Promoting bioeconomy routes: From food waste to green biomethane. A profitability analysis based on a real case study in eastern Germany.
Biogas upgrading
Biomethane production
Governmental incentives
Green energy
Waste valorization
Journal
Journal of environmental management
ISSN: 1095-8630
Titre abrégé: J Environ Manage
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0401664
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
15 Dec 2021
15 Dec 2021
Historique:
received:
25
01
2021
revised:
16
08
2021
accepted:
18
09
2021
pubmed:
26
9
2021
medline:
15
10
2021
entrez:
25
9
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Profitability studies are needed to establish the potential pathways required for viable biomethane production in the Brandenburg region of Germany. This work study the profitability of a potential biomethane production plant in the eastern German region of Brandenburg, through a specific practical scenario with data collected from a regional biogas plant located in Alteno (Schradenbiogas GmbH & Co. KG). Several parameters with potential economic influence such as distance of the production point to the grid, waste utilization percentage, and investment, were analyzed. The results illustrate a negative overall net present value with the scenario of no governmental investment, even when considering trading the CO
Identifiants
pubmed: 34562817
pii: S0301-4797(21)01850-8
doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113788
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Biofuels
0
Methane
OP0UW79H66
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
113788Informations de copyright
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