Biogas Regions

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Biogas Regions

• A project under the Intelligent Energy for Europe
  Programme

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2 Experienced Partners

• German partner based in a town between Stuttgart
  and Nuremburg
• Regional Energy Agency for Styria, SE Austria

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7 Promoting Partners

• Rhone Alp, France
• (Project co-ordinators)
• Whole of Slovenia
• Castille Leon Region of Spain (NW)
• Walloon Region of Belgium
• Malpolska Region of Poland (S)
• Abruzzo Region of Italy (Central-E)
• SWEA Region of UK

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SWEA Region

• SWEA
• Working for sustainable energy and affordable
  warmth in the South West and Wales.
• 10 years old
• 40 staff in Highnam and Swindon
• 4 in Builth Wells (RWAS)
• One of a network of SAVE agencies across the EU

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Biogas Regions Activity in UK

• Advisory Group with wide expertise
• Strong Links with
• Centre of Excellence
• at Uni. of Glamorgan
• Working with Royal
• Agricultural College in England

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The Regional Strategy

• It is seen as being vitally important that the
  biogas industry in the region is established on
  the basis of some really good installations that
  work well for their operators, solve
  environmental problems rather than create them
  and are excellent case studies for others to
  follow. The key objectives of this Strategy
  are-

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• The establishment of best practice utilisation of
  liquid and solid digestate
• The efficient utilisation of the biogas fuel with
  the minimum of waste
• The diversion of food or food-processing waste
  (including the acceptable fraction of abattoir
  waste) away from incineration or landfill.
• The diversion of appropriate non-lignacious
  biodegradable waste away from centralised aerobic
  composting schemes, incineration or landfill.
• The diversion of manures, particularly from
  intensive livestock operations into biogas plants
• The development of cooperative ventures
• The development of a skilled and well-trained
  workforce
• Increased competitiveness of the food processing
  sector

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Planning Identified as a Key Barrier

• Encouraging developers to adopt good practice
• Providing impartial information to planners and
  members
• Assisting with individual schemes

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Working with Planners

• Biogas Regions
• Brochure
• Aimed at
• Planners
• Councillors
• Interested public

• Biogas Event for Planners
• June 25th
• Llandrindod
• WLGA/UoG/Biogas regions

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Promoting Biogas

• Taking opportunities like this and that provided
  by South West Rural Update
• Tagging onto multi-technology events and training
• Offering be-spoke training to local authorities

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ArticlesWaste PlanningEnergy World
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Study Tour April 2009

• Three plants in and around Vienna
• Food waste and glycerine with gas feed-in
• Energy crops with bio-methane vehicle fuel
• Municipal waste plant with energy used for
  district heating
• 15 participants

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Working with Potential Developers

• Quick check
• Opportunity Study Tool (Biogas Calculator)
• Feasibility studies

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Working with Potential Developers

• Supporting planning applications/processes

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resolution reversed and pp refused
Success planning permission granted
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We are here to help!especially if you are in
Powys, Monmouthshire, Gloucestershire or Wiltshire
Andy Bull SWEA Wales Office Entrance A Royal
Welsh Showground Builth Wells LD2 3NJ
Email andy_at_swea.co.uk Tel [phone]

• (or various regions of Belgium, France, Italy,
  Spain, Slovenia and Poland)