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Development of biomethane from syngas and biogas in Sweden
Anna-Karin Jannasch, The Swedish Gas Technology Centre AB EBA conference 2014, October 1st
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• About the Swedish Gas Technology Centre • A few words about:
– The Swedish energy and gas situation – Today´s biogas & biomethane production and applications – Swedish visions & goals and the future role of biomethane
• Status of some larger Swedish biomethane production plants and projects
• Conclusions
Outline
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• Founded in 1990 • Office in the southern part of Sweden, Malmö • 6 employees, annual turn-over (2012) 1,8 MEUR • Owners: The Swedish Gas Association, some bigger
energy companies with an interest for gas and the Swedish TSO
The Swedish Gas Technology Centre
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”Catalyzing energygas development for sustainable solutions”
SGC aims to • be the reference point of gas research in Sweden • coordinate R&D for the gas industry with a focus on renewable • support the commercialization of sustainable technology solutions
Vision and Mission
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What we do • Coordinate R&D in cooperation with the Swedish Energy Agency • Disseminate knowledge on energygases – SGC Reports – Brochures • Swedish representative to – GERG – The European Gas Research Group – IEA Task 37 on landfill and biogas • Organise events for the industry and academy to meet - Green Gas Research Outlook Seminar (24-25 March), www.greengasresearch.se - Gasakademin Summer School (11-15 August), www.gasakademin.se - Nordic Biogas Conference (27-29 August), www.nordicbiogas.com - InterBaltic Biogas Arena, IBBA (4 September), www.ibbaworkshop.se - International Seminar on Gasification, ISG (15-16 October), www.gasification.se • Consultancy work including e.g. biogas upgrading, gas transportation, gasification, gaseous fuels, standardization etc.
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A network in world-class!
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A few words about the Swedish energy and gas situation…
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Transports- the main challenge in Sweden to become fossil free
Crude and oil products
Natural gas, town gas
Coal
Biofuel, peat
Heat pumps in hea9ngs plants
Hydro power, gross
Nuclear power, gross
Wind power
Electricity, net
Biofuel, waste, peat
Nuclear Oil
Hydro
Industry – 25 % fossil fuels (oil, coal,natural gas) Households – 10 % fossil fuels (oil) Transports – 92 % fossil fuels
Total energy supply in Sweden (2011) – 577 TWh
Source: Energiläget 2013, Swedish Energy Agency
Gas
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Limited national gas grid
Denmark (pipeline)
Helsingborg x 2
Göteborg
Laholm/Båstad
Falkenberg
Nynäshamn (LNG)
• The gas corresponds to approx. 3 % of the total energy supply.
• Biomethane injected at 8 different locations.
Lidköping (LBG)
Lysekil (LNG)
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• The majority of the biomethane in Sweden is today transported on the road as compressed gas (200 bars) or as liquified gas
• Local and regional gas grids gains more attention (for biomethane AND raw
biogas) aimed to connect industries, cities and biomethane production plants with a LNG-terminal at the coast
Sweden is world leading in transporting gas off-grid
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Biogas production 2005-2012 • 242 biogas plants 1,6 TWh biogas (2012)
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Landfills (55)
Co-digestion (21)
Agriculture (26)
Industrial waste (5)
Waste water treatment (135)
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Source: Energiläget 2013, Swedish Energy Agency
EU´s prohibit on landfilling of organic matter in 2005. National goal on improving the collection of food waste
30 000 ton 2005 – 250 000 ton 2012
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Biogas utilization 2005-2012
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2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Missing data
Flaring
Power
Heating incl losses
Upgrading
Source: Energiläget 2013, Swedish Energy Agency
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205 gas filling stations (5 with LNG/
LBG)
The interest for NGVs is increasing
Source: www.gasbilen.se, SPBI Branschfakta 2014
≈ 2 % of the total vehicle fuel 44 000 (1%)
2 200 (16%)
700 (1%)
Buses provide a stable market for a long time, important
for the dev. of vehicle gas in Sweden
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• The Swedish Gas Industry´s visions are: - 100 % biomethane in the vehicle gas in 2030 - 100 % biomethane in the gas grid in 2050
Swedish visions and goals
CHP/ Heat
Vehicle fuel
Biomethane
Natural gas
Industrial processes
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• Fossil free vehicle fleet in 2050, through the following measures:
- ↓ Needs for transports - ↑ Energy efficient vehicles - ↑ Proportion of electricity and bio-fuels
Swedish visions and goals
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• 0,9 TWh biomethane in 20131
• Totally 7 TWh biofuels in 20122
The realizable biomethane potential for the vehicle fleet in Sweden 2030
(1) Source: Utredningen av Fossilfri fordonstrafik, Dec 2013 (2) Source: Energiläget 2013, Swedish Energy Agency
TWh
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Some information about the largest industrial biomethane productions
plants and projects in Sweden
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GoBiGas = Gothenburg Biomass Gasification project Purpose: Shall in a commercial scale demonstrate the possibilities of gasifaction to produce renewable and CO2-neutral biomethane Project owner: Göteborg Energi AB
GoBiGas – the world´s largest demonstration plant for biomethane production
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GoBiGas- a step-by-step development
Chalmers lab-reactor
Chalmers 2-4 MW Pilot plant
GoBiGas Phase 1 20 MW biogas
Demo plant R&D
GoBiGas Phase 2 80-100 MW biogas Commercial demo-
plant
2008 2012 2016
Source: GoBiGas/Göteborg Energi
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- 1st Swedish plant to inject biomethane into the national transmission gas grid (30 bars) - Polygeneration (vehicle fuel, process industry, electricity and heat) - Forest residues as feed stock (initially wood pellets) - Commercial scale in 2 phases:
1) 20 MWbio-SNG (160 GWh/yr) + heat demonstration plant. Cost: 160 M€ (24 M€ supported by the Swedish Energy Agency)
2) 80 - 100 MWbio-SNG (640 - 800 GWh/yr) + heat commercial plant. Cost: 325 M€, awarded for NER300 support (59 M€ available)
Facts - Atmospheric Indirect gasification
(Repotec, AUT & Valmet, FI) - Gas cleaning and methanation, (Haldor
Topsoe, DK) - Overall performance goals
- Biomass to biomethane 65-70 % - Energy efficiency > 90 %
Technology
GoBiGas – Facts in short
- Demonstration plant in commissioning since Nov 2013 - Gasifier in operation for > 1000 h (6 days continous), gas cleaning & methanation under start-up (August 2014) - Decision for initilizing phase 2 will be taken when phase 1 is proven succesful and conditions for acceptable revenues can be met
Status
Source: Ingemar Gunnarsson, Göteborg Energi AB
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Project is awaiting decision on the long-term policy instruments for biofuels
Bio2G – A reference plant in Sweden for production of bio-SNG by thermal gasification
- Production capacity 200 MWbio-SNG (1,6 TWh/yr) + heat & electricity
- Forest residues as feed stock - To be located in Malmö/Landskrona - Project owner: E.ON - Investment cost: 450 M € , Awarded
for NER300 support (203 M€ available)
- Pressurized O2-blown
gasification (Andritz, FI) - Gas cleaning and methanation,
(Haldor Topsoe, DK)
Technology
Facts
Source: Björn Möller-Fredriksson, E.ON Gasification AB
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Lidköping Biogas – The first LBG-plant in Sweden • Production capacity: 60 GWh/yr, enough
to fuel 6000 cars/yr, 50 000 m3 digestate/yr
• The condensation requires ≈ 1 kWh per Nm3 biomethane (Reverse Nitrogen Brayton Cycle)
• Energy efficient transportation – up to 5-6
X energy/volume compared to CBG@ 200 bars
• 13,6 kWh/kg LBG; 5,75 kWh/litre LBG (Diesel 9,8 kWh/litre)
• Residues from local food industry and grain handling used as feed stock
• Operational since April 2012
• Project owner: Swedish Biogas International, Göteborg Energi AB and the community of Lidköping
For more information, go to http://www.lidkopingbiogas.se/
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Examples of larger co-digestion plants
NSR Biogas plant
• Production capacity: 80 GWh/yr biomethane, 68 000 tonnes/yr certified digestate
• Operational since 1996 • Co-digestion of household waste,
residues from local food industry and manure.
• Certified digestate distributed through a pipe-line (10 km) directly to the farms
• Injection to the national distribution grid
• Plans to build a LBG-plant
Tekniska Verken in Linköping • Production capacity: 100 GWh/yr
biomethane, 80 000 tonnes/yr certified digestate
• Operational since 1997 • Co-digestion of household waste and
residues from local food industry
Jordberga biogas plant • Production capacity: 110 GWh/yr
biomethane, 110 000 tonnes/yr certified digestate
• Started up operation in 2014 • Co-digestion of local energy crops • Injection to the national
transmission and distribution gas grid
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Conclusions • Sweden is world leading of utilizing biomethane as vehicle fuel and in
transporting the gas off-grid
• 1,6 TWh biogas production, out of which 53 % is upgraded to biomethane (2012)
• National aim is to have a fossil free vehicle fleet in 2050 by decreasing
the needs for transports, by increasing the energy efficiency of the vehicles and by increasing the proportion of electricity and bio-fuels
• The Swedish biomethane potential is estimated up to 22 TWh (2030) • Great need for a variety of short- and long terms politic-economic
incentives so the biomethane (biofuel) potential also becomes a reality
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When? 15-16th October Where? Malmö, Sweden Read more at www.gasification.se
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Gasification
Methanation
Gasifier Combustor
Tar removal Sulphur removal
Fuel handling
CO2- removal
Dryer Steam
Drying Upgrading Biomethane
Shift
Air
Steam
Flue gas
Wood pellets
Bed material
Tar removal
Forest residues
Methanation
Bag filter De-NOx
Tar
Sulphur rich gas
Air preheater
Hot water
Hot water
CO2 to inert
gas system/
atm
Tar
Technical principles