Sustainable raw material supply

1. Sustainable raw material supply for the Production of Biomethane Lodi 19/06/2015 Kristin Sternberg www.fnr.de

2. Agency for Renewable Resources (FNR) Introduction:

3. FNRFacts and Tasks

5. English Website: international.fnr.de

6. BIOSURF Sustainable Raw Material Supply for the Production of Biomethane

7. Sustainable Raw Material Supply for the Production of Biomethane Sustainability Sustainability is the endurance of systems and processes. It includes four interconnected domains: ecology (i.e. ensuring that biological systems remain diverse and productive), economics, politics and culture BIOSURFassesses and evaluates: Availability and potential of sustainable feedstocks National sustainability criteria & indicators, incl. a benchmark and gap analysis And produces „Guidelines for biomethane value chain evaluation“

8. Selected sustainable raw material categories Animal waste • Manure and slurry Other waste materials • E.g. municipal bio-waste from households and catering, and food and feed industry residues Residues from Agriculture & Landscape Maintenance • E.g. by-products from agriculture like straw, grass from landscape maintenance, catch crops

9. Use of substrates for Biogas-PlantsComparison France - Germany • Bonus vor slurry use in France • As off 2015, use of energy crops will be forbidden for certain plants

10. Task 4.2 – Data collection, processing and estimation of current/ future technical & sustainable raw material supply Next Steps Source: DBFZ

11. Availability/ Potentials of sustainable raw materials Potential & use of biogas substrates in Germany in 2013

12. Change of substrate mix – a way towards more sustainability Obvious change of the avarage substrate mix for biogas plants over the passed years in Germany

13. Q&A Discussion Workshop - Sustainable Raw Material Supply for the Production of Biomethane

14. Guiding questions • Use of feedstocks How is the general substrate mix for biogas plants in Italy? (field reports) Is the focus rather on local availabilty (related to climate and soil quality) or on external drivers (e.g. feed in tariffs that promote use of plants with highest biogas production) • Availability & Potentials of feedstocks How is the availability of the discussed sustainable feedstocks? Where can information on this topic be obtained (Italian studies on biogas feedstock potentials?) • Discussionabout optimisation of sustainable feedstock use/ supply • Challenges related to use of wastes and residues in biogas plants • What role does sustainability play in daily operations of biogas plants/ national politics • Need for action regarding sustainable feedstock supply/ potical framework • Which outcomes do you expect from this project

15. Thank you for your attention! Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V. (FNR) Hofplatz 1 18276 Gülzow-Prüzen info@fnr.de www.fnr.de www.international.fnr.de k.sternberg@fnr.de

16. Availability • Is there enough information concerning the availability of all raw material categories? • How do you obtain information about biomass availability? • At what level of detail are data sets available? • At what geographical level are data of interest for you and what for (e.g. planning, political consultancy)? • Is there information available about the location and capacity of animal husbandries? For example in Serbia the Ministry of Agriculture collects such data from a certain farm size on. • How does the “EU-Waste Framework Directive” influence the future amount and availability of biowaste? • Are there any efforts visible regarding the development of a circular economy? • How are catch crops integrated in the Italian farming system? • How do climate conditions affect their availability? • Is there any information about straw availability or usable material from landscape maintenance?

17. Uses • How is the general substrate mix for biogas plants in Italy? (field reports) • Is the focus rather on local availability (related to climate and soil quality) or on external drivers (e.g. feed in tariffs that promote use of plants with highest biogas production) • What are the competing uses for biomethane production? • Do urgent Disposal problems exist? • Does a monitoring of biomass potentials, current plants and the used feedstock exist or is it planned? • Do you expect a change from current landfilling, incineration and composting of biowaste to digesting? • Topics which could be additional drivers for that? • Are catch crops used in biomethane production at a significant rate? If yes or no, why and which ones? • Is straw used in biomethane production at a significant rate? If yes or no, why?

18. Discussion • What are challenges related to the use of the raw material categories for biogas/biomethane production? • Does any raw material category has a high potential of conflict because of competing uses? • Separate collection of biowaste? • How can we avoid impurities in biowaste streams • How could the use of digestates have an impact on yields and soil fertility? • What are measures to avoid soil erosion, increase yields and soil fertility? • Do you consider a limit of 175 kg N for digestate useful as it is European law for farm fertiliser? • Is the use of straw for biomethane production a problem for yields and soil fertility? • Is the use of catch crops for biomethane production a problem for yields and soil fertility? • Need for actions: what needs to be done to overcome the challenges related to the sustainable use of feedstocks for biomethane production?