A/Prof Bernadette McCabe

NTL Task 37

National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture,

University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba Campus

Bernadette.McCabe@usq.edu.au | 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