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A/Prof Bernadette McCabe
NTL Task 37
National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture,
University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba Campus
[email protected] | Ph: 07 4631 1623
Bioenergy Australia Conference
1st December, 2014
Glenelg, SA
IEA Bioenergy Task 37 –
Energy from Biogas:
Introduction to Australia’s
participation
Presentation Overview
1. Profile IEA Bioenergy Task 37
a) Scope
b) Report on 2nd 2014 progress meeting
c) Work program 2016-2018
2. Australia’s participation in Task 37
a) Aims
b) Opportunities
c) Knowledge sharing
1. Profiling IEA Bioenergy Task 37
IEA Bioenergy Task 37
IEA Bioenergy Task 37
‘…address the challenges related to the
economic and environmental
sustainability of biogas production’.
Website: http://www.iea-biogas.net/
IEA Bioenergy Task 37
Member countries participating in Task 37
Austria Bernard Drosg / Günther Bochmann
Brazil Cícero Jayme Bley
Denmark Teodorita Al-Seadi
European Commission David Baxter (Task Leader)
Finland Jukka Rintala
France Olivier Théobald / Guillaume Bastide
Germany Bernd Linke
Ireland Jerry Murphy
Korea Ho Kang
Netherlands Mathieu Dumont
Norway Roald Sørheim
Sweden Tobias Persson / Mattias Svensson
Switzerland Nathalie Bachmann
United Kingdom Clare Lukehurst / Charles Banks
a) Scope of Task 37 studies
Agricultural slurries, crops & crop residues
Organic fraction of municipal solid waste
Waste water treatment/sewage sludge
(Landfill gas)
Heat, electricity generation & CHP
Upgrading to biomethane – injection into
grid/compression for vehicle fuel
Storage and power-to-gas
b) Progress meeting- Angers, France
October 15-17, 2014
Work in progress
1. Pre-treatments of feedstocks (published 02-2014)
2. AD process monitoring techniques (published 12-2013)
3. Economics of small-scale biogas production (09-2014)
4. Source separation of food waste (published 11-2013)
5. Digestate up-grading & nutrient recovery (2015)
6. AD of micro- and macro-algae (2015)
7. Biogas up-grading (grid injection / Power-to-gas) (2014)
8. Biomethane use as a vehicle fuel (2015)
9. Emissions monitoring and control (including LCA) (2015)
10. AD of sewage sludge (2015)
11. Success Stories (successful biogas implementation)
12. Biomethane trade (with Task 40) (2014)
Publications
Technical Brochures
Biogas in Society
Success Stories
Case Studies
Biogas Sustainability
Website: http://www.iea-biogas.net/
IEA Bioenergy Task 37
Country Reports
Task 37 Biogas Country Overview
(Country reports) for 2013
Production of biogas
Utilisation of biogas
Financial support systems
http://www.iea-biogas.net/files/daten-redaktion/download/publications/country-
reports/november2013/Countryreport2013.pdf
c) Task 37 Work Program 2016-2018
Aims:
Technology support
Policy support
Economic and socio-economic support on biogas
project implementation in member countries
(IEA/OECD)
Headline Topics:
The AD process
AD products and utilisation
Sustainability (economic, environmental & social)
(Communication and dissemination)
2. Australia’s participation in Task 37
a) Aims of participation
Disseminate high value
knowledge
Increases the
competitiveness and
increases the supply of
renewable energy in
Australia
Industry
Researchers Policy
makers and
decision
makers
b) Opportunities
Industry
Informed of new projects
Work together to develop handbooks or models
Offer early participation of industrial partners in RD&E work
Researchers
Exchange information on recent developments in R& D
Provide opportunities for collaborative R&D
Policy-makers and decision makers
Gain an international perspective on progress in Energy from
Biogas
Compile guidelines and standards
Gain new perspectives on deployment opportunities and
issues
c) Knowledge sharing
Integral to participation in IEA Bioenergy
tasks
Australian Industry and
research community
International developments
Mechanics behind knowledge sharing
Members of participation group
Data collection mechanisms
Input from wider audience