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Quick user guide

Offline Expert Feasibility Calculator for Small scale Digestion




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Offline Expert Feasibility Calculator for Small scale Digestion

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Imprint This publication was created within the EU-Project “BioEnergy Farm II - Manure, the sustainable fuel for the farm”.

The project is co-funded by the Intelligent Energy Europe Programme of the European Union.

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Quick User Guide | 3

CONTENT

Introduction 5

1. Business case scenarios 6

1.1 Biogas scenario 6

1.2 Heat 6

1.3 CHP 6

1.4 Biomethane 6

1.5 Digestate treatment 6

2. Quick walkthrough 7

2.1 Farm details 7

2.2 Imprint 7

2.3 Interface_1 Biogas plant design 8

2.3.1 Livestock 8

2.3.2 Numbers of animals 9

2.3.3 Adding cosubstrates 11

2.3.4 Main characteristics biogas plant and utilization techniques 12

2.3.5 First results, optimal case 13

2.3.6 Storage 13

2.3.7 Energy substitution 14

2.3.8 Energy supply to end user 16

2.3.9 Feed-in tariffs and subsidies 16

2.3.10 Wood chips 17

2.3.11 Flare 17

2.3.12 Investment subsidies 17

2.4 Interface_INV Investment overview 18

2.5 Interface_FIN Financial results 19

Index 20

Principles BioEnergyFarm II tool 22

Project partners 26

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4 | Quick User Guide



Introduction Welcome to the Quick User Guide of the Offline Expert Feasibility Calculator for Small scale Digestion. This tool

lets you determine if a small scale anaerobic digestion installation (or biogas installation) is profitable.

Try for yourself. With the Offline Expert Feasibility Calculator for Small scale Digestion, you can calculate if a

biogas installation can make a profitable business case. With the tool, you can try different set-ups, scales,

optimise your installation and generate financial data that can be used in a business plan.

The tool is meant for farmers experts and biogas experts. Where the online Bioenergy scan

(www.BioEnergyFarm.eu) is developed to be used by farmers and landowners, the Offline Expert Feasibility

Calculator for Small scale Digestion is intended to be used by a trained consultant/experts.

The tool covers a broad range of installations and options. The tool is intended for farm scale biogas

installations. In effect, this means that installations up to a capacity of approximately 25.000 tonnes of biomass,

or 150 kWe electrical capacity of a CHP (combined heat and power generation), are all covered by the tool.

Furthermore, digestate treatment, heat delivery and biomethane production are all included in the tool.

No replacement for commercial offers. Although the financial data in the tool is based upon commercial offers

and laws of physics, the outcome of the tool is no replacement for commercial offers. The maker of the tool, the

project partners and the EACI can not be held responsible for the outcome of the tool.

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1. Business case scenarios The Offline Expert Feasibility Calculator for Small scale Digestion includes four different scenarios. Each

scenario has a different business case. In the chapter, the different business cases are discussed.

1. Biogas

2. Heat

3. CHP

4. Biomethane

5. Digestate treatment

1.1 Biogas scenario

The main aim of the biogas scenario is to export the biogas, generated in the biogas plant, to a nearby energy

user, using a biogas network. The biogas is then converted at the end user into heat using a biogas boiler.

Because the biogas is exported, an additional boiler is needed on site, to generate heat for the biogas plant.

This boiler can be fuelled with biogas or wood chips. Revenues are created by substituting fossil heat production

with heat from the biogas boiler, and subsidies from the production of renewable heat.

1.2 Heat

In the heat scenario, the biogas generated in the biogas plant is converted into heat onsite, using a biogas

boiler. The heat is then transported to the end user, using a heat network. Revenues are created by substituting

fossil heat production with heat from the biogas boiler, and subsidies from the production of renewable heat.

The main difference with the biogas scenario is that heat, instead of biogas, is transported. A small heat network

(short distance to end user) can be cheaper than a biogas network and a separate boiler. However, a heat

network suffers from heat losses with increasing distance.

1.3 CHP

In the CHP (Combined Heat and Power) scenario, the biogas produced in the biogas plant is concerted into

heat and electricity onsite. The heat and electricity can then be used to compensate own energy use. Electricity

that is not use internally, is fed in to the electricity grid. Revenues are generated by substituting electricity and

fossil based heat, or by selling electricity to the grid. Exploitation subsidies can apply for both electricity and

heat which is utilized at the farm.

1.4 Biomethane

The biomethane scenario covers the upgrading of biogas to natural gas grid standards, by removing CO2 from

the biogas. The biomethane is fed in to the natural gas grid and sold to the gas company. Depending on the

upgrading technique used, electricity or heat is needed for the operation. Electricity will be bought from the grid,

whereas heat can be supplied with biogas or wood chips.

1.5 Digestate treatment

The digestate treatment scenario intents to avoid expensive transport and disposal of manure, and instead

produce fertilizers from the animal manure. Heat and electricity, necessary for the project, is supplied by a CHP.



2. Quick walkthrough The Offline Expert Feasibility Calculator for Small scale Digestion is an Microsoft Excel based tool, for Microsoft

Excel version 2003 or higher. For better graphical interaction, Microsoft Excel 2007 or higher is recommended.

The Offline Expert Feasibility Calculator for Small scale Digestion has 8 interface sheets. In the table below, the

content of each sheet is summarized.

1. Imprint General information of the tool and disclaimer

2. Interface_1 Main interface, where the biogas plant can be designed

3. Interface_2 Digestate treatment interface (separator, pasteurization etc.)

4. Interface_INV Investment overview

5. Interface_FIN Financial results

6. Interface_CF Cash flow overview

7. Substrates_manure Manure substrate database

8. Substrates_cosubstrates Cosubstrate database

In the following chapters, each interface sheet is discussed, using a case as example. This example is there to

lead you for the first time through the scan. All the basic tools and options are used and described. It is

recommended to do the same steps in your own Excel simultaneously. When finished you should be able to do

a scan at every farm that fits in the scope of the project.

For this example we used version 0.92 of the Offline Expert Feasibility Calculator for Small scale Digestion®.

Some visual details may be different in your version or for your country.

2.1 Farm details

For this example we will use a dairy farm from the Netherlands with 250 milking cows, 60 calves and 60

yearlings. To improve the biogas output of the plant, we will also discuss added some cosubstrates to the

digester. As co-substrates we add 70 ton of glycerine.

The farm is located in the Netherlands, so the tool will automatically apply the Dutch subsidy rules.

The farms new stable offers the possibility of producing fresh manure.

2.2 Imprint

In the imprint you can find the relevant information on the maker of the tool and the BioEnergy Farm 2 project.

Further, the version number is located here. Please check for updates regularly at www.bioenergyfarm.eu !

http://www.bioenergyfarm.eu/

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2.3 Interface_1 Biogas plant design

Interface 1 is the main and most important interface sheet of the tool. This sheet contains nearly all input cells

of the tool and allows you to design the biogas plant for the farm. It is also the sheet where you can change the

Region of the biogas plant, the language and currency. Note that subsidy rules, energy prices, investments and

digester lay-out may be region specific. Please enter the country and region first!

On the print screen below the first rows of the Interface_1 are presented. For region you have to select the

country of the farm, because the country-specific parameters are used based on that selected country.

Language is only for the interface language. This has no further implications. Only when changing it later on,

some inputs from the dropdown menus are no longer recognized!

Sometimes region is important because of different tax or subsidy schemes or in case of climate differences

between regions in one country. The region will also be presented in the report.

The currency rate is default set for the project countries. The calculations are done in Euro, but when another

currency is selected, the interface is recalculated in that currency. Changing the default currency can be

important for comparison of cases between countries, or for example when presenting for a foreign bank with

other currency.

For name, address and email information about the farmer need to be filled in. This information is used in the

report and also stored at the project database.

Table 1 First rows of Interface_1

2.3.1 Livestock

After the general information about the plant we go to the most important data input screens: the livestock

information.

We start most left with the selection of species. Since the tool is focusing on farm-scale, manure based digestion,

most common farm species are presented. Those are Cows; Bulls; Pigs; Poultry and; Other. The chosen specie

defines what will show up in the next column.

Table 2 Livestock information

Not for distribution!

Business

not in useChange subsidy rules

Select currency EUR - Euro [EUR/EUR]

Exchange rate 1,000

Change your language English Adress De Marke

What is your region Gelderland E-mail [email protected]

Micro-scale digestion calculation toolCo-funded by the Intelligent Energy Europe

Programme of the European Union

Version 0,92

What is your country Netherlands Name Test Case



2.3.1.1 ANIMAL TYPES

In our example we have a dairy farm, so we select Cows in this first cell. After that we move on to the next

column. We see that the dropdown menu only contains dairy animals: Dairy cows; Calves and; Yearlings. If you

change the first cell to bulls you see this second dropdown menu changes to: Bulls for meet and Young bulls

for meet.

In our example we have dairy, so we select in the 1st column Cows and in the 2nd column we choose Dairy cows.

Depending on the stable system one has solid or liquid manure. Most common for dairy farms in Western

Europe is liquid manure, so we select liquid manure. It is important to choose one of the options, because the

properties of different type of manure are completely different. Therefore there is no default option chosen by

the tool. You have to select one yourself!

The age of manure is important for the biogas potential. Older manure has a lower gas potential compared to

daily-fresh manure. New generation stables have low-emission stable floors with scrapers. Only with these

stables you can have daily fresh manure. In almost all other cases there is a cellar with a minimum quantity of

manure, so the manure will never be daily fresh before it enters the digester.

The farm in our example has milking cows, calves and yearlings. So we can complete this first screen like in

the picture below. Make sure you have these lines the same before we continue.

Table 3 Day-fresh manure prodiction

2.3.2 Numbers of animals

Now we have specified the animals we can add the correct numbers. Our example farm has 250 milking cows,

60 calves and 60 yearlings. If we fill these numbers in, the tables looks like the one below.

Table 4 Number of animals and grazing

Livestock

Cows Young dairy cows (yearling >1 year) Liquid manure No

Cows Young dairy cows (calf <1 year) Liquid manure No

Cows Dairy cows Liquid manure Yes

[Species] [type of animal] [Solid or Liquid] [yes or no]

Specify livestock Specify Type of manure Day-fresh manure

Livestock Specify number of animals and time in barn AND/OR

Cows Young dairy cows (yearling >1 year) Liquid manure No 60

Cows Young dairy cows (calf <1 year) Liquid manure No 60

Cows Dairy cows Liquid manure Yes 250

[days/year] [hour/day]

Grazing

[Species] [type of animal] [Solid or Liquid] [yes or no] [#]

Specify livestock Specify Type of manure Day-fresh manure Number of animals

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You may have noticed that also grazing time needs to be specified. Animals are not necessary 24/7 in the

stables. About our farmer we know he let his cows in the meadow for 120 days a year and 6 hours per day. The

younger cows are all the time in the stables.

If animals are never in the field, we can let this open. Only if they are in the field sometimes, this has to be filled

in. This because manure produced in the field cannot be pumped in the digester.

The completed table for our farm looks like the one below. Right from the animal numbers there is also a table

for manure supply. This can be used when for example manure from the neighbor is also brought to this digester.

This is not farm-produced manure, so can be specified separately. Also costs for buying this manure can be

specified, also negative costs.

The brown cells are output cells that present the manure production of the farm. These numbers can for example

be checked with the existing manure bookkeeping of the farmer.

The last column is specific for organic farmers. By choosing yes or no nitrogen can be labeled as organic or

non-organic, what has consequences for digestate at organic farms.

For our example farm we see a total manure production of 7.276 ton per year.

Table 5 Overview of livestock manure for the digester

Livestock Specify number of animals and time in barn AND/OR Specify supply of manure

Total - - 7.276

792 NoCows Young dairy cows (yearling >1 year) Liquid manure No 60

312 No

6 6.172 No120

Cows Young dairy cows (calf <1 year) Liquid manure No 60

Cows Dairy cows Liquid manure Yes 250

[days/year] [hour/day] [ton/year] [EUR/ton] [ton/year] [yes or no]

Grazing Manure Supply Costs Manure Input Organic

[Species] [type of animal] [Solid or Liquid] [yes or no] [#]

Specify livestock Specify Type of manure Day-fresh manure Number of animals



2.3.3 Adding cosubstrates

Besides manure there is also the option to feed some co-substrates. Note that this tool is for mainly manure

with some adding of co-substrates. A calculation tool for co-digesters was developed in the former project

BioEnergy Farm, and is still available at the project website www.bioenergyfarm.eu, as ADPC (Anaerobic

Digestion Profit Calculator).

The adding of co-substrates is comparable to that of manure. There is a limited number of substrates in the

database.

In our example we add a 70 ton of Glycerin to the digester. Purchasing costs are about €100/ton. If you don`t

know the exact price, the tool give (if available) a price indication in the brown column. Be aware this number is

not used in the calculation, so you have to fill in a price in the Costs column.

If correct filled in, your table would look like below.

Table 6 Adding Cosubstrates

At the bottom of the table above there are some extra outputs. First the share of co-substrates of the total mass.

This is done because some countries have restrictions on this share related to the subsidy scheme. In the

Netherlands for example this should be <5% to apply for the manure digestion subsidies.

The other brown cell presents the needed land for the production of the co-substrates. This is only calculated

for crops like maize, corn, CCM, grasses, etc. This number is indicative, and based on average production rates.

This value is not used in further calculations.

Cofermentation

Land use to produce cosubtrates - [ha]

Total 70 7.000

Share (mass) cosubstrates of total digester input 1,0 [%]

[Category] [ton/year] [EUR/ton] [EUR/ton] [yes or no]

Specify cosubstrates Cosubstrate Costs Price indication Organic

Glycerine (Liquid cosubstrate) 70 100 99 - 100 No

Do you want cofermentation?

http://www.bioenergyfarm.eu/

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2.3.4 Main characteristics biogas plant and utilization techniques

After you have selected the substrates, the main properties of the biogas plant are displayed on the right. Here

you can find the main characteristics of the biogas plant, input substrates, digestate output and the capacity

and production of the different utilization techniques for the biogas.

Table 7 Main characteristics of the biogas plant and utilization techniques (Biogas, Heat, CHP and Biomethane)1

1 In the table with the main characteristics of the biogas plant, you can also change the heat unit (GJ, kWh or kW) and biomethane unit (m³, GJ, kWh or kW) to your preference, depending on the standards used in your country.

Based on your farmsize you can produce per year:

Biogas has a lower caloric value compared to natural gas!

Heat

CHP

Biomethane

Biomethane Production 119.305 [m³] biomethane (natural gas)

Biomethane Capacity 15,0 [m³/hour] biomethane feed-in

Nett Production 838 [GJ] Heat

Biomethane Unit m³

Heat Production 2.142 [GJ] Heat

Electricity Production 461.533 [kWh] Electricity

Nett Production 445.507 [kWh] Electricity

CHP Capacity 63 [kWe] CHP

Biogas Boiler Capacity 132 [kW th]

Heat Production 3.804 [GJ] Heat

Methane content 55%

Heat Unit GJ

Nett Production 2.621 [GJ] Heat

124.794 [Liter] Diesel equivalentDiesel equivalent

3,02 [%]

Nitrogen organic origin 80,68 [%]

ODM Digestate

Biogas 227.278 [m³] of biogas

DM Digestate 3,92 [%]

ODM input 6,63 [%]

2,68 [kg/m³.day]

Nitrogen load 2,06 [gr/liter]

DM input 7,50 [%]

Overwrite Volume [m³] useful (nett) volume

Retention time 25 [days]

ODM load

Digester Volume 531 [m³] useful (nett) volume



2.3.4.1 DIGESTER SIZE

The size of the digester (digester volume) is in principle based on the amount of substrates and the retention

time in the digester. This means that for the digestion of 8000 tons of manure (7921 m³), with a retention time

of 25 days, a digester with a useful nett volume of 543 m³ is required. Added other substrates with higher

retention times, will result in a larger digester; the retention time of all substrates is set to the highest retention

time of the substrates.

However, to avoid a too high ODM load, the ODM load is capped at 3,5 kg/m³.day. This means that when the

combined selected substrates exceed this load, the digester will be larger, so that the ODM load is 3,5

kg/m³.day.

You can manually overwrite the digester volume in the cell: override volume. Be advised that after you overwrite

the volume, retention time and ODM load are no longer controlled by the tool.

2.3.5 First results, optimal case

This table shows the results of the most optimal case, assuming that all energy generated by the biogas plant

is used at the farm to replace fossil fuel. This table is meant for reference. If the scenario’s in this case, with

default energy prices and default investment layout, is not profitable, it is not likely that the case will be profitable

at all.

Table 8 Overview of first results, optimal case

2.3.6 Storage

With the tool, you can include storage facilities for cosubstrates and digestate in the business plan. Depending

on the current storage facilities on the farm, you may want to include a different type of storage:

1. No storage

2. Only additional storage from adding cosubstrates

3. All digestate

The default option in the tool is option 2, only additional storage from adding cosubstrates.

Table 9 Storage

You can then indicate storage period, and the available storage on your farm, after which the tool will

automatically calculate the possible additional storage required. Please be advised that is a separator is

If all potential energy from the biogasplant is used at the farm to replace fossil fuel

Scenarios

Case

Simple payback time 9 10 8 11 [Years]

Ann. Profit 53.200 47.600 70.300 74.000 [EUR/year]

Ann. Costs 35.400 36.100 50.700 59.300 [EUR/year]

Ann. Benefits 88.600 83.700 121.000 133.400 [EUR/year]

Investments 453.200 468.800 553.400 808.500 [EUR/year]

[EUR] Biogas Heat CHP Biomethane

4.255 [m³]

Available storage capacity solid cosubstrates - [m³]

How long do you need to store the digestate 7 [months/year]

All digestateStorage type Default/Required

Default/Required

How long do you want to store the cosubstrates 3 [months/year]

Available storage capacity liquid cosubstrates 13 [m³]

Available separate storage capacity digestate

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selected on the Interface_2 sheet, liquid fraction and solid fraction of the separated digestate will also be added

to the digestate storage.

The following storage types are used for the investments:

1. Foil basin for digestate and liquid fraction of separated manure2

2. Polyester silo for liquid cosubstrates

3. Trench silo for solid cosubstrates and solid fraction of separated manure

2.3.7 Energy substitution

In this part of the tool you can fill in the energy that can be substituted by the energy produced in the biogas

plant. In the overview of

2 In some countries, gas tide storage is required. This is automatically included in the tool, and means that a gas tide, concrete silo is used for digestate storage.



Main characteristics biogas plant and utilization techniques, you have already found the energy production that

needs to be substituted. Please select the energy sources used on the farm or at a nearby energy user.

If the amount of electricity that can be substituted is lower than the electricity produced in the CHP, the remaining

electricity is fed into the grid at feed-in tariff.

Table 10 Energy use by farm or nearby end-user that can be substituted3

3 Note that you can only add substituted energy of one (1) consumer. This means you either add the farms own energy use, or the energy use of nearby energy consumers.

[#]

Electricity 600.000 [kWh/year] [EUR/kWh]

Natural Gas 800.000 [m³/year] [EUR/m³]

Energy Source Specify amount Unit

[EUR]

Price per unit

0,10

0,52

Default

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2.3.8 Energy supply to end user

In this part of the tool you can indicate the distance to the end user of the energy that can be substituted. This

means that piping to connect biogas plant and the end-user is automatically added to the investments.

You can also indicate if the export of energy is to third parties. The installation of piping though public area’s is

more expensive then though private ground, due to permits and planning permissions. Indicating third party

energy export, means including piping though public areas.

The complexity of the trajectory is an indication for the difficulty of the installation. The complexity of the

trajectory is [0] for pipes through open fields, and [1] for urban areas. Please specify the complexity for the

chosen trajectory. Default complexity is 0,5.

Table 11 Energy supply to end user

To be able to connect to the gas grid, for the feed-in of biomethane, piping should be added and the gas had to

be pressurized to the grid pressure. Please fill in the distance to the gas grid, the complexity of this trajectory

(default 0,5) and the pressure in the gas grid.

2.3.9 Feed-in tariffs and subsidies

The tool shows the default values for the exploitation subsidies and the feed-in tariffs of electricity and heat,

based on country specific information from the technical partners in the BioEnergy Farm 2 project. You have

the possibility to overwrite the values, using the green cells. Please use the unit that is prescribed.

Table 12 Feed-in tariff and subsidies

[bar (g)]

Compexity of traject 0,5 [0…1]

Pressure in gas grid 0,11

Distance to gas grid

Compexity of traject 0,5 [0…1]

Energy export to third party? Yes

0,20 [km]

Distance to heat/gas user [km] 0,20 [km]

Default

0,32 [EUR/kWh]Feed-in tariff biomethane feed-in

[EUR/kWh]0,05 Feed-in tariff Electricity

Default

CHP Electricity subsidy

CHP Heat subsidy

Biomethane subsidy

Heat subsidy

0,11 [EUR/kWh]

0,11 [EUR/kWh]

0,09 [EUR/kWh]

0,06 [EUR/kWh]



2.3.10 Wood chips

The digester needs heat to operate. In the CHP and Heat scenario, part of the heat generated by the biogas

boiler or CHP, is used to heat the digester. In the Biogas and Biomethane scenario there is also heat required,

and you can choose to generate this heat using biogas or wood chips. Using wood chips means that there is

more biogas available to supply to the end user (biogas scenario) or to upgrade to natural gas and feed in to

the grid (biomethane scenario), possibly increasing the profits of the installation. Further there is the possibility

to overwrite the default wood chips price of your country.

Table 13 Selection of used heat source for the biogas and biomethane scenario

2.3.11 Flare

If the standard utilization technique is out of order, due to maintenance or a breakdown, the biogas storage in

the digester may not always be sufficient in size to cover to complete period. The ventilation of biogas (methane)

to the atmosphere may be more hazardous than ventilation of CO2 from the burned biogas. Therefore, a flare

is needed for long maintenance periods. In some countries, a flare can be contracted or leased for short periods,

whereas other countries require in the installation of a flare as standard.

If you want to add a flare to the investments, please select Yes here.

Table 14 Selection to add flare

2.3.12 Investment subsidies

Investment subsidies can be added to the tool in three (3) ways:

1. Adding a fixed subsidy on the investments

2. Adding a percentage of the total investments

3. Adding both a fixed subsidy and a percentage

Choosing the third option will result in a fixed investment subsidy that will not exceed the percentage entered in

the second line (e.g. the investment subsidy is €150.000 with a maximum of 50% of the total investment)

Table 15 Adding investment subsidies to the tool

Default

40

Produce heat using Biogas

Price of wood chips [EUR/ton]

Flare Yes

Overwrite

Or percentage of total investment [% 0..100]

Specify maximum total investment subsidy available [€]

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2.4 Interface_INV Investment overview

In the Interface_INV sheet, the investment overview is presented. For every component (or group of

components) of the biogas, the capacity and investment costs are viewed here.

Table 16 Investment overview of the biogas plant

In this overview, you have to possibility to overwrite the investment costs of each component. This can be used

if for example during the process commercial offers for the different components are supplied by the suppliers.

Further, additional investments can be added, if you want to include more investments then included in the tool.

Investments Biogas Heat CHP Biomethane

Overwrite

Digester/Biogas plant 535 [m³] 200.000 200.000 200.000 200.000 200.000 200.000

Storage 4.269 [m³] 90.000 90.000 90.000 90.000 90.000

CHP 75 [kWe] - - 88.000 - 88.000

Biogas Boiler on site 51 | 154 [kW] 6.000 9.000 - - -

Biogas Boiler at end-user 154 [kW] 9.000 - - - -

Gas upgrade installation 17 [m³/hour] - - - 309.000 -

Gas network 0,20 [km] 16.000 - - 10.000 -

Heat network 0,20 [km] - 35.000 35.000 - -

Connection to grid 17 [m³/hr] - - - 26.000 -

Separator Select type of separator - - - - -

Dryer - - - - -

Flare 34 [m³/hour] 43.000 43.000 43.000 43.000 43.000

Parteurization - - - - -

Pre-storage 12 [m³] 15.000 15.000 15.000 15.000 15.000

Stable floor 160 [m²] 28.000 28.000 28.000 28.000 28.000

Scraper 160 [m²] 6.000 6.000 6.000 6.000 6.000

Add investement:

Extra investment

Total hardware 412.000 425.000 505.000 726.000 470.000

Civil works [m²] - - - - -

Advice & permits 28.000 29.000 29.000 32.000 29.000

Contingency 41.000 43.000 50.000 73.000 47.000

Startup costs 21.000 21.000 25.000 36.000 23.000

Total investment 502.000 518.000 610.000 867.000 569.000

Investment subsidy -251.000 -259.000 -305.000 -434.000 -285.000

Own contribution 251.000 259.000 305.000 434.000 285.000

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2.5 Interface_FIN Financial results

The Interface_FIN sheet, shows a summarized financial results of the scan. Here you can find an overview of

all the costs and benefits of the biogas plant, with the layout selected in the interface_1 and Interface_2 sheet.

The results are mainly based on the first year of production. For some more extensive results, please check the

exploitation overview.

Table 17 Summarized financial overview

If you want to add costs or benefits to the exploitation, you may do so with the table presented below (located

at the right of the exploitation overview in the Excel tool). Please note, these values are added to the costs, so

adding benefits can be done by using negative values.

Table 18 Adding extra costs to the exploitation overview

Ann. Benefits Biogas Heat CHP Biomethane Digestate treatment

Avoided purchase of fossil fuel purchase 53.100 50.700 18.900 - 21.000 [EUR/year]

Sale of electricity - - - - - [EUR/year]

Avoided purchase of electricity - - 53.500 - 53.500 [EUR/year]

Sale of Biomethane - - - 44.500 - [EUR/year]

Exploitation subsidies 56.900 54.300 77.000 111.000 79.300 [EUR/year]

Total benefits 110.000 105.000 149.400 155.500 153.900 [EUR/year]

Ann. Costs Biogas Heat CHP Biomethane Digestate treatment

Electricity purchase 1.700 1.600 - 4.600 - [EUR/year]

Wood chips purchase - - - - - [EUR/year]

Active carbon 1.400 1.400 1.400 1.400 1.400 [EUR/year]

Biomass purchase - - - - - [EUR/year]

Export of digestate 600 600 600 600 600 [EUR/year]

Added: - - - - - [EUR/year]

Personell 7.100 7.100 8.600 10.200 8.600 [EUR/year]

Maintenance 6.300 6.600 19.800 15.100 19.000 [EUR/year]

Insurance 2.000 2.100 2.400 3.500 2.300 [EUR/year]

Annuity 5.900 6.000 7.100 10.100 6.600 [EUR/year]

Total costs 25.000 25.500 40.100 45.500 38.600 [EUR/year]

Biogas Heat CHP Biomethane Digestate treatment

Total investment 502.000 518.000 610.000 867.000 569.000 [EUR]

Investment subsidy -251.200 -258.900 -304.900 -433.600 -284.600 [EUR]

Own contribution 251.000 259.000 305.000 434.000 285.000 [EUR]

Ann. Profit 85.000 79.500 109.300 109.900 115.300 [EUR/year]

Write-off/depreciation 20.900 21.600 25.400 36.100 23.700 [EUR/year]

Simple payback time 3 3 3 4 2 [Years]

Net present value 462.000 407.300 611.400 487.600 681.500 [EUR]

Biogas Heat CHP Biomethane Digestate treatment

Add costs

Type of costs Amount Unit

Extra costs 5.000 [EUR/year]

Manure,


Index

Animal types, 9 Biogas, 12 Biogas potential, 9 Biomethane, 12, 15 Biomethane unit, 12 CHP, 12 Complexity of the trajectory, 15 Cosubstrates, 10 Cows, 9 Currency, 8 Dairy cows, 9 Day-fresh manure, 9 Digester size, 13 Digester volume, 13 Energy substitution, 14 Energy supply to end user, 15 Excel version, 7 Feed-in tariff, 16 Financial results, 19 Grazing time, 10 Heat, 12

Heat unit, 12 Heat use digester, 16 Investment subsidies, 17 Investments, 18 Language, 8 liquid manure, 9 Livestock, 8 Manure production, 10 Manure supply, 10 Numbers of animals, 9 ODM load, 13 Organic Nitrogen, 10 Region, 8 Retention time, 13 Separator, 14 Solid manure, 9 stable system, 9 Storage, 13 Subsidies, 16 Subsidy rules, 8 Wood chips, 16


Principles BioEnergyFarm II tool

Biogas Heat CHP Biomethane Manure treatment

Business case Biogas production and transportation to nearby end-user

Heat production and transportation to nearby end-user

Electricity production and feed-in grid

Biogas upgrading to biomethane and feed-in natural gas grid

Avoid the expensive disposal and transportation of fresh manure by concentrating minerals

Principals Digester is heated with own biogas or other sustainable source (e.g. wood chips). Biogas is transported in biogas pipes to end-user at low pressure, where a biogas boiler of CHP is installed.

Biogas is converted into heat with a biogas boiler, heat is then transported to the end-used with a heat-network. Part of the heat is used to heat the digester

Biogas is converted into electricity and heat using a CHP. The electricity is fed in to the grid. The heat is partly used for the digester, the rest is dissipated using a chiller

Biogas is upgraded to biomethane using an upgrading technique. This biomethane is then fed into the natural gas grid.

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Components Co-products storage

Digester

Digestate storage

Biogas boiler OR

Wood boiler

Biogas grid

Co-products storage

Digester

Digestate storage

Biogas boiler OR

CHP

Heat grid

Co-products storage

Digester

Digestate storage

CHP

E-Grid connection

Co-products storage

Digester

Digestate storage

Biogaswasher

Biogasboiler OR

Wood boiler

Co-products storage

Digester

Digestate storage

Manure treatment

Biogasboiler OR

CHP



Biogas boiler end-user

E-Grid connection

Gas pipe to grid

Grid connection

E-Grid connection

Optional components Flare

Shovel for co-products

Solid substrate moving floor/mixing pit

Pasteurization

Flare



Pasteurization

Flare



Pasteurization

Flare



Pasteurization

Flare



Pasteurization

Other investments Land for digester

Civil works

Advice

profitability,

business plan,

engineering,

subsidies,

permits

Permit costs

Land for digester

Civil works

Advice

profitability,

business plan,

engineering,

subsidies,

permits

Permit costs

Land for digester

Civil works

Advice

profitability,

business plan,

engineering,

subsidies,

permits

Permit costs

Land for digester

Civil works

Advice

profitability,

business plan,

engineering,

subsidies,

permits

Permit costs

Land for digester

Civil works

Advice

profitability,

business plan,

engineering,

subsidies,

permits

Permit costs

Manure,


Benefits Biogas (NMTA)

Subsidy biogas/heat

Heat (NMTU)

Electricity feed-in*

Subsidy heat

Subsidy electricity*

* in case CHP

Electricity

Subsidy electricity

Biomethane

Subsidy biomethane

Avoided costs of manure disposal

Electricity

Subsidy electricity

Subsidy heat

Costs Biomass purchase

E-use digester

E-use blower

Wood*

Personell

Depreciation

Insurance

*In case woodboiler

Biomass purchase

E-use digester*

E-use pump* Personell

Depreciation

Insurance

*not with CHP

Biomass purchase

E-use digester

E-use pump

Personell

Depreciation

Insurance

Biomass purchase

E-use digester

E-use pump

Wood*

Personell

Depreciation

Insurance

*In case woodboiler

Biomass purchase

E-use digester

E-use pump

Wood*

Personell

Depreciation

Insurance

*In case woodboiler


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Manure,


Project partners

Cornelissen Consulting Services B.V.

Welle 36 | 7411 CC Deventer | The Netherlands

T: +31-507-667-000

E: [email protected] | W: www.cocos.n

DCA Multimedia B.V.

Middendreef 281 | 8233 GT Lelystad | The Netherlands

T: +31-320-269-520

E: [email protected] | W: www.boerenbusiness.nl

University of Turin – DEIAFA

Via L. Da Vinci, 44 | 10095 – Grugliasco (TO) | Italy

T: +39 011 6708596

E: [email protected] | W: www.deiafa.unito.it

Foundation Science and Education for Agri-Food Sector FNEA

Fabianska 12 | 01472 warszawa | Poland

T: +48 608 630 637

E: [email protected] |

National Energy Conservation Agency

ul. Swietokrzyska 20 | 00-002 Warszawa | Poland

T: +48-22-505-5661

E: [email protected] | W: www.nape.pl

IBBK

Am Feuersee 6 | 74592 Kirchberg/Jagst | Germany

T: +49 7954 926 203

E: info(at)biogas-zentrum.de | W: http://the.international.biogas.center/index.php

mailto:[email protected]


http://www.boerenbusiness.nl/


http://www.deiafa.unito.it/





Kuratorium für Technik und Bauwesen in der Landwirtschaft e. V. (KTBL)

Bartningstraße 49 | 64289 Darmstadt | Germany

T: +49 (0)6151 7001-0

E: [email protected] | W:www.ktbl.de

Farmer society for projects | Innovatiesteunpunt

Diestsevest 40 | 3000 Leuven | Belgium

T: +31 (0)16 28 61 02

E: [email protected] | W:www.innovatiesteunpunt.be

Agrotech A/S AGROT

Agro Food Park 15 | DK-8200 Aarhus N |

T: +45 8743 8400

E: [email protected] | W: www.agrotech.dk

Organic Denmark ORGANLAN Silkeborgvej 260 | 8230 Åbyhøj

T: : +45 87 32 27 00

E: [email protected] | W: http://organicdenmark.dk

Farmers Association of Region Bretagne

CRAB

Rond Point Maurice Le Lannou, ZAC Atalante Champeaux - CS 74223 | 35042

Rennes Ced | France

T: +33 2 23 48 23 23

E: [email protected] | W: http://www.bretagne.synagri.com/


http://www.ktbl.de/





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