Project - BiogasHeat

Project start April 2012. Expected completion April 2015.

The BiogasHeat project addresses the problem of how to efficiently use the heat from biogas plants at the European, national and project level. Within BiogasHeat nine European countries (Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Poland, and Romania) are directly involved in the:

• Enforcement of national and EU biogas heat use policy
• Collection and demonstration of biogas heat use good practice examples
• Implementation of feasibility studies and field tests, and in
• Giving support to real project implementation

 Project Objectives

• To enable economic and sustainable utilization of heat from existing and future biogas plants, which is currently wasted
• To increase capability and capacity in biogas heat utilisation in project target countries and beyond

This will be achieved by:

• The identification and description of good practice biogas heat use examples and development of handbook on sustainable heat use from biogas plants
• The development of promising business models and entrepreneurial strategies for biogas heat use, including feasibility studies and analysis of technical options in cooperation with biogas and heat market actors
• Field testing of models and strategies in real projects
• Round table discussions and workshops for policy makers, authorities and biogas plant operators
• Coaching events and European workshop to transfer experience of developing sustainable heat markets for biogas plants to other European countries

Partners

• Ekodoma, Letland
• WIP Renewable Energies, Tyskland
• Energy Institute Hrvoje Pozar, Kroatien
• Energy Efficiency Center SEVEn, Tjekkiet
• Sogesca Srl, Italien
• Polish Biogas Association, Polen
• e7 Energie Markt Analyse GmbH, Østrig
• SC Mangus Sol Srl, Rumænien
• Euroheat&Power, Belgien