What is the level of incentivisation required for biomethane upgrading technologies with carbon capture and reuse?

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dc.contributor.authorRajendran, Karthik
dc.contributor.authorBrowne, James D.
dc.contributor.authorMurphy, Jerry D.
dc.contributor.funderEnvironmental Protection Agencyen
dc.contributor.funderScience Foundation Irelanden
dc.contributor.funderGas Networks Ireland
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-12T11:28:54Z
dc.date.available2018-12-12T11:28:54Z
dc.date.issued2018-10-25
dc.date.updated2018-12-12T09:45:49Z
dc.description.abstractThis paper documents a techno-economic assessment of biomethane feedstocks from urban, rural, and coastal settings. Additionally, the effect of three upgrading technologies was investigated, ranging from commercialised systems (water scrubbing) to more advanced systems: power to gas systems employing hydrogen to capture CO2; and microalgae cultivation utilising CO2 in biogas. In total, nine scenarios were investigated based on a combination of the three feedstock groups and the three upgrading technologies. The levelized cost of energy and the incentive required to allow financial sustainability were assessed. The assessment showed that water scrubbing was the cheapest upgrading method. The optimum scenario was the combination of urban based feedstock (food waste) with water scrubbing upgrading costing 87€/MWh, equivalent to 87c/L diesel equivalent. The incentive required was 0.13 €/m3 (or per L of diesel equivalent), however if power to gas was used to upgrade, an incentive of 0.40 €/m3 was required. This was expected as food waste attracts a gate fee. Rural-based plants (using slurries and grasses) are expected to provide the majority of the resource however, for this to become a reality incentive in the range 0.86–1.03 €/m3 are required.en
dc.description.sponsorshipEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA 2016-RE-DS-6)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationRajendran, K., Browne, J. D. and Murphy, J. D. (2018) 'What is the level of incentivisation required for biomethane upgrading technologies with carbon capture and reuse?', Renewable Energy, 133, pp. 951-963. doi:10.1016/j.renene.2018.10.091en
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.renene.2018.10.091
dc.identifier.endpage963en
dc.identifier.issn0960-1481
dc.identifier.journaltitleRenewable Energyen
dc.identifier.startpage951en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/7200
dc.identifier.volume133en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevier Ltd.en
dc.relation.projectinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/SFI/SFI Research Centres/12/RC/2302/IE/Marine Renewable Energy Ireland (MaREI) - The SFI Centre for Marine Renewable Energy Research/en
dc.rights© 2018, Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This manuscript version is made available under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectBiogasen
dc.subjectBiogas upgradingen
dc.subjectBiomethaneen
dc.subjectCarbon capture and reuseen
dc.subjectPower to gasen
dc.subjectTechno-economic analysisen
dc.titleWhat is the level of incentivisation required for biomethane upgrading technologies with carbon capture and reuse?en
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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