‹#› of [total number of slides] This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. Sustainable raw material supply for the Production of Biomethane Lodi 19/06/2015 Kristin Sternberg

‹#› of [total number of slides] This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. Agency for Renewable Resources (FNR) Introduction:

‹#› of [total number of slides] This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. Founded:1993 Main office: Gülzow (Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania) Support:Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) Employees:>80 Legal status: Registered association Tasks: Support of research, development and demonstration projects in the field of material and energetic use of renewable resources Information and advice, public relations activities International and EU activities Target Group: Commercial enterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises, private and public research institutions, universities, authorities, consumers FNR Facts and Tasks

‹#› of [total number of slides] This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.

‹#› of [total number of slides] This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. English Website: international.fnr.de

‹#› of [total number of slides] This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. BIOSURF Sustainable Raw Material Supply for the Production of Biomethane

‹#› of [total number of slides] This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. 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 BIOSURF assesses 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“ Sustainable Raw Material Supply for the Production of Biomethane

‹#› of [total number of slides] This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V. 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 Selected sustainable raw material categories

‹#› of [total number of slides] This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V. Use of substrates for Biogas-Plants Comparison France - Germany page: 9 -Bonus vor slurry use in France -As off 2015, use of energy crops will be forbidden for certain plants

‹#› of [total number of slides] This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V. Task 4.2 – Data collection, processing and estimation of current/ future technical & sustainable raw material supply Source: DBFZ Next Steps

‹#› of [total number of slides] This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V. Availability/ Potentials of sustainable raw materials page: 11 Potential & use of biogas substrates in Germany in 2013

‹#› of [total number of slides] This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V. Change of substrate mix – a way towards more sustainability page: 12 Obvious change of the avarage substrate mix for biogas plants over the passed years in Germany

‹#› of [total number of slides] This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. Q&A Discussion Workshop - Sustainable Raw Material Supply for the Production of Biomethane page : 13

‹#› of [total number of slides] This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. 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?) Discussion about 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 page : 14

‹#› of [total number of slides] This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. Thank you for your attention! Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V. (FNR) Hofplatz Gülzow-Prüzen page : 15

‹#› of [total number of slides] This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. 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? page : 16

‹#› of [total number of slides] This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. 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? page : 17

‹#› of [total number of slides] This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. 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? page : 18