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The European Union has set ambitious targets related to the transition to renewable and clean energy and the reduction of greenhouse gases through the European Green Deal and the Fit for 55 package. Methane is one of the most important greenhouse gases with a Global Warming Potential (GWP) of 34 on a timespan of 100 years according to IPCC’s 5th Assessment Report. The concentration of methane in the atmosphere has more than doubled in the last hundred years and landfills are the third largest (16%) emitter of anthropogenic methane after fossil fuel production, distribution and combustion (33%) and livestock farming (27%). The objective of this project is twofold; production of green electricity and heat, which in itself contributes to GHG reduction if the corresponding use of fossil fuels is offset, and reduction of GHG gases by reduction of spontaneous methane emission from landfills and elimination of methane emissions from different types of off-gases. In addition, transforming indigenous low quality gas streams into power and heat contributes to the security of supply and diversification of the energy system. 16 EU member states have already applied a landfill ban on organic material and as the gas production in the landfills declines when no new organic material is landfilled, the methane level goes down and conventional CHP production using an Otto engine is no longer possible. In this project three different options to use landfill gas and off-gases with low methane (<40%) content will be evaluated and benchmarked. The three technologies are developed in different countries and the need for transnational cooperation is evident. The seed money is needed to form a strong project consortium able to develop and perform the proposed project including lab scale and pilot testing activities. Gdańsk University of Technology will have the opportunity to create a strong consortium of international institutions to submit a grant application, which will enable tests and pilot studies of the developed SFR reactor.
Details
- Project's acronym:
- LoCaGas seed money
- Financial Program Name:
- Europejska Współpraca Terytorialna i Europejski Instrument Sąsiedztwa
- Organization:
- Wspólny Sekretariat Techniczny Programu Południowy Bałtyk
- Agreement:
- STHB.02.02.00-22-S166/21-00 z dnia 2022-04-19
- Realisation period:
- 2022-04-01 - 2022-07-31
- Project manager:
- dr inż. Robert Aranowski
- Realised in:
- Department of Process Engineering and Chemical Technology
- External institutions
participating in project: -
- Lithuanian Energy Institute (Lithuania)
- Baltic Energy Innovation Centre (Sweden)
- Request type:
- European Founds
- Domestic:
- Domestic project
- Verified by:
- Gdańsk University of Technology
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