Electricity and heat from biogas. An economic-ecologic analysis.
Abstract
The project aims to assess the economical and ecological basis for the use of agricultural feedstock in biogas plants. Costs of producing biogas will be calculated for several sizes of plants. The logistics, feedstock mixture, organisational structure and financing will be adapted to the size of the plant. The cost efficiency of biogas plants regarding the productivity of arable and grassland will be calculated. The generation of biogas into electricity and heat in combined heat and power units, gas turbines and in fuel cells or the utilisation as green gas will be considered. To assess the cost efficiency of biogas plants on organic farms some typical cases will be analysed. In the ecological analysis the consequences of different materials used in the biogas plant for the emission of greenhouse gas quantities will be calculated according to the life cycle analysis and will be related to the net energy production of the biogas plant.
keywords biogas set a side renewable energy green electricity
Publikationen
Biogas: Vielfältige Motive
Autoren: Walla, Ch., Schneeberger, W. Jahr: 2003
Newspaper / Magazine article
Survey of farm biogas plants with combined heat and power production in Austria
Autoren: Walla, Ch., Schneeberger, W. Jahr: 2003
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
Analyse der Investitionskosten und des Arbeitszeitbedarfs landwirtschaftlicher Biogasanlagen in Österreich
Autoren: Walla, Ch.; Schneeberger, W. Jahr: 2003
Journal articles
Betriebswirtschaftliche Bewertung der Biogasproduktion
Autoren: Walla, Ch. Jahr: 2004
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
Dezentrale Energieversorgung als Entwicklungsoption für entsiedlungsgefährdete Räume
Autoren: Walla, Ch. Jahr: 2004
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
Biogasproduktion in rinderhaltenden Betrieben
Autoren: Walla, Ch. Jahr: 2004
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
Ökonomische Analysen zum Betriebszweig Energiepflanzenproduktion für Biogasanlagen
Autoren: Walla, Ch.; Schneeberger, W. Jahr: 2005
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
Energiepflanzenproduktion in biologischen Marktfruchtbetrieben
Autoren: Walla, Ch. und W. Schneeberger Jahr: 2005
Chapter in collected volumes
Farm biogas plants in Austria - An economic analysis.
Autoren: Walla, Ch. und Schneeberger, W. Jahr: 2005
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
Project staff
Walter Schneeberger
O.Univ.Prof.i.R. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Walter Schneeberger
walter.schneeberger@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-73300
Project Leader
01.01.2003 - 31.12.2004