17 research outputs found
Strengthening the biogas sector of Ethiopia through international collaboration: the case of Digital Global Biogas Cooperation (DiBiCoo)
No full textEven though biogas technology was introduced in Ethiopia in 1957, the technology is still in its infancy stage with more than 98 % of biogas plants installed in Ethiopia at a small- scale level and used for cooking and lighting applications. The Digital Global Biogas Cooperation (DiBiCoo) project facilitates collaboration between European biogas industries and stakeholders from emerging and developing markets through the development and application of innovative digital and non-digital support tools, knowledge transfer and capacity building. The Digital Global Biogas Cooperation helped the Ethiopian biogas sector through capacity building trainings, creating a digital biogas and gasification matchmaking platform to link companies with local biogas actors in the country, and assisting demo case projects up to prefeasibility study stage. Furthermore, it provided practical exposure through virtual and in person biogas plant tour in several countries, and generating several documents related to the Ethiopian biogas sector including an assessment on biogas potential, financial options and a legal frame work to assist the sector. Based on this collaboration, more than 30 stakeholders participated in 11 web seminars, 2 capacity-building trainings, 3 days business model development training in Biogas and more than 10 virtual study tours. One demo case and three- follower cases prefeasibility studies were supported. Thus, the Digital Global Biogas Cooperation is providing much needed support to the biogas sector of Ethiopia.Instituto de Ingeniería RuralFil: Bogale, Wondwossen. Addis Ababa Institute of Technology. School of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering; EtiopíaFil: Misikir, Maya F. Iceaddis IT Consultancy; EtiopíaFil: Sewnet, Bruck. Iceaddis IT Consultancy; EtiopíaFil: Laere, Ann-Kathrin van. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ); AlemaniaFil: Sagala, Saut. Resilience Development Initiative; IndonesiaFil: Ma, Chuan. WIP Renewable Energies; AlemaniaFil: Hilbert, Jorge Antonio. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Ingeniería Rural; ArgentinaFil: Mohammed, Mutala. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. Institute of Industrial Research; GhanaFil: Salie, Yaseen. The Green Cape Sector Development Agency Npc; Sudáfric
Supporting international cooperation on biogas : the DiBiCoo project
No full textThe DIBICoo project supports the European biogas/biomethane industry and the biogas development in developing and emerging countries by preparing markets for the export of sustainable biogas/biomethane tecnologies from Europe to developing and emerging countries. This is achieved by the development and application of innovative digital and no digital support and matchmaking tools and actions, by knolwledge transfer and capacity building as well aas by the preparation of demo cases up to prefeasibility stage. This will increase the share of renewable energiews, both in Europe and in import countries. This paper addresses biogas-relevant framework conditions in the importing and exporting countries, the status of research and development needs of biogas technologies in the importing countries as well as opportunities for European countries.Instituto de Ingeniería RuralFil: Ma, Chuan. Renewable Energies (WIP); AlemaniaFil: Rutz, Dominik. Renewable Energies (WIP); AlemaniaFil: Janssen, Rainer. Renewable Energies (WIP); AlemaniaFil: Wlcek, Bernhard. Austrian Energy Agency. Service Point Renewable Gases; AustriaFil: Sainz, Angela. European Biogas Association; BélgicaFil: Kirchmeyr, Franz. Austrian Compost & Biogas Association; AustriaFil: Sagala, Saut. Resilience Development Initiative; Indonesia. Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB). Planning and Policy Development; IndonesiaFil: Zacepins, Aleksejs. Latvia University. Life Sciences and Technologies; LatviaFil: Komasilovs, Vitalijs. Latvia University. Life Sciences and Technologies; LatviaFil: Reinhard, Marc. German Biogas Association; AlemaniaFil: Misikir, Maya F. Iceaddis Consultancy; EtiopíaFil: Bogale, Wondwossen. Iceaddis; EtiopíaFil: Hilbert, Jorge Antonio. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Ingeniería Rural; ArgentinaFil: Rosslee, Dwight. Selectra Farm Tech. SudáfricaFil: Mohammed, Mutala. Institute for Sustainable Energy and Environmental Solutions (ISEES); GhanaFil: Salie, Yaseen. GreenCape; Sudáfric
The potential of Biogas in Energy Transition in Indonesia
No full textIndonesia is an agrarian country that has a rich bioenergy potency in liquid (biodiesel, bioethanol). The Government of Indonesia (GoI) has set the target to achieve 23% of renewable energy utilization into the national energy mix by 2025. In addition, the GoI also aims to increase the production of biofuel to 7.21 million kilolitres by 2019. Theoretically, biogas technology will be a strategic measure in achieving the target, however, at the moment the biogas technology market in Indonesia is still in a nascent state, especially for the direct utilization of biogas for electricity production. Alternatively, biogas provides Indonesia with a promising source of energy, which can be injected directly into natural gas grids and hitchhike existing distribution infrastructure, resulting in reduced costs along the production-distribution pipeline. For this reason, biomethane has been the focus of some developing countries (e.g Argentina, Republic of South Africa) in moving toward energy transition. This paper examines the state of the biogas market in Indonesia using literature review. The status of natural gas is mapped out through its available potential and the existing initiation of national programs related to biogas. Finally, the study provides recommendations on how biogas technology could accelerate the energy transition in Indonesia.Instituto de Ingeniería RuralFil: Rianawati, Elisabeth. Resilience Developement Initiative; IndonesiaFil: Sagala, Saut. Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB); IndonesiaFil: Hafiz, Ichsan. Resilience Developement Initiative; IndonesiaFil: Anhorn, Johannes. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit; AlemaniaFil: Alemu, Sinshaw. Iceaddis; EtiopíaFil: Hilbert, Jorge Antonio. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Ingeniería Rural; ArgentinaFil: Rosslee, Dwight. Selectra; SudáfricaFil: Mohammed, Mutala. Institute for Sustainable Energy and Environmental Solutions; GhanaFil: Salie, Yaseen. Green Cape; SudáfricaFil: Rutz, Dominik. WIP Renewable Energies; AlemaniaFil: Rohrer, Michael. Austrian Energy Agency; AustriaFil: Sainz, Angela. European Biogas Association; BélgicaFil: Kirchmeyr, Franz. Austrian Compost and Biogas Association. Kompost und Biogasverband Österreich; AustriaFil: Zacepins, Aleksejs. Latvijas Lauksaimniecibas Universitate; LatviaFil: Frank Hofmann, Frank. Fachverband Biogas; Alemani
Indonesian biogas market: an opportunity alongside B100 program
No full textWith the continued growth of the palm oil industry in Indonesia, the Government of Indonesia has been triggered to set up the national targets for new and renewable energy through biodiesel blend mandatory (B100 program). As more solid and liquid wastes will be generated as a result of biodiesel production, it can be convertered to renewable energy using biogas plants. Along with the B100 program, the POME-based biogas development seems could be more notable. However, the biogas technology market in Indonesia is still in a nascent state. This study aims to attempt the macro-environmental factors analysis of the Indonesian biogas industry using PESTEL analysis. With the existence of cross-sectional stakeholders, overlapping, and conflicting interests whose policies and actions may cause obstacles that influence the industry, this paper aims to capture the macro picture of the biogas maket and identify its challenges alongside de B100 program. It is concluded that barriers for deployment of biogas come term of wage, environment, and risks for indigenous people, lack of experts and success case to prove new technology implementation, and weak and inconsistency of the law enforcement.Instituto de Ingeniería RuralFil: Rianawati, Elisabeth. Resilience Development Initiative; IndonesiaFil: Sagala, Saut. Resilience Development Initiative; Indonesia. Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB). Planning and Policy Development; IndonesiaFil: Dwiputra, Andreas. Resilience Development Initiative; IndonesiaFil: Anhorn, Johannes. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ); EtiopíaFil: Hilbert, Jorge Antonio. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Ingeniería Rural; ArgentinaFil: Rosslee, Dwight. Selectra Farm Tech. SudáfricaFil: Mohammed, Mutala. Institute for Sustainable Energy and Environmental Solutions (ISEES); GhanaFil: Salie, Yaseen. GreenCape; SudáfricaFil: Colmorgen, Felix. WIP Renewable Energies; AlemaniaFil: Wlcek, Bernhard. Austrian Energy Agency. Service Point Renewable Gases; AustriaFil: Decorte, Mieke. European Biogas Association (EBA); BélgicaFil: Stummer, Benhard. Austrian Energy Agency; AustriaFil: Zacepins, Aleksejs. Latvia University. Life Sciences and Technologies; LatviaFil: Hofmann, Frank. German Biogas Association; AlemaniaFil: Khaira, Tara. Energi Andalas; IndonesiaFil: Mulyasari, Shinta. Ecody; IndonesiaPranindita, Nadiya. Resilience Development Initiative; IndonesiaFil: Hananta, Michael. Resilience Development Initiative; IndonesiaFil: Bogale, Wondwossen. Iceaddis; Etiopí
Pre-treatment and utilization of food waste as energy source by bio-drying process
No full textIn this study, three different sets of experiments were conducted with the aim of evaluating the effects of initial moisture content and bulking agent on bio-drying efficiency of food waste as well as weight reduction. Results showed that initial moisture content has a significant impact on bio-drying, affecting temperature and water removal rate as well as volatile solid degradation, with higher maximum temperature obtained in Trial 3 (initial moisture content of 44.95 %) and lowest maximum temperature obtained in Trial 1 (initial moisture content of 69.29 %). The bio-drying index indicated that Trial 2 had higher water removal efficiency (72.96 %) with less organics consumption (bio-drying index = 10.1). On the whole, Trial 1, 2 and 3 saw a weight reduction of 54.63 %, 42.56 % and 35.33 % alongside a moisture reduction of 53.26 %, 47.46 % and 64.51 % respectively. This finding suggests that the use of bulking agent has significant effect on the initial moisture content with subsequent impact on bio-drying efficiency which could provide some promising approach to pre-treat organic waste to reduce the moisture content, weight and volume and increase the energy value for solid recovered fuel generation (SRF). (C) 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd
Bio-Drying of Biodegradable Waste for Use as Solid Fuel: A Sustainable Approach for Green Waste Management
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DiBiCoo: Biogas Markets and Frameworks in Argentina, Ethiopia, Ghana, Indonesia, and South Africa
No full textIn Argentina, the biogas market has gained a solid foothold over the last five years and is massively industrial. However, its growth is slowing down. In 2015, Argentina has developed 100 biogas plants and has grown exponentially until 2020 through the RenovAr Programme. In 2015, INTA and PROBIOMASA have conducted a survey assessing 80 of the 100 plants built nationwide. INTA and PROBIOMASA have found that from the 80 plants surveyed, 76 of the 80 biogas plants developed up until 2015 were installed for environmental purposes, while 11 of the 80 biogas plants surveyed were utilised for energy development, consisting of large bio-digestion plants (1MW-2MW), consisting mostly of covered lagoon and mixed technologies utilising digesters, double membrane reactor, and a co-generation unit i.e. combined heat and power (CHP). It must be noted that at that time biogas was not widely used as a source of energy, rather, it was used for environmental purposes. The relatively slow growth of the biogas market until 2015 is also indicated by the low rate of biogas utilisation for the means of energy security. It is also worth highlighting that the dominating feedstock utilised for biogas in Argentina is industrial waste, followed by organic waste and virgin biomass. To accelerate the growth of the biogas market, Argentina has been implementing governmentled programs. The most notable program is the series of RenovAr programs i.e. round 1, round 1.5, and round 2) that was started from 2016 and continues until today with RenovAr 3 being implemented in August 2019. According to the World Bank IFC, RenovAR has succeeded in reaching 2.4 GW capacity of combined renewable energy alternatives in the end of 2016 and 4.4 GW of renewable energy projects in August 2017. The tenders foresee a minimum of 0.5 MW and a maximum of 10 MW of electricity capacity from each biogas project to achieve the overall goal. All in all, this program and national goal shows that biogas is seen as an important renewable energy alternative in Argentina. It must also be noted that each country included in this report elaborates on a minimum of four variables of the PESTLE’s framework depending on the degree of its relevancy and influence it has for the biogas sector.Instituto de Ingeniería RuralFil: Rahmatzafran, Avila. Resilience Development Initiative (RDI). Sustainable Development; IndonesiaFil: Rosslee, Dwight. Selectra Watertech; SudáfricaFil: Rianawati, Elisabeth. Resilience Development Initiative (RDI); IndonesiaFil: Hafiz Loeksmanto, Ichsan. Resilience Development Initiative (RDI); IndonesiaFil: Hilbert, Jorge Antonio. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Ingeniería Rural; ArgentinaFil: Alemmu, Sinshaw. Iceaddis; EtiopíaFil: Mohammed. Institute for Sustainable Energy and Environmental Solution (ISEES); GhanaFil: Bogale, Wondwossen. Iceaddis; EtiopíaFil: Salie, Yaseen. Greencape; Sudáfric
A THERAPEUTIC ANALYSIS OF ANTI- CORRUPTION LAWS IN NIGERIA
No full textThe issue of corruption has become the bane of political and economic development all over the world particularly in Nigeria where the monster has attained an embarrassing dimension. This ugly phenomenon has elicited global attention with the resultant domestic legislations put in place by independent states to curtail its spread. This paper shall examine critically the cankerworm called corruption within the legal framework of existing legislative measures particularly the anti-corruption agencies. The powers of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission alongside the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission shall be thoroughly examined in the light of other existing and past legislations/enactments under the Criminal and Penal Codes, Public Officers (Investigation of Assets) Decree No. 5 of 1996, Corrupt Practices Decree No. 35 of 1975 and Recovery of Public Property (Special Military Tribunals) Decree 1984. It will be recalled that over the years, successive governments in Nigeria have been confronted with the issue of corruption. In order to address same, the criminal as well as the Penal Codes applicable in both Southern and Northern Nigeria contain provisions dealing on corruption but in spite of the aforesaid provisions, the Military Government of Nigeria under the Leadership of General Mutala Mohammed promulgated corrupt practices Decree No. 35 of 1975 to tackle the problem of corruption in Nigeria. This said decree was however abrogated in spite of the laudable provisions contained therein. But owing to the inability to put effective legal machinery in place to tackle the ugly monster called Corruption, its prevalence within and outside government business, has continued to escalate
Environmental Assessment of Hybrid Waste-to-Energy System in Ghana
No full textWaste management in most parts of Africa is characterized by the disposal of mixed waste in unengineered landfills. The aim of this study is to assess the environmental impact of mixed waste received at a waste-to-energy plant in Ghana relative to the current model of landfilling. A Life Cycle Assessment was conducted using OpenLCA software version 2.3.1 based on the ReCiPe Midpoint method. For landfilling, LandGEM software version 3.03 was used. The results indicate that waste-to-energy has the potential to provide carbon savings of 3.52 tCO2eq/ton of waste treated compared to landfilling. Pyrolysis is observed to have high avoided burden across all impact categories, with the lowest Global Warming Potential of −2.3 kgCO2eq. Anaerobic digestion shows a near neutral environmental impact with the highest value of 47.56 kg 1,4DCB for Terrestrial Ecotoxicity, while Refuse-Derived Fuel and segregation processes show low environmental burdens. The net avoided burden is highest for global warming and non-carcinogenic human toxicity potential. Overall, the hybrid waste-to-energy model is concluded to be an environmentally preferred waste management option compared to conventional landfilling methods, and we recommend that decision-makers facilitate investments into it. It is also recommended for the development of local inventories and databases to encourage more country-specific environmental impact studies and to reduce uncertainty
