Date

Time

Activity

Location

31/03

Arrival and accommodation in Aarhus

Hotel, ex. Radison Blue Scandinavian Hotel, Thomas Jensens Alle 1, 8000 Aarhus

01/04

08:30

Departure by bus to biogas plant

Hotel, bus

09:00

Site visit at biogas plant. Presentation and tour by Manager Karsten Bo Sørensen.

Frisjenborg  Biogas, Fuglsangvej 100, 8450 Hammel

10:30

Transportation

Bus

11:00

Aarhus University's biogas plant in Foulum. Presentation and tour by Plant Manager Mogens Møller

Aarhus University Biogasplant, Borregaardsvej, 8830 Tjele

12:30

Lunch in the canteen Aarhus University Foulum

Aarhus University, Viborg. Blichers Alle 2, 8830 Tjele

13:15

Transportation

Bus

Mutual Learning Workshop

14:30

o   FBCD, Michael Støckler. Introduction to the workshop.

o   Biogas Denmark, Technical Director Bruno Sander Nielsen (Board member ALFA): The development of biogas production in Denmark. Status and policy.

o   Aarhus University, Professor Henrik B. Møller (Board member ALFA): Next-generation Biogas. Pioneering Research at Aarhus University.

o   Lundsby Renewable Energy, CBDO Karsten Hjorth: Experience with establishing large-scale biogas plants as a total contractor.

o   Green Farm, Bo Rosborg: Local energy production at biogas plants with CHP installations.

o   Ammongas, Stephane Bosc: Development and operation of upgrading facilities for biomethane.

Joint discussion about:

o   The technical development of biogas production and optimization of operations.

o   Discussion of the necessary political measures for an expansion of biogas production in the EU.

o   Discussion of the technical possibilities for optimizing operations including:

• Challenges with the biomasses used, content of sand, straw, industrial products

• The optimal use of biogas, upgrading, CHP, CO₂, P2X

• The quality of the degassed biomass as fertilizer

And ?

Food and Bio Cluster Denmark, Agro Food Park 15, ML 1. Skejby, 8200 Aarhus N

16:30

End of the day

Transportation

Hotel, Aarhus

19:00

Networking and Dinner in a restaurant in Aarhus

Aarhus, Restaurant ex “Det Glade Vanvid”, Pakkerivej 2, 8000 Aarhus

TIME

TOPIC & SPEAKER

09:00 – 09:05

Welcome and intro (Stania Druskova/PEDAL Cons.)

09:05 – 09:45

Joint Initiative Biomethane HE projects

1.      SEMPRE-BIO: New cost-effective biomethane solutions to support circular economy  (Alejandra Cordova/CETAQUA)

2.      BIOMETHAVERSE: Innovations in the BIOMETHAne uniVERSE (Stefano Proietti/ISSINOVA)

3.      SKILLBILL: Skilling, upskilling and reskilling in RES (Enrico Facci/AZZERO CO2)

4.      ALFA: Unlocking the biogas potential of livestock farming (Yiannis Konstas/Q-PLAN)

09:45 – 10:15

Selected supported cases from 1^st ALFA Open call – challenges, best practices and lessons learnt

1.      Italy (Elisabetta Quaini - manager of the dairy farm Barbiselle, Italy)

2.      Slovakia (Matej Štefánek & Michal Čarák - managers of biogas plants Borcova and Poprad Matejovce, Slovakia)

3.      Greece - Vasilis Filippou (the Energy Community of Karditsa, ESEK, Greece)

Coffee break (15’)

Continue with the program after coffee break

10:30 – 10:50

European biomethane situation today - George Osei Owusu (EBA)

10:50 – 11:05

Challenges, concerns and expectation of nowadays farmers - Niharika Kaushik (EDF)

11:05 – 11:20

Pros and cons of both – biogas and fossil substitute (natural gas) - Yelizaveta Chernysh, BRT Division, CZU Prague, Czechia)

11:20 – 11:50

Q&A session

11:50 – 12:00

Closing