Spatial Economic Modeling of the Waste-driven Agricultural Biogas in Lubelskie Region, Poland

AbstractIn this study, we aim to support the evidence-based policy in agricultural biogas production at regional level in Poland. To do so, we set up a decentralized decision framework, simultaneously taking into account the agricultural sector heterogeneity, the biogas technology state-of-the-art and the Polish institutional setting related to renewable energy production. A partial equilibrium model simulates the agricultural and the biogas sector interactions, estimating market clearing prices and quantities at the intersection of supply and demand. The optimal number, size and location of biogas plants are derived at the equilibrium. Considering the case study of Lubelskie region, we tested alternative incentive schemes for agricultural biogas development. Results indicate that limiting the use of energy crops in favour of other substrates, such as livestock, manure and agro-industrial waste, is decisive to preserve biogas profitability under all policy scenarios tested. However, it seems that only with the implementation of the current policy scheme there is a concrete perspective for the biogas industry take-off.

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Biogas as an alternative energy resource for Ukrainian companies: EU experience

Innovative Marketing ◽

10.21511/im.14(2).2018.01 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 7-15 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Yuri Yevdokimov ◽

Olena Chygryn ◽

Tetyana Pimonenko ◽

Oleksii Lyulyov

Keyword(s):

Renewable Energy ◽

Alternative Energy ◽

Agricultural Sector ◽

Biogas Production ◽

Economic Effect ◽

Energy Resource ◽

Final Energy Consumption ◽

The Eu ◽

Feed In Tariff

The paper deals with analysis of the preconditions of alternative energy market development in Ukraine. In this case study, the authors analyzed the EU experience. The results of analysis showed that the leader of the EU countries in renewable energy has already achieved the target (20%), which had been indicated. In addition, the findings showed that the share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption has been increasing from year to year. The authors allocate that, according to the Ukrainian potential, biogas is the most perspective one among alternative resources. Moreover, results of analysis showed that Ukraine has the huge potential of agricultural sector. In this direction, the authors allocated the main types of the agricultural activities, which have the highest potential of biogas production: sugar factories, corn silage and poultry farms. The authors underlined that biogas spreading is restrained by the stereotypes that green investments are not attractive for investors. In order to analyze the economic efficiency of investments to the biogas installation, the authors calculated the profit from the biogas installation for poultry farm. The authors made two scenarios for calculation. The first – the whole volume of energy, which was generated from the biogas unit, will be sold with feed-in tariff. The second – the farm covers its own needs in electricity, the rest will be sold with feed-in tariff. The findings showed that the first scenario is more attractive. Moreover, the farm could receive higher profit if it installed the biogas in 2016, not in 2017. In addition, based on the EU experience and features of farm functioning, the authors approved that the biogas installation has not only the economic effect (profit and additional profit) for company, but also ecological and social effects for rural area, where this farm was located.

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Anaerobic Co-digestion of Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid waste and Septage for Sustainable Waste Treatment: A Case Study from Goa, India

European Journal of Energy Research ◽

10.24018/ejenergy.2021.1.3.15 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (3) ◽

pp. 1-8

Author(s):

Ravikiran Shet ◽

Srikanth Mutnuri

Keyword(s):

Municipal Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Waste Treatment ◽

Biogas Production ◽

Pilot Scale ◽

Anaerobic Digester ◽

Full Scale ◽

Organic Fraction ◽

Set Up

India generates 0.15 million metric tons (MT) of solid waste per day out of which more than 80% is organic fraction. Apart from this, 38% of the households use septic tanks where proper disposal of faecal sludge is also need of the hour. Anaerobic co-digestion (ACD) of two different substrates has positive potential towards solving this problem. In the present study, ACD of organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) and septage solids (SS) was studied at three different levels, i.e., lab-scale, pilot-scale (1 m3), and full scale- capacity (325 m3). A loading rate of 1.5 kg VS/m3 was selected. The bio-methanation potential (BMP) assay showed a maximum biogas generation, i.e., 120±20.6 mL/gmVS with 68% maximum methane concentration at a 5:1 OFMSW and SS ratio. Cumulative biogas production after 30 days was 1.6 L/gmVS. The ultimate biogas production in the pilot-scale plant was 1000±100.5 L/day with 71% methane. The plant was also efficient in removing 87% of COD and 61% of VS. The full-scale anaerobic digester was set up at Mormugao Municpal Council, Goa India wherein the objective was to co-digest OFMSW and SS. This digester showed a similar removal pattern like earlier studies i.e., 94% and 45% COD and VS removal, respectively. The average methane content of the biogas was 68%. Full-scale operation of the anaerobic digester did not show any operational problems at the chosen co-digestion conditions.

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Optimization and GIS-based combined approach for the determination of sites and size of biogas plants for a whole region

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/201911803020 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 118 ◽

pp. 03020

Author(s):

Sanchuan Ouyang ◽

Hongguang Zhu ◽

Junjie Chen ◽

minqi Zhao

Keyword(s):

Optimal Number ◽

Economic Optimization ◽

Entire Region ◽

Allocation Model ◽

Location Allocation ◽

Transportation Distance ◽

Biogas Plants ◽

Optimal Construction

To make better use of agricultural residues and solve the problem of residues pollution, it is necessary to carry out regional management, which means spatial planning of the entire region is essential. This study developed a methodology based on GIS for determining the suitable locations, optimal sizes and number of biogas plants for the entire region while meeting the conditions that all biomass can be collected. Based on the optimization of transportation distance, the nearest facility model and the modified location allocation model were used to obtain the correspondence between plants and supply points, the transportation path and the plants’ capacity under different numbers of plants. Based on economic optimization, the economic model was constructed to calculate the total cost of different numbers of biogas plants and the optimal number was obtained after comparing. The cross path was adjusted for the selected plan to ensure that there was no crossover in the plants’ collection area. This approach was applied (as a case study) in Funan County, Anhui Province. Based on the existing results, the optimal construction number of biogas plants in the region was 9.

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The potential of surplus grass production as co-substrate for anaerobic digestion: A case study in the Region of Southern Denmark

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems ◽

10.1017/s1742170515000277 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 31 (4) ◽

pp. 330-349

Author(s):

Ane Katharina Paarup Meyer ◽

Caroline Schleier ◽

Hans-Peter Piorr ◽

Jens Bo Holm-Nielsen

Keyword(s):

Agricultural Sector ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Statistical Data ◽

Biogas Production ◽

Management Practice ◽

Animal Manure ◽

Grass Production ◽

Production And Consumption ◽

Excess Production ◽

Biogas Plants

AbstractThis paper presents an assessment of the surplus grass production in the Region of Southern Denmark, and the perspectives of utilizing it in local biogas production. Grass production represents a significant role in the Danish agricultural sector. However, statistical data show an excess production of averagely 12% in the period 2006–2012. Based on spatial analyses and statistical data, the geographical distribution of grass production and consumption was estimated and mapped for the Region of Southern Denmark. An excess production of grass was estimated for several of the municipalities in the Region of Southern Denmark, but the excess production was found to be quite sensitive to the management practice of the grass fields and the productivity of the grass. The yields of excess grass estimated in the sensitive and conservative scenario were found to be sufficient to serve a sole co-substrate in 2–8 biogas plants using animal manure as primary feedstock. The yields in the intensive scenario were assessed to be sufficient to serve a sole co-substrate in 8–16 biogas plants. Alternatively, at least 31% of the regionally produced maize which is exported to the biogas sector could annually be substituted by methane produced from the production of excess grass. The intensive scenario was estimated to have significantly higher grass yields than the sensitive and conservative scenario. The environmental impacts of intensified agricultural management should, however, be assessed carefully in order to ensure that the ecosystems are not increasingly being burdened. The potential of utilizing residual grass for energy production in the region or as an alternative to the maize exported to Northern Germany, was concluded to seem as a promising possibility for a sustainable development of the regional biogas sector. Furthermore, it could provide incentives for establishing new biogas plants in the region and thereby increase the share of manure being digested anaerobically, which could help extrapolate the environmental and climate related benefits documented for the use of digested animal manure as fertilizer on agricultural land.

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Are Public Subsidies to Encourage Young Farmers Effective? Case Study of a First-Time Farm Set Up by a Young Female Farmer in the Valencian Region of Spain

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13169320 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (16) ◽

pp. 9320

Author(s):

Beatriz Llopis Gilabert ◽

Isabel Pla Julián

Keyword(s):

Agricultural Sector ◽

Young Men ◽

Young Female ◽

Global Strategy ◽

Men And Women ◽

Rural World ◽

Valencian Region ◽

Set Up ◽

First Time

Generational renewal and the incorporation of women into the rural world are fundamental for the sustainability and modernisation of the agricultural sector. Hence the special government protection granted to the sector, which appears in both European legislation on rural issues and in the global strategy of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Rural Development Goals involving a commitment to measures aimed at helping young farmers to set up agricultural holdings and especially at encouraging women to engage in farm management. In the case of Spain, this is nothing new, given that Law 35/2011 on the Shared Ownership of Agricultural Holdings became a veritable revolution in terms of gender in the rural world when it came into force. The results section discusses the practical application of funding for young farmers to start up an agricultural holding through a technical and economic study, and a case study of a first-time farm set up by a young female farmer. The main contribution of this work lies in answering two questions. The first one is to evaluate the efficiency of the subsidies for young people to set up farms in terms of offering a decent, stable livelihood for young men and women in Spain and the Valencian Region. The second one attempts to verify the effectiveness of both European and Spanish active public policies to encourae young men and women to join the agricultural sector.

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Potential Energy Production from Citrus Pulp and Olive Pomace: A Case Study in a Region of Mediterranean Basin

10.20944/preprints201803.0024.v1 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Francesca Valenti ◽

Simona M.C. Porto ◽

Paolo Lanteri ◽

Claudia Arcidiacono

Keyword(s):

Fossil Fuels ◽

Agricultural Sector ◽

Biogas Production ◽

Olive Pomace ◽

Citrus Pulp ◽

Biomass Resources ◽

Biogas Plants ◽

Olive Cultivation ◽

Suitable Area ◽

By Products

The necessity to investigate suitable alternatives to conventional fossil fuels has developed the interests in many renewable energy alternatives, especially biomass resources which are widely available and allow to reach both environmental and socio-economic improvements. Among the bioenergy solutions the anaerobic digestion technology makes it possible to produce biogas by reusing and valorising agricultural residues and by-products. In Southern Italy, to date, the development of biogas sector is still very limited, despite the importance of the agricultural sector, especially of citrus and olive cultivation. For this reason, in previous studies the availability of two by-products, i.e., citrus pulp and olive pomace, was analysed in order to choose the most suitable area for a sustainable development of new biogas plants according to the new Biogasdoneright concept. In this paper, after a resume of the multi-step methodology which allowed the computation of biogas production, it was demonstrated that 15.9 GWh-e electricity and 24.5 GWh-e heat per year could be generate by reusing only these two kind of by-products, and could satisfy approximate 17% of the total electricity demand of the agricultural sector (90.2 GWh-e/year) in Catania.

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To the problems of agricultural brownfields in the Czech Republic – Case study of the Vysocina region

Agricultural Economics (Zemědělská ekonomika) ◽

10.17221/1159-agricecon ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 55 (No. 11) ◽

pp. 550-556 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

H. Svobodová ◽

A. Věžník

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Agricultural Production ◽

Agricultural Sector ◽

Free Market ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Structural Funds ◽

Long Period ◽

Set Up ◽

The Eu

After 1989, Czech economy was transformed into free market economy and this brought many changes into agricultural sector. One of the changes was the decline of the volume of agricultural production which caused that many of objects used in agriculture lost their function and were not needed any more. Here begins the origin of agricultural brownfields. There was no interest in this problem for a long period; a bigger attention paid to brownfields started in the context of the Czech Republic entrance into the EU and with the possibility to draw finances for the brownfields’ regeneration from the structural funds of the EU. This article deals with the problematic of agricultural brownfields in the Vysocina Region since there were located 44 brownfields of this type and it is important to know about this and to set up a strategy to solve this problem.

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Importance of Agriculture in Creating Energy Security—A Case Study of Poland

Energies ◽

10.3390/en14092465 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (9) ◽

pp. 2465

Author(s):

Stanisław Bielski ◽

Renata Marks-Bielska ◽

Anna Zielińska-Chmielewska ◽

Kęstutis Romaneckas ◽

Egidijus Šarauskis

Keyword(s):

Renewable Resources ◽

Energy Security ◽

Biogas Production ◽

Energy Crop ◽

The European Union ◽

Crop Farming ◽

Biogas Plants ◽

Renewable Energy Generation

Analyses of statistical data were made and their results discussed in this article to identify the level of Poland’s energy security and to determine the role of agriculture in ensuring it. It has been demonstrated that coal continues to be the staple resource for the generation of energy in Poland. The current demands and requirements concerning the reduced consumption of non-renewable resources and Poland’s obligations towards the European Union regarding the production of energy from renewable resources—all these considerations contribute to the promotion of a skillful development of energy crop farming, which, in Poland, is likely to be very successful. Agriculture plays an important role in ensuring Poland’s energy security, and this branch of farming can grow dynamically provided adequate legal regulations and promotion are in place. The chief resource for renewable energy generation is biomass. Straw and biogas production in agricultural biogas plants are two solutions whose full energy production potential still awaits to be tapped.

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Spatial and social conditions for the location of agricultural biogas plants in Poland (case study)

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/20198600036 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 86 ◽

pp. 00036 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Alina Kowalczyk-Juśko ◽

Agnieszka Listosz ◽

Monika Flisiak

Keyword(s):

Biogas Production ◽

Biogas Plant ◽

Substrate Availability ◽

Plot Size ◽

Biogas Plants ◽

Fruit Pomace ◽

Unpleasant Smell ◽

Willingness To Cooperate ◽

Explosion Risk

Biogas production in Poland is controversial. There is a lot of interest in the construction of installations of various scale, and protests of local communities take place at the same time. Residents do not agree to the construction of biogas plants due to the fear of nuisance related to its functioning. This work is a case study of the area of Kamionka – the rural commune in Poland, in terms of the possibility of locating an agricultural biogas plant. The main sources of substrates for biogas production in the commune were determined. When selecting the appropriate location for an agricultural biogas plant, the focus was on the areas designated in the “Study of conditions and directions for spatial development” as areas with the approval of locating devices generating energy from renewable sources. These properties were analyzed in terms of substrate availability (which are waste from animal production, fruit pomace, waste from processing, biomass of plants grown intentionally), plot size, infrastructure status and distance from protected areas. On this basis, one location was chosen that meets all those criteria. Surveys have shown that residents are afraid of unpleasant smell, noise, emerging waste and explosion risk. Nevertheless, the majority of respondents declared willingness to cooperate with the biogas plant.

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Optimization of Fleet Assignment: A Case Study in Turkey

An International Journal of Optimization and Control Theories & Applications (IJOCTA) ◽

10.11121/ijocta.01.2012.0050 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 59-71 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Yavuz OZDEMIR ◽

Huseyin BASLIGIL ◽

Kemal Gokhan NALBANT

Keyword(s):

Optimal Number ◽

Fleet Assignment ◽

Assignment Model ◽

Fleet Assignment Problem ◽

Set Up ◽

The Right ◽

Optimum Solution ◽

The Cost

The fleet assignment problem which causes great increasing in costs is necessary for a solution of “right fleet to the right flight” for airline companies. In this paper, a fleet assignment model is set up using the data of the biggest Turkish airline company, Turkish Airlines. The aim of this model is to assign most appropriate fleet type to flights while minimizing the cost and determine optimal number of aircraft grounded overnight at each airport. We set up a model with constraints and determination of all airline operations and solve our problem using integer linear programming. Finally, we get an optimum solution which minimizes the total cost while assigning the fleet type to the flight leg. Using optimization software, the solution to this problem generates a minimum daily cost of fleet assignment and it aims to assign most appropriate fleet type to flights while minimizing the cost and determine optimal number of aircraft grounded overnight at each airport.

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