Biomethane in Italy. Lorenzo Maggioni, R&D CIB

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1 Biomethane in Italy Lorenzo Maggioni, R&D CIB Budapest, July 13, 2017

2 Consorzio Italiano Biogas (Italian Biogas Consortium) The CIB - Italian Biogas Consortium, formed in March 2009, has national coverage and is the reference point in the Italian biogas and biomethane sector. MEMBERS Agricultural biogas plants > companies European projects

3 STATE OF THE ART Biogas in Italy 2 nd European market after Germany > 4 Billion invested in the last 6 years > biogas plants built (agriculture + sewage + waste + industrial). > MW el (for the moment biogas used only for electricity production!) About 3 billion Nm 3 Biomethane equivalent utilized per year qualified green jobs created thanks to biogas

4 STATE OF THE ART Biomethane in Italy 7 existent biomethane plants Size: m 3 biomethane /h Not connected to the natural gas grids. Demonstrative projects 20 new plants already authorized; size: m 3 biomethane /h 1 plant m 3 biomethane /h. June 30: 1 st injection into the natural gas grid. 10 projects for LBM Feedstock: actually > Organic Fraction Municipal Solid Waste

5 Case study 1 STATE OF THE ART Project of Cooperativa 3A Cooperative Assegnatari Associati Arborea - 3A, founded in 1956, with 248 shareholders owning farms with milk production. 50,000 head of Friesian and Brown Swiss cows. In Sardinia there are not natural gas grids and not NGV, they are already using LNG (100 m 3 storage at the milk factory in Arborea) with a 1 MW el and 1,2 MW th CHP PROJECT: ~4,5 t LBM/d, using ~335 m 3 manure / day; construction of bio-lcng filling stations The LBM and the bio-cng will be used to refuel company trucks and vehicles of other companies If there were problems with the use of LBM in the transport sector, it can replace LNG Total investment for the construction of the plant (anaerobic digestion, LBM production, distribution and LBM digestate treatment): ~ 12 million Euro

6 Case study 2 STATE OF THE ART Project of CAVIRO Total area: m 2 ( m 2 covered) Total flows in / out: t / y ( trucks/y) Electric Consumption : MWh el 30,000 / year Steam Consumption: 150,000 t / year The project: 8 million m 3 /y biomethane (gaseus) 8 million m 3 /y LBM

7 Case study 3 STATE OF THE ART Project of Based in Veneto region, S.E.S.A. (Società Estense Servizi Ambientali S.p.A.) is one of the most important Italian companies involved in the activities of recycling, recovery, disposal and transportation of waste. An investment in the biomethane sector of 42 million euro, spread over 5 years m 3 biomethane / h (LBM + biocng) already authorized > 150 natural CNG and LNG trucks for the collection and transport of waste

8 STATE OF THE ART Alternative fuels in Italy In Italy (January 2017) ~ 43,2 M vehicles LPG vehicles ~2,260 M (= 5,2% on the total) NGV ~1,005 M (=2,6% on the total) e-mobility ~0,132 M** (=0,3% on the total) Author s elaboration from data by **including hybrid cars ~ NG filling station; > 1 B Nm 3 NG / y

9 CURRENT AND COMING REGULATIONS

10 CURRENT AND COMING REGULATIONS CURRENT Decree 05 December 2013 NEW Summer 2017 Entry into force (art. 9 of the Decree) : 18 december 2013 Duration: upgrading plants that will be in service by 17 december 2018

11 CURRENT AND COMING REGULATIONS 1) 2) CURRENT Decree 05 December 2013 Agriculture Organic Fraction Municipal Solid Waste DIFFERENT SCENARIOS DEPENDING ON FINAL USE OF BIOMETHANE Biomethane injected into the natural gas grids Biomethane used in high efficiency cogeneration plants NEW Summer 2017 The same + methanation Better chance for LBM than in the old decree NOW WE HAVE ALL THE TECHNICAL RULES NEEDED FOR BIOMETHANE PRODUCTION 1) Biomethane injected into the natural gas grids 2) Biomethane used in high efficiency cogeneration plants 3) Biomethane used in transport sector 3) Biomethane used in transport sector More interesting subsidies if you produce advanced biomethane

12 CURRENT REGULATION Decree 10 ottobre 2014 Advanced Biofuels The definition is related to the use of a short list of feedstock Algae if cultivated on land in ponds or photobioreactors Biomass fraction of mixed municipal waste Bio-waste Biomass fraction of industrial waste not fit for use in the food or feed chain Straw Animal manure and sewage sludge Etc.

13 CURRENT REGULATION Decree 10 ottobre ADVANCED BIOFUELS MANDATE biofuels Advanced biofuels (actually 92% = biodiesel. Only 5% made in Italy) In 2018 it means ~225 Mm 3 biomethane (compressed or liquified)

14 The Italian way: ADVANCED BIOFUELS

15 THE ITALIAN WAY BIOGASDONERIGHT BIOMASS Livestock effluents Agroresidues and agrowastes Cover crops before or after cash crops Food or perennial crops to revegetate abandoned lands (Cactaceae, alfalfa, perpetual meadows, etc.)

16 THE ITALIAN WAY BIOGASDONERIGHT

17 THE ITALIAN WAY BIOGASDONERIGHT (peer-reviewed study not yet published) Legend: CRP = crops MAN = manure BYPR = by products Due to the better biogas conversion efficiency and to the used biomass, «Biogasdoneright» is able to create carbon negative bioenergy system

18 POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT

19 POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT Biomethane in Italy According to Italian Biogas Consortium a realistic development plan of methane/biomethane within 2020 should include: doubling NG service stations to 2000; Doubling current consumption of CNG (for transport sector) up to 2 Billion Nm 3 by 2020 (using preferably LNG) ; Increasing biomethane consumption up to 25% of the total consumption, about 0,5 Billion Nm 3 /year (bio-cng or bio-lng)

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21 CONCLUSIONS In Italy biomethane, thanks also to the Biogasdoneright model, could be a very important advanced bio-fuel. It could contribute to achieve the climate targets thanks to the reduction of CO 2 eq emissions, it increases security of supply and Italian energy independence from other countries In Italy biomethane has an enormous potential (maximum technical potential of 8 billion m 3 bioch 4 / y) THE ITALIAN MARKET IS READY TO START! We are looking for NANO-LNG technologies and we are very interested to participate in EU projects (H2020, etc)

22 CIB Consorzio Italiano Biogas e Gassificazione segreteria@consorziobiogas.it P.IVA: c/o Parco Tecnologico Padano Via Einstein, Loc. Cascina Codazza Lodi (LO) Lorenzo Maggioni ricerca@consorziobiogas.it Thanks for you attention!