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Ændr 2. linje i overskriften
13. OCTOBER 2016SENIOR RESEARCHER
MARIANNE THOMSENAARHUSUNIVERSITYDEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
AU
A CIRCULAR BIOECONOMY
WITH BIOBASED PRODUCTION FROM NUTRIENT
AND CO2 SEQUESTRATION BY SEAWEED
MARIANNE THOMSEN, MICHELE SEGHETTA,
ANNETTE BRUHN, SIMONE BASTIANONI, BERIT HASLER AD THE WHOLE MAB3 TEAM
13 OCTOBER 2016SENIOR RESEARCHER
MARIANNE THOMSEN
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
AARHUSUNIVERSITYAU
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
Definition:
Benefit that human obtain from an ecosystem (MEA, 2005)
Seaweed cultivation +
Ecoindustrial system =
____________________________
Engineered ecosystem services mimicking
the natural system
Fig. modified from Metrovancouver.org
13 OCTOBER 2016SENIOR RESEARCHER
MARIANNE THOMSEN
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
AARHUSUNIVERSITYAU
CONCLUSION
Seaweed production and biorefinery systems may deliver supporting and regulatory
services, e.g. restoration of aquatic water quality and mitigation of climate change, while
producing biobased products for biobased societies
Climate regulation = Delivery of net negative GHG emission, e.g. carbon capture and
storage + carbon capture and use
› 0.1-1.3 ton CO2e bioassimilated per ton dw seaweed harvested
Nutrient cycling = Net removal of excess nitrogen and phosphorous from the aquatic
system re-entering the economic system.
› 5-43 kg N is removed from the aquatic system per ton dw seaweed harvested
13 OCTOBER 2016SENIOR RESEARCHER
MARIANNE THOMSEN
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
AARHUSUNIVERSITYAU
CONCLUSION
Harmonised methodologies for quantifying the services delivered by seaweed
cultivation and biorefinery systems are needed!
The monetary value of the services obtained from biorefinery systems producing biogas,
protein, ethanol and fertilizer constitutes 5-30 % of the Return on Investment (RoI).
The break-even point in productivity are in the range of 2.2-5.8 ton dw seaweed/ha,
excluding investment and maintenance cost of the biorefinery plant.
RoI of the macroalgal biorefieny systems analysed varies between 126-11,100 EUR/ha
13 OCTOBER 2016SENIOR RESEARCHER
MARIANNE THOMSEN
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
AARHUSUNIVERSITYAU
CONTENT
MAB3 systems analysed
Variability in productivity and units of measure
Services, policies and environmental performance
Product portfolio – a glimpse
Return on investments from MAB3 biobased production systems
Conclusion
13 OCTOBER 2016SENIOR RESEARCHER
MARIANNE THOMSEN
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
AARHUSUNIVERSITYAU
PROTEIN, ETHANOL & FERTILIZER PRODUCTS
Seed lines
Deployment
Maintenance
Harvest
Macroalgae production system
Transport
Pretreatment
Hydrolysis
Fermentation
Distillation/separation
Biorefinery
Ethanol
Proteins Fish feed prod. Fish feed
Liquid fertilizer
13 OCTOBER 2016SENIOR RESEARCHER
MARIANNE THOMSEN
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
AARHUSUNIVERSITYAU
BIOGAS AND PROTEIN
Seed lines
Deployment
Maintenance
Harvest
Macroalgae production system Transport
BiogasProduction
Biogas
Digestate storage
Chopping
Energy production pathway
Proteins
Digestate transport organic NPK
fertilizers
Microalgae growth
Electricity
Dewatering
Heat
Partial drying
Ensilage
Transport
Protein production pathway
Hydrolysis
CHP unitCO2
conversion
13 OCTOBER 2016SENIOR RESEARCHER
MARIANNE THOMSEN
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
AARHUSUNIVERSITYAU
CIRCULAR NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT
Industrial ecology!
Use of emissions as a resource for
seaweed production
› Biobased products & services
Seghetta et al., 2016
13 OCTOBER 2016SENIOR RESEARCHER
MARIANNE THOMSEN
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
AARHUSUNIVERSITYAU
MAB3 SEAWEED CULTIVATION SITES
There are 7registered seaweed cultivation plants in Denmark.
Hjarnø Havbrug (Horsens) is the biggest, Seaweed Societé ApS
owns 3 plants; each10-30 ha. The remaining 3 seaweed
cultivation plants are below 10 ha.
Horsens:
13 ton N harvested /year < yearly emission supply of 740 ton
Limfjorden:
0.4 ton N harvested/year < yearly emission supply of 9 ton
(33-130 kg N/ha, 3-12 kg P/ha, 1000-4000 kg/ha)
Seghetta et al., 2016
13 OCTOBER 2016SENIOR RESEARCHER
MARIANNE THOMSEN
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
AARHUSUNIVERSITYAU
PRODUCTIVITY
a) Based on productivity measured in Limfjorden
b) Based on productivity measured in Horsens Fjord
Saccharina latissima &
Laminaria digitata , WW
Saccharina latissima, DW Laminaria digitate, DW
Productivity Lowa Highb Average Low High Average Low High Average
Dry matter content 21.6% 14.8% 28.3%
[kg/m HL] 6.1 12.0 9.1 0.9 1.8 1.3 1.7 3.4 2.6
[kg/m SL] 1.4 2.6 2.0 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.6
[Mg/ha] 6.8 13.2 10.0 1.0 2.0 1.5 1.9 3.7 2.8
Seghetta et al., 2016
13 OCTOBER 2016SENIOR RESEARCHER
MARIANNE THOMSEN
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
AARHUSUNIVERSITYAU
NON-MONETARY VALUE OF THE SERVICES
Climate Change mitigation
Mitigating Aquatic Eutrophication
Quantification of the regulatory services from macroalgae production and biorefinery systems
should be based on the net result of the whole value chain
Regulating service: Climate regulation kg CO2e assimilated /ton dw seaweed harvested
The cultivation step 990-1,300
The whole biorefiney value chain 123-190
The whole value chain of biogas and fertilizer production 170-1,247
Supporting services : Nutrient cycling kg N assimilated / ton dw seaweed harvested
Cultivation step 5-43
The whole biorefiney value chain 7-57
The whole value chain of biogas and fertilizer production 1-30
Thomsenet al., 2016
13 OCTOBER 2016SENIOR RESEARCHER
MARIANNE THOMSEN
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
AARHUSUNIVERSITYAU
CLIMATE REGULATING POLICY
“If we are to limit global warming to 2 oC, all sectors in all countries must reduce their
emissions of GHGs to zero not later than 2060–2080.”
Today, investments in zero-emission technologies are rapidly catching up with
investments in fossil energy
The development and market growth of potential zero-emission technologies such as wind and solar power, electric transport systems, zero-
energy buildings and advanced biofuels have been impressive and the co-benefits of mitigation are widely recognized (IPCC, 2014).
In contrast to these advances, the energy-intensive industries (EIIs) are facing greater
challenges.
EIIs produce basic materials such as steel, cement, aluminium, fertilizers and plastics, and account for a large share of global GHG emissions.
The best available technologies (BATs) can only reduce emissions by 15–30% in these industries, even if they are applied on a large scale
May BBI catch up with the investments in EII ?
What are the climate performance of the BBI sector ?
13 OCTOBER 2016SENIOR RESEARCHER
MARIANNE THOMSEN
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
AARHUSUNIVERSITYAU
BIOREFINERY & CLIMATE REGULATION
BC: Average productivity 1,5 ton dw
seaweed /ha, harvest summer (high
ethanol), high dw percent
(Laminaria digitata)
A2: High productivity scenario,
harvest summer (high ethanol), high
dw percent (Laminaria digitata)
A6: Low CO2 footprint of the
cultivation design main reason for
carbon negative, i.e. CC mitigating
results!
Zero emission – climate change mitigation
Seghetta et al., 2016
13 OCTOBER 2016SENIOR RESEARCHER
MARIANNE THOMSEN
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
AARHUSUNIVERSITYAU
BIOGAS, PROTEINS & CLIMATE REGULATION
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Split Total Split Total Split Total Split Total Split Total
BioS1 BioS2 BioL1 ProS1 ProL1
kg C
O2
e/
ha
Total Proteins distribution Substituted Proteins DewateringHydrolysis & microalgae growth Chopping Carbon sequestration BioextractionSubstituted Fertiliz. (prod.&use) Digestate application Digestate storage and transp. Substituted electr. and heatBiogas (prod. and use) Ensilage Transport - road Partial Dry
System boundaries are important!
Cradle to Cradle vs. Cradle to
Gate
Sequestering of recalcitrant
carbon is important!
Seghetta et al., 2016
13 OCTOBER 2016SENIOR RESEARCHER
MARIANNE THOMSEN
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
AARHUSUNIVERSITYAU
PROTEIN, ETHANOL & FERTILIZER PRODUCTS
soil
atmosphere
SeawaterHuman WWTP
13 OCTOBER 2016SENIOR RESEARCHER
MARIANNE THOMSEN
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
AARHUSUNIVERSITYAU
THE BIOGENIC CARBON BALANCE
Biorefinery
~Glucose
Count Month
Ethanol
Liquid fertilizer
Emis WWTP
Eth Prod
Res Prod
Feed prod
ACC Fish feed
Prot production copy
~Uronic acid
~Mannitol
~Fucose
~Proteins
~Other
~Lipids
Atmosphere
Stor Dry Stor Bio
Harvest
Feed prod
Acc Mannitol
BiorefEmis
Fermentation
Noname 1
~
Mannitol
~
Uronic acid
Acc uronic acids
Growth
Uptake
Count Month Harv Time
Seawater Seaweed
Noname 2
Acc Fucose
Noname 3
~
Fucose
Acc Proteins
Noname 4
~
Proteins
Acc Others
Fish flesh
Humans
Noname 5
~
Other
Graph 4 Graph 5
Acc Lipids
Noname 6
~
Lipids
WWTP
Freshwater
Degradation
Residues FI
Food discard
Emis Bio
CombustionEth comb
Fertilizer trans
CO2 EtOh ferm and comb
AtmSoilSeaMA
Composition
Humans
Freshwater
Fish Industry
Decomp
Table 4
Trans Cap1
CO2 soil
Use
Transit
Emis
Fermentation
Soil
Maturation
Transp
har bio
Soil atmosphere
Dissolution
Flow to seawater
EtOH yield
Sludge
Biogas
Acc Glucose
Storage
Noname 7
~
Glucose
Kd
Fertilizer trans
Sludge
Fert & Digest
Soil ATM MA
FIG2
Fish and WWTP
FIG3
MA and Products
instant
MA and PROD
CUM
Productivity
Area
Soil flow total
Input
Harvest Cap
~
Conversion
Table 8
CuM fertiliz
CUM sludge application
CUM sludge
CUM FErtilizer
Graph 33
CUM EMI BIOGAS
Emis Bio
CombustionCUM BIO
CUM EMI WWTP
Table 9
Emis WWTP Noname 8
Graph 31
~
Glucose
Content
Ethanol
input
emission
Graph 32
Harv Time
MACRO
Eth Prod
Harv Time
~
Protein
Content
Res Prod
Harvest
Eth comb
Degradation
Transit
Fertilizer transSludge
Fish feed chain
F4 copy
Feed tran
Table 7
Table 6
Feed discarded
Feed Storage
Discharge
WWTP
ACC residues
Graph 28Paper scenario 1
F2 copy
Cumulative Macroalgae
Macro
Atm
Seawater
Soil total verify
Fish and chips
Ethanol production copy
ACC Ethanol
FIsh and chips
Soil and MA
FIG1
Seghetta et al., 2016
13 OCTOBER 2016SENIOR RESEARCHER
MARIANNE THOMSEN
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
AARHUSUNIVERSITYAU
CARBON CYCLE – TIME VARIATION
1 production cycle 100 production cycles
9-13% of C is sequestrated
Seghetta et al., 2016
13 OCTOBER 2016SENIOR RESEARCHER
MARIANNE THOMSEN
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
AARHUSUNIVERSITYAU
CARBON CYCLE – SEASONAL VARIATION
Carbon cycle simulations for 100 seaweed cultivation cycles evaluated after 100 years
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Σ Seaweed Δ Atmosphere Δ Soil Σ EtOH Σ Liquid fertilizers Σ Fish feed
kg o
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rbo
n
April May June July August
Harvest time
Seghetta et al., 2016
13 OCTOBER 2016SENIOR RESEARCHER
MARIANNE THOMSEN
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
AARHUSUNIVERSITYAU
WATER QUALITY POLICIES
-seaweed as an instrument for water quality restoration
- close existing resource leakage gaps by recycling excess nutrients from aquatic system
- An alternative to land-based instruments
Seghetta et al., 2016
13 OCTOBER 2016SENIOR RESEARCHER
MARIANNE THOMSEN
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
AARHUSUNIVERSITYAU
WATER QUALITY RESTORATION - BIOREF
-9.00E+01
-8.00E+01
-7.00E+01
-6.00E+01
-5.00E+01
-4.00E+01
-3.00E+01
-2.00E+01
-1.00E+01
0.00E+00
1.00E+01
BC A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6
kg N
eq
./h
a
Nitrogen limited
-1.20E+01
-1.00E+01
-8.00E+00
-6.00E+00
-4.00E+00
-2.00E+00
0.00E+00
2.00E+00
BC A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6
kg P
eq
./h
a
Phosphorus limited
Total Bioextraction Carbon stock
Substituted mineral fertilizer (production and use) Substituted protein (production) Substituted gasoline (production and use)
Transport and use of liquid fertilizer Protein distribution Ethanol distribution
Biorefinery Transport - Road Drying
Transport - Water Cultivation
Saccharina latissima harvested in spring Laminaria digitata harvested in spring
Seghetta et al., 2016
13 OCTOBER 2016SENIOR RESEARCHER
MARIANNE THOMSEN
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
AARHUSUNIVERSITYAU
WATER QUALITY RESTORATION - BIOGAS
-5.00E+01
-4.00E+01
-3.00E+01
-2.00E+01
-1.00E+01
0.00E+00
1.00E+01
BioS1 BioS2 BioL1 ProS1 ProL1
kg N
eq
./h
a
Nitrogen limited
-8.00E+00
-7.00E+00
-6.00E+00
-5.00E+00
-4.00E+00
-3.00E+00
-2.00E+00
-1.00E+00
0.00E+00
1.00E+00
BioS1 BioS2 BioL1 ProS1 ProL1
kg P
eq
./h
a
Phosphorus limited
Total Proteins distribution Substituted Proteins DewateringHydrolysis & microalgae growth Chopping Carbon sequestration BioextractionSubstituted Fertiliz. (prod.&use) Digestate application Digestate storage and transp. Substituted electr. and heatBiogas (prod. and use) Ensilage Transport - road Partial DryCultivation
Seghetta et al., 2016
13 OCTOBER 2016SENIOR RESEARCHER
MARIANNE THOMSEN
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
AARHUSUNIVERSITYAU
TAKE HOME MESSAGE
Seaweed production and biorefinery systems may perform net negative, i.e. contributing
climate regulation and water quality restoration by nutrient recycling.
Biogas and fertilizer production delivers higher mitigation of CC compared to biorefineries; i.e.
producing recalcitrant carbon sequestering in soil.
The more treatment steps included in the value chain, the higher risk of performing with a net
positive GHG emission, i.e. contributing to climate change.
Low/zero carbon energy sources and increased resource utilization efficiency may
counterbalance this tendency.
Zero or net negative balances for non-market services = for environmental sustainability
Net positive values for provisional services (goods) = for economic sustainability
13 OCTOBER 2016SENIOR RESEARCHER
MARIANNE THOMSEN
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
AARHUSUNIVERSITYAU
ANNUAL PRODUCTION COSTS - PHASES
Nursery
43%
Deployment
25%
Maintenance
9%
Harvest
23%
IMMATURE TECHNOLOGY
Nursery
17%
Deployment
40%
Maintenance
17%
Harvest
26%
MATURE TECHNOLOGY
Thomsen et al., 2016
13 OCTOBER 2016SENIOR RESEARCHER
MARIANNE THOMSEN
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
AARHUSUNIVERSITYAU
PRODUCTION COSTS & PRODUCTIVITY
Seaweed as instrument for circular nutrient management
Immature: low productivity
Mature I: Stone rope technology, optimum productivity, first year harvest
Mature II: Two season cultivation – nursery and deployment each second year
Mature III: Two season cultivation and double productivity
Limfjorden HorsensTechnology scenarios Immature Mature I Mature II Mature III Immature Mature I Mature II Mature III
Financial costs/ha cultivated [EUR/ha] 11,762 6,048 4,898 4,898 14,378 7,239 5,529 5,529Productivity Saccharina latissima (15% dry matter content) [kg/ha] 1,000 1,500 1,500 3,000 1,598 2,000 2,000 4,000Productivity Laminaria digitata (29% dry matter content) [kg/ha] 1,959 2,894 2,894 5,787 2,894 3,828 3,828 7,656
N assimilation -Saccharina latissima [kg N/ha] 33 64 64 128 39 65 65 130
N assimilation -Laminaria digitata [kg N/ha] 53 78 78 156 78 103 103 207
Financial costs of supporting service
27-365 EUR/kg N harvested
Thomsen et al., 2016
13 OCTOBER 2016SENIOR RESEARCHER
MARIANNE THOMSEN
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
AARHUSUNIVERSITYAU
SPATIAL CONFIGURATION OF THE COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTION, 4165 TONS REDUCTION
Measures CostsSet aside
No measures
Catch crops etc.
Norm reductions
etc.
Hasler et al., 2015
13 OCTOBER 2016SENIOR RESEARCHER
MARIANNE THOMSEN
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
AARHUSUNIVERSITYAU
MARGINAL COSTS OF N LOAD REDUCTIONS
Buffer zones
Catch crops
Set aside
Afforestation
Constructed wetlands
Kr/
kg
N
N load reduction [ton]
Opportunity costs of the supporting service
91-183 DDK/kg N =
12-25 EUR/kg N harvested
Hasler et al., 2015
13 OCTOBER 2016SENIOR RESEARCHER
MARIANNE THOMSEN
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
AARHUSUNIVERSITYAU
MONETARY VALUE OF THE SERVICES
Climate Change mitigation
Mitigating Aquatic Eutrophication
Regulating service: Climate regulation kg CO2e assimilated /ton
dw seaweed harvested
Shadow price:
EUR/ kg CO2e harvested
Opportunity cost:
EUR/ton dw seaweed
The cultivation step 990-1,300
0.07-0.13
65-176
The whole biorefiney value chain 270-430 8-26
The whole value chain of biogas and fertilizer production 170-1,247 12-169
Supporting services : Nutrient cycling kg N assimilated / ton dw
seaweed harvested
Shadow price:
EUR/ kg N harvested
Opportunity cost:
EUR/ton dw seaweed
Cultivation step 5-43
12.2-24.6
61-1,056
The whole biorefiney value chain 7-57 90-1404
The whole value chain of biogas and fertilizer production 1-29 11-727
13 OCTOBER 2016SENIOR RESEARCHER
MARIANNE THOMSEN
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
AARHUSUNIVERSITYAU
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Phycobiliproteins (PBP) >800
Pharmaceuticals, bioactive peptides, Polyphenols 10-800
Food 0.1-135
Phycocolloids (agar, carrageenan, alginate) 1-10
Polysaccharides- prebiotics 1-10
Succinic acid 3-8
Chemicals 0.5-1.5
Biogas, bioethanol 0.5-3
A GLIMPSE OF THE PRODUCT PORTFOLIO
Market volume
[Euro/kg] TPC
Fertilizers
13 OCTOBER 2016SENIOR RESEARCHER
MARIANNE THOMSEN
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
AARHUSUNIVERSITYAU
RETURN ON INVESTMENT – UGLY
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R/h
a
kg dw seaweed /ha
RoI as function of productivity
(min revenue, exclusive services)
Bioref S.l. spring
Bioref L.d. spring
Biogas S.l. spring
Protein S.l. optimized spring
Biogas L.d. summer
Bioref SA S.l. summer
The break-even point is
obtained by an increase in
the seaweed productivity of
4.5-6 ton dw seaweed/ha
Thomsen et al., 2016
13 OCTOBER 2016SENIOR RESEARCHER
MARIANNE THOMSEN
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
AARHUSUNIVERSITYAU
RETURN ON INVESTMENT – STILL UGLY
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RoI as function of productivity
(min revenue, inclusive minimum revenue from services)
Bioref S.l. spring
Bioref L.d. spring
Biogas S.l. spring
Protein S.l. optimized spring
Biogas L.d. summer
Bioref SA S.l.
The break-even point is
obtained by seaweed
productivity of 4.2-5.3 ton
dw seaweed/ha
Thomsen et al., 2016
13 OCTOBER 2016SENIOR RESEARCHER
MARIANNE THOMSEN
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
AARHUSUNIVERSITYAU
RETURN ON INVESTMENT – MINIMUM UGLY
The break-even point is
obtained by seaweed
productivity of 3.2-4.4 ton
dw seaweed/ha
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RoI as function of productivity
(min revenue, inclusive maximum revenue from services)
Bioref S.l. spring
Bioref L.d. spring
Biogas S.l. spring
Protein S.l. optimized spring
Biogas L.d. summer
Bioref SA S.l.
Thomsen et al., 2016
13 OCTOBER 2016SENIOR RESEARCHER
MARIANNE THOMSEN
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
AARHUSUNIVERSITYAU
RETURN ON INVESTMENT - GOOD
1. Optimized protein
production with microalgae
conversion of seaweed sugar
content
2. Combined succinic acid
and CO2 conversion, with TPC
and fertilizer as biproducts
3. Combined protein,
bioethanol and fertilizer
production in spring ( L.d. >
S.l.)
Break-even point: 2.5-5.8 ton
dw seaweed / ha -15000
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kg dw seaweed /ha
RoI as function of productivity
(max revenue, exclusive services)
Bioref S.l. spring
Bioref L.d. spring
Biogas S.l. spring
Protein S.l. optimized spring
Biogas L.d. summer
Bioref SA S.l. summer
Thomsen et al., 2016
13 OCTOBER 2016SENIOR RESEARCHER
MARIANNE THOMSEN
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
AARHUSUNIVERSITYAU
RETURN ON INVESTMENT – EVEN BETTER
1. Optimized protein production
with microalgae conversion of
seaweed sugar content
2. Combined succinic acid and
CO2 conversion, with TPC and
fertilizer as biproducts
3 and 4. Combined protein,
bioethanol and fertilizer
production in spring ( L.d. > S.l.)
Break-even point: 2.2-4.4 ton
dw seaweed / ha-15000
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RoI as function of productivity
(max revenue, inclusive services)
Bioref S.l. spring
Bioref L.d. spring
Biogas S.l. spring
Protein S.l. optimized spring
Biogas L.d. summer
Bioref SA S.l.
Thomsen et al., 2016
13 OCTOBER 2016SENIOR RESEARCHER
MARIANNE THOMSEN
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
AARHUSUNIVERSITYAU
CONCLUSION
Seaweed production and biorefinery systems may deliver ecosystem services and
biobased products for biobased societies.
Climate Regulation = Delivery of net negative GHG emission, i.e. climate change
mitigation by carbon capture and storage + carbon capture and use
› Net negative values of 170-1,247 kg CO2e per ton dw seaweed biorefined
Nutrient cycling = Net removal of excess nitrogen and phosphorous from the aquatic
system re-entering the economic system
› Net negative value for reduction in eutrophication level1-57 kg N is removed from the
aquatic system per ton dw seaweed biorefined
13 OCTOBER 2016SENIOR RESEARCHER
MARIANNE THOMSEN
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
AARHUSUNIVERSITYAU
CONCLUSION
Harmonised methodologies for quantifying the services delivered by seaweed
cultivation and biorefinery systems are needed
The monetary value of the services obtained from biorefinery systems producing biogas,
protein, ethanol and fertilizer constitutes 5-30 % of the Return of Investment (RoI)
The break-even point in productivity are in the range of 2.2-5.8 ton dw seaweed/ha,
excluding investment and maintenance cost of the biorefinery plant.
RoI of the macroalgal biorefieny systems analysed varies between 126-11,100 Euro/ha
More high value products and a biorefinery pilot plant to be realised in MAB4
AARHUS
UNIVERSITYAU
Funded by the Innovation fund Denmark
http://www.mab3.dk/
Thanks for input to the MAB3 consortium and a special thank to
Michele Seghetta, Annette Bruhn, Per Dolmer, Ditte Bruunshøj Tørring & Berit Hasler
Marianne Thomsen [email protected]
13 OCTOBER 2016SENIOR RESEARCHER
MARIANNE THOMSEN
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
AARHUSUNIVERSITYAU
REFERENCES –MAB3
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