local Authorities. SEA actively cooperates with the County Administrative Board of Skåne and County Council Board of Skåne. SEA also has close cooperation with local stakeholders within the energy and climate filed in Skåne, which has been of great value when organising the Second Interregional Visit in Malmö, in the SUM PROJECT. 3.2 THE STRUCTURE AND ACTIVITIES OF THE INTERREGIONAL VISIT The program for the 4th of June was as follows: Overview of the biofuel system in Skåne, and, from waste to clean energy and useful fertilizer the Swedish model of biogas lecture The work with collecting organic household waste in Malmö lecture Pre treatment of organic waste from household and food industry lecture Pag.6

7 Pre treatment of organic waste from household and food industry study visit at the SYSAV pre treatment plant Biogas production at waste water treatment plant, including biogas upgrading (biomethane) and grid injection - study visit CNG/biogas filling stations; slow filling station/depot for buses and public fast filling station for personal cars, light duty vehicles and trucks - study visit The program for the 5th of June was as follows: Visiting residential building Hållbarheten where home-filling biogas station is demonstrated Hydrogen in Skåne lecture Sustainable mobility in Skåne - lecture INTRODUCING LECTURES The idea of the visit was to give the attendees an idea of the use of biofuels in general in Skåne region and the use of biomethane from organic waste in particular. On the 4 th of June, Per-Johan Wik, Skåne Energy Agency, gave an introduction to biofuels in general in Skåne in the first lecture of the day, both describing bio-ethanol and bio-diesel. Both can be fuelled in Skåne region but are not produced in the region. The only thing we would be able to see in a study visit would be a filling station for bio-ethanol or bio diesel so we decided to focus more on biogas, which Skåne is one of the leading regions in Europe to produce and use. Mårten Ahlm, Skåne Energy Agency, gave an introduction to the whole biogas life cycle chain in Skåne, also talking about upgrading biogas to biomethane to be able to use it as a vehicle fuel. Then Ingela Morfeldt from water and sewage company VA Syd held a lecture to us about collecting organic waste from households and industries in the Malmö area. The group moved on to the SYSAV waste facility where pre treating organic waste makes it possible to produce biogas out of the waste, which is a growing market in whole Skåne. SYSAV gave us an introducing lecture about pre treatment of organic waste at their facility. Then there were three study visit activities described in on the 4 th of June. On the 5 th of June, after one study visit activity in the morning (described in 3.2.2) Anna Tibbelin held a lecture about using hydrogen as fuel for transportation purposes in the Skåne region. Before lunch Magdalena Nilsson from Sustainable Mobility Skåne held a final lecture about sustainable mobility measures in Skåne STUDY VISITS Below is the three study visits carried out 4th of June and the one study visit on 5th of June described. Pag.7

8 SYSAV WASTE FACILITY, 4 TH OF JUNE SYSAV, South Scania Waste Company located in Malmö, receives, recycles and treats waste from households and businesses in southern Skåne. The company is owned by 14 municipalities with a joint population of over 665,000 and has approximately 6,000 companies as customers. SYSAV s concept applies an eco-cycle perspective, and is based on total solutions and high expertise to combine various treatment methods for dealing with each type of waste in the most sustainable way according to its properties. Waste is a resource and, as far as possible, should be reused. SYSAV therefore recycles waste in the form of materials and energy, and only a small proportion is sent to landfill. Photo: Per-Johan Wik, Skåne Association of Local Authoriteis SYSAV built a pretreatment plant for treatment of collected food waste back in The collection of food waste has started gradually from 2008 with the aim that food waste will be collected in all 14 owner municipalities over time. More and more food waste is collected, even from restaurants, caterers, and others. In the pre-treatment plant the collected food waste is transformed into a nutritious slurry. The slurry is processed into biogas when digested in a reactor chamber and is after upgrading replacing gasoline and the rest product can be used as a bio fertilizer. So instead of burning the food waste or leave it in a land fill, biogas is produced from the food waste which can be upgraded to biomethane and used as a fuel for transportation purposes. The group from the SUM project was able to see the whole chain from collection of food waste to the transformation of the slurry for biogas production at the SYSAV facility. Biogas production is planned to be started in 2015 at SYSAV. Today the slurry is transported to another biogas production plant. Pag.8

9 BIOGAS PRODUCTION AT WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, INCLUDING BIOGAS UPGRADING (BIOMETHANE) AND GRID INJECTION, 4 TH OF JUNE After visiting the SYSAV facility, the SUM group continued their journey to Sjölunda waste water treatment plant in City of Malmö, where waste water is received from connected customers. The facility is located next door to SYSAV. Photo: VA Syd Biogas is produced at the facility in reactor chambers where the sewage sludge is digested. The result is 35 GWh of biogas produced per year. Photo: VA Syd Pag.9

10 About 70 % of the produced biogas at Sjölunda is upgraded to biomethane. Biomethane has the same gas quality as fossil methane gas, and can be fed into the gas grid and fuelled into vehicles at methane gas filling stations. Photo: (example of an upgrading facility) In the upgrading process carbon dioxide, water and impurities are removed. Upgraded biogas has a methane content of at least 95 percent and can therefore be used in the same way as natural gas. There are three commercial techniques of upgrading biogas today. They are water washing, Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) and absorption with chemicals. During the visit at Sjölunda waste water treatment plant, the SUM project group had the opportunity to watch the upgrading process and grid injection in detail and got all three upgrading techniques described CNG/BIOGAS FILLING STATIONS; SLOW FILLING STATION/DEPOT FOR BUSSES AND PUBLIC FAST FILLING STATION FOR PERSONAL CARS, LIGHT DUTY VEHICLES AND TRUCKS, 4 TH OF JUNE After having seen biogas production and the upgrading process to biomethane it was now time to see the offset possibilities for biomethane. First the SUM project group visited a large slow filling station for city busses in Malmö. When the driver parks the bus after using it, it will fill up with gas until next driver collects the bus for next journey. Public transport company Skånetrafiken, has set the objective that all their busses shall be fossil free at 2020 and using biogas is one of the most important factors to be able to reach that target. Pag.10

11 Photo: Per-Johan Wik, Skåne Association of Local Authorities Finalising the day, the SUM group visited a public fast filling station for personal cars, light duty vehicles and trucks, using methane as fuel. In the city of Malmö, the methane filling stations are connected to the gas grid. In the gas grid it is a mixture of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and upgraded biogas (biomethane). Energy company E.ON allocates all biomethane fed into the grid as vehicle fuel. This means that they can guarantee a minimum of 50 % biomethane in the gas mixture when you fuel your car or truck. Some fuelling stations in other places in Skåne offer 100 % biomethane as a vehicle fuel. The aim is to offer as much biomethane as possible in all fuelling stations in Skåne. Photo: Per-Johan Wik, Skåne Association of Local Authorities Pag.11

12 RESIDENTIAL BUILDING HÅLLBARHETEN WHERE A HOME FILLING BIOMETHANE STATION IS INSTALLED Energy company E.ON has built a residential building with seven apartments, in the City of Malmö. The building is named Hållbarheten in Swedish, meaning the Sustainable One. The aim with the building is to build for future living. Three different heating systems have been installed and are evaluated. They are district heating, heat pump (air to water) and heat pump (methane). Photo: Per-Johan Wik, Skåne Association of Local Authorities Each heating system will be thoroughly evaluated to see which one is the best. Each heating system is supported by hot water from solar collectors placed on the roof of the building. The solar collectors also heat a common pool. Photovoltaic is installed on the roof, generating electricity. One apartment also has a small wind power plant for added electricity generation. Pag.12

13 Seen to the aspect of sustainable mobility, some apartments have an electricity charger placed in the garage on the ground floor and some residents has access to a parking space with electricity charger on the street. For sustainable mobility using biofuels, the most important factor is a home filling station for biomethane located on the building. It will take about 5-8 hours to fill a full tank in a car, depending on the size of its tanks. Investment cost for a home filling station for methane is about Photo: Per-Johan Wik, Skåne Association of Local Authorities THE NEXT STEPS IN THE SUM PROJECT Photo: Per-Johan Wik, Skåne Association of Local Authorities Pag.13

14 After having lunch on the 5 th of June, an extra steering committee meeting was held between Following errands were processed during this meeting: Welcoming Discussion Interregional Forum Programming Implementation Plans Guide of best practices Budget Photo contest and website Minutes from the meeting is attached as annex to this report. 3.3 CONCLUSIONS OF THE INTERREGIONAL VISIT The objectives of the second Interregional Visit have been fulfilled. The SUM project partners have recieved increased knowledge about biofuel based sustainable mobility in general and biogas fuelled sustainable mobility in particular, all been demonstrated in Malmö, Skåne, Sweden. The key measures introduced in Malmö, Skåne on biofuel based sustainable mobility: Using both bio-ethanol and biodiesel, available as E85 and B30 at ordinary fuelling stations. Using organic house hold waste for production of biogas, but also other raw materials. Upgrading of biogas to biomethane (same quality as fossil methane gas) Use of biomethane for transport purposes in cars, light duty vehicles, busses and trucks. Public transport company Skånetrafiken has the aim that all their busses shall be fossil free 2020, and biogas is the most important contributor to achieve that. Introduction of a future application for home filling of biogas in vehicles. Informative lectures on hydrogen and sustainable mobility in Skåne. And other measures. Pag.14