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Harmen Dekker, who will be speaking at ACI’s Future of Biogas event (taking place on 15th-16th November 2017 in London) gave recently a presentation on “Biomethane in Asia – Utilisation routes in different countries” in the International Renewable Energy Gas Technology conference.
Harmen Dekker1 and Vincent Choy1 and Steve Peters1
1 Asian Pacific Biogas Alliance – 52 Foch Road, #02-02 Singapore 209274
1. Introduction
Southeast Asian countries are possessing the largest biogas potential in the world. As nowadays the biogas can be easily treated to use as transport- or vehicle fuel or for being used for electricity generation, it offers also a great advantage. Combined with the need for reduction of Green House Gas (GHG) emissions this offers a compelling economic and sustainable alternative.
2. Background
In the biogas field there is nowadays a wide range of technologies available. They include several ways of biogas capture, as well as several techniques to utilize the biogas, ranging from electricity production all the way to creating increased value, by transforming it into bio-methane, bio-CNG or even bio-LNG. As it becomes more common to capture and use the biogas, there is an increasing need to look at the best utilization route available.
3. APAC Biomethane production
In almost all the APAC countries there is yet none or limited support for biomethane as green fuel by APAC countries. Although more interest arises to support bio-methane as a highly effective green bio-fuel beside electricity generation, the current low fossil prices are slowing the developments by sheer market interest.
However the CO2 reduction potential by implementing the use of bio-methane, is larger than other utilisation routes of biogas. This combined with the already large base of CNG vehicles in the APAC region (6,9 million vehicles) and the strong potential for business to implement this as an example of true circular economy, it is expected that bio-methane will gain further momentum in the years ahead.
4. Biomethane country info
Indonesia
Malaysia
Thailand
Philipines
5. Conclusions
Biomethane posseses many advantages. It has become a real alternative beside electricity generation.
Future for biogas in APAC is bright.
6. References
[1] H. Dekker et al. The best utilisation routes for biogas (2016) [2] Clemens Findeisen. Biomethane in developing and emerging countries. Fachverband biogas (2016).