Title:
Case Study of a Small Scale Anaerobic Digester in Calabria, Southern Italy
Author(s):
Segreto, M., Torre, M., Tratzi, P., Tomassetti, L., Paolini, V., Borin, D., Petracchini, F.
Document(s):
Paper
Abstract:
In this study we report a case study for a small scale anaerobic digester to be located in Calabria, Southern Italy. The research includes technical, economic and environmental analysis for the specific case study. The plant will be able to process food waste for 10,000-30,000 inhabitants, corresponding to a small town or a district of a city.With 1555 operating plants and a total installed capacity of 1345,6 MWel, Italy is the second biogas market in Europe after Germany, and the third in the world after Germany and China. However, the fast development of biogas in Italy led to an asymmetric distribution. Indeed, 1255 plants are fed with agricultural biomass, 180 with landfills and 46 with municipal waste: thus, municipal waste is used for less than 20%, and most of food waste is composted without exploiting its energy potential. Furthermore, the development of the biogas sector has been characterised by a clear dominance of the Northern regions of Italy: in four regions of the North of Italy there are 73% of the total biogas plants in Italy. In Calabria there is a big potential for biogas, and in particular from municipal solid waste (OFMSW). Nevertheless, there are only 19 plants installed to date. The organic fraction is generally collected and transported for kilometres towards the few regional treatment centres
Keywords:
biogas, municipal solid waste (MSW), organic waste, food, combined heat and power generation (CHP)
Topic:
Biomass Sustainability, Impacts and Policies
Subtopic:
Biomass strategies and policies
Event:
27th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
4BV.6.8
Pages:
1731 - 1733
ISBN:
978-88-89407-19-6
Paper DOI:
10.5071/27thEUBCE2019-4BV.6.8
Price:
FREE
