IEA Bioenergy Task 37, Cork, September 14 to 16, 2011Country Report, Germany

Bernd Linke Leibniz-Institute for Agricultural Engineering www.atb-potsdam.de

Biogas plants inventory

Grid injection

Animal waste potential

Bioenergy regions

Research activities

Amendment of EEG

Bioenergy 2020 ?

Parameter Agriculture Communities IndustrySlurry, crops

Sewage sludge OFMSW Waste

water Number of biogas plants 5905 1) 780 3) 200 4) 205 5)

Grid injection of that 54 2) - - -

Installed electric power (MW)

2291 103 3) - -

Proportion of electricity consumtion (%)

3,0 0,13 - -

Anaerobic digestion plants in Germany, 6/2011)

1) German Biogas Association 4) Daniel-Gromke J, DBFZ, 2011, about 900.000 t/a 2) German Biomass Research Centre (DBFZ) 5) DWA Arbeitsgruppe, 2009, 70% EGSB and UASB3) Schröder M, Tutthas & Meyer, 2010

5427581

Grid injection plants Germany, 5/2011

Source: Reinhold, G.: Joule, 4 (2011), pp 50-52,

Animal slurry production in Germany

Cow slurry Pig slurry

Animal waste in German biogas plants,

TS (Ma.%)Animal wastecurrently used

(%)

not used 1)

CH4-Potential(bn m3/a)

Cow slurry 8 12.6 1.15

Pig slurry 5 9.3 0,58

Whole slurry 7 11.6 1,73

Chicken dungand litter 60 47 0,21

Stall manure 25 2.6 1,70

Total 3,64 2)

Source: Reinhold, G.: Joule, 4 (2011), pp 50-52,1) own calculation, based on KTBL data2) 4% of the consumption in Germany

Manager of the 25 bioenergy regions

Bioenergy regions in Germany

Promotion of bioenergy in different regionsNetworking in technologies, buiseness and educationBiogas plants in all regionsFinancial support from -

Project management: Kurt Schwabe Institut für Mess- und Sensortechnik e.V. Meinsberg

MobileBiogas plant

Research activities

Aim of the Project

Construction of a mobile sensor based biogas plant

On-site process simulation and optimisation

Investigation with actually used substrates on-site

technical and scientific steering of existing and

planned biogas plants

Investigationson large-scalebiogas reactors

German Biomass Research Centre (DBFZ) Helmholtz Centre Potsdam – German Research Centre for Geosciences GFZ – Centre for CO2 Storage – Microbial GeoEngineering, overall projectmanagement, TU Berlin, School III – Process Sciences and Engineering –Institute of Process Engineering – Chair of Chemical and ProcessEngineering, TU Berlin, Department of Soil Science Karlsruhe Institute of Technology – Institute for Industrial Production (IIP)

Aim of the Project

Engineering optimisation of biogas reactors

Improved process control and fluid dynamics

Development of early warning system

Ecological and economic optimisation

approaches

Research activities

Research activities

Aim of the Project

Built up a network for bioenergy based communities

Focus on medium and large communities

Mobilisation of biodegradable organic wastes

Application of innovative technologies

Integration of R&D programmes from the Federal

Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and

Nuclear Safety

Project management: Bundesverband BioEnergiee.V.C.A.R.M.E.N. e.V.

Plant Size

Basic bonus(€ ct/kWh)

Substratecategory I

1)

(€ ct/kWh)

Substrate category II 2)

(€ ct/kWh)

Bonus forOFMSW

(€ ct/kWh)

Up-gradingbonus

(€ ct/kWh)

< 75 kWel 25 3)

< 150 kWel 14,3 6,0 8,0 16,0

< 500 kWel 12,3 6,0 8,0 16,0

< 750 kWel 11,0 5,0 8,0 14,0

< 5 Mwel 11,0 4,0 8,0 14,0

< 20 MWel 6,0 0,0 0,0 14,0

3,0 until700 Nm3/h

2,0 until1000 Nm3/h

1,0 until1400 Nm3/h

Amendment of the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) 2012 in Germany

More information:http://www.bmu.de/erneuerbare_energien/

downloads/doc/47464.phpGerman Biogas Association

1) Biogas crops, e.g. maize, beets, whole plant silage, > 60 Ma.% animal slurry2) Plants from landscape conservation, clover, > 60 Ma.% animal waste,3) > 80% animal slurry (Ma.%)

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Bioenergy in 2020 ?

ElectricityFuel Heat

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