1. BIOMETHANE ROADMAP FOR ITALY
Lorenzo Maggioni, R&D

2. Consorzio Italiano Biogas (Italian Biogas Consortium)
The CIB - Italian Biogas Consortium, formed in March 2009, has national coverage and aimes to be the reference point in the italian biogas and biomethane sector.
MEMBERS
European projects

3. The BIOGASDONERIGHT® model

4. Something is going on…

5. Third biogas in the world
BIOGAS IN ITALY
Third biogas in the world
3th biogas sector after China & Germany.
4 Billion € invested in the last 5 years.
> 1800 biogas plants built (agriculture + sewage + waste + industrial).
> MWel.
About 3 billion Nmc Biomethane equivalent utilized per year .
Less than 2% of italian agricultural land used for monocultures.
qualified green jobs created thanks to biogas
(for the moment biogas used only for electricity production!)

6. BIOMETHANE IN ITALY
Number of plants

7. Entry into force (art. 9 of the Decree) :
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Decree 05 Decembre 2013
Entry into force (art. 9 of the Decree) :
18 december 2013
Duration: upgrading plants that will be in service by 17 december 2018

8. Organic Fraction Municipal
BIOMETHANE IN ITALY
Feedstock
Agriculture
Organic Fraction Municipal
Solid
Waste

9. The new rules will apply to different kinds of plant
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Decree 05 Decembre 2013
The new rules will apply to different kinds of plant
NEW UPGRADING PLANTS
(new sites)
EXISTING BIOGAS PLANTS
(you have to add the upgrading unit)
incentive reduced compared to new plants

10. BIOMETHANE IN ITALY Decree 05 Decembre 2013
<The “natural gas grid” includes not only the transport and distribution grids of natural gas, but also other useful systems for the transport of biomethane as dedicated grids, the CNG trailers and distributors (gas station), including the agriculture, also not connected to the networks of transport and distribution of natural gas>.

11. BIOMETHANE IN ITALY Decree 05 Decembre 2013
DIFFERENT SCENARIOS DEPENDING ON FINAL USE OF BIOMETHANE
CASE 1: Biomethane injected into the natural gas grids
PREMIUM TARIFF linked to the market price of natural gas
Duration of the incentive: 20 years
Supplementary incentives for use of by-products and if < 500 m3 CH4/h
In the best scenario
(< 500 m3 CH4/h, use of 100% by-products, single buyer = GSE):
79,6 €/MWh
BUT THEY HAVE RECENTLY PUBLISHED IMPORTANT TECHNICAL RULES
FOR THE MOMENT, ISN’T POSSIBLE

12. BIOMETHANE IN ITALY
Decree 05 Decembre 2013

13. BIOMETHANE IN ITALY Decree 05 Decembre 2013
CASE 3: Biomethane used in high efficiency cogeneration plants
Waiting for the new scheme
(not very different from this one)
Decree
6 July 2012

14. BIOMETHANE IN ITALY Weaknesses UNCERTAINTY
Quality parameters and quality measurement?
Value of certificates?
Injection into the grid?
29/05/2016: Delibera 204/2016/R/gas
During the Summer 2016, they will publish a new Decree for biomethane subsidies

15. BIOMETHANE AS BIOFUEL Opportunities ADVANCED BIOFUELS MANDATE15
ADVANCED BIOFUELS MANDATE
Ma da ultima , l’italia ha voluto immaginare un utilizzo del biometano prioritariamente nei trasporti . Ed in questo caso ha anticipato l’Europa dotandosi di una legislazione per i biocarburanti avanzati che prevede la produzione al 2022 di 2% . Sono circa 600 milioni di litri di metano equivalente.
3 mrd di nmc di metano equivalenti, di cui 600 milioni per i biocarburanti avanzati sono obbiettivi alla portata del biogas italiano a condizione di una stretta collaborazione per sviluppare le tecnologie del biogasdoneright da una parte , e dall’altra per sviluppare il mercato dei veicoli a gas naturale in Italia che oggi rappresentano un mercato da circa 1 miliardo di nmc e che potrebbe contribuire in modo immediato anche alla riduzione dell’inquinamento atmosferico locale .
biofuels
Advanced biofuels
In 2018 it means ~225 Mm3 biomethane (compressed or liquified) 15

16. The top 10 NGV countries in the world based on total NGVs
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Opportunities
Italian Gas Grid infrastructure data:
Primary transport network: 34,000 km;
Distribution: km networks.
The top 10 NGV countries in the world based on total NGVs
High interest from industrial groups

17. BIOMETHANE IN ITALY Potential
According to Italian Biogas Consortium a realistic development plan of methane/biomethane within 2020 should include:
doubling service stations to 2000;
Doubling current means of transport consumption of CNG methane (preferably LNG) up to about 2 billions Nm3 by 2020;
Increasing biomethane consumption up to 25% of the total consumption, about Nm3/year (bio-CNG or bio-LNG)

18. BIOMETHANE IN ITALY Potential
In Italy around 30 companies have obtained the permission to build a new biomethane plant.
Size: from 250 to 1000 m3/h biomethane
Feedstock: > kitchen waste; agriculture
CASE STUDY
Cooperative, founded in 1956, with 248 shareholders owning farms with milk production.
50,000 head of Friesian and Brown Swiss cows, with an average milk production of liters/day hectares of forage farm land.
€ turnover (2014) and 330 employees.
2 cheese factories with a totale covered surface of m2.

19. BIOMETHANE IN ITALY CASE STUDY
MILESTONES
March 31, 2016: closing terms for the tenders presentation.
End of May 2016: contract signature and start authorization process.
End 2016: start of construction of the plant.
End 2017: completion of work and first LBM production.
Average amount of manure to be treated: 335 m3 / day.
3 anaerobic digesters with a total volume ~ m3.
Raw biogas production: 500 m3 /h di biogas.
Expected CH4 average content: 55%
Expected biomethane production: 275 m3 /h
Expected LBM production ~4,5 t/d
Average amount of Nitrogen to be removed: ~ 580 Kg / d.
Total investment for the construction of the plant (anaerobic digestion, LBM production, distribution and LBM digestate treatment): ~ 12 million Euro.

20. THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
CIB
Consorzio Italiano Biogas
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Loc. Cascina Codazza
Lodi (LO)
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Lorenzo Maggioni, PhD