1. The status of biogas production in Poland
Mariusz Wójcik
POMCERT
Polish - Danish Bioenergy Seminar 7th of October 2010r.

2. Electricity from RES – installed capacity [MW]
2005 2006 2007 2008
Biomass 189,8 238,8 255,4 232
Biogas 32 36,8 45,7 54,6
Hydropower 852,5 934 934,8 940,6
Windpower 83,3 152,6 287,9 451,1
TOTAL 1157,6 1362,2 1523,8 1678,3
General Statistical Office

3. Biogas production facilities - 2010
Poland Pomeranian region
Total biogas plants 133 9 (7%)
Agricultural biogas
7 4 (57%)
plants
Wastewater treatment
49 1 (2%)
plants – biogas plants
Landfill biogas plants 77 4 (5 %)
Energy Regulation Office

4. Biogas production potential in Poland
Based on:
• manure
• pig slurry
• slaughterhouse wastes
• sewage sludge
• maze as energy crop
dr hab. Michał Jasiulewicz – Koszalin University of Technology

5. Biogas production potenatial
• wielkopolskie, mazowieckie and podlaskie with biggest
potential
dr hab. Michał Jasiulewicz – Koszalin University of Technology

6. Facilities
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ja do
w ln
sk o
o- ślą
po s
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
m kie
or
sk
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sk
i
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m d łó e
Planned facilities
ał zk
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m po ie
az lsk
ow ie
ie
ck
po op ie
dk ols
ar kie
pa
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highest number of projects
po kie
dl
a
po sk
m ie
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ar św ś kie
m ię lą
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m sk
za w azu ie
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ki
od lk
ni op e
op ol
„Czysta Energia”
om ski
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Existing
sk
ie
• lubelskie, zachodniopomorskie, wielkopolskie, pomorskie

7. Biogas plants projects
PROJECTS
• 195 biogas plant projects (480 MWe)
• 96 investors
• 30 in Lubelskie region
• Average size of plant 1,6 MWe

8. Contribution of different types of substrates for
planned biogas plant
2%
17%
26%
6%
13%
7% 29%
maze slurry poultry manure
slaughterhouse waste brewery waste vegetable-fruit industry waste
dairy industry
„Czysta Energia”

9. PJ
ku
ja dol
w no
sk ś
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
o- ląs
po k
m ie
or
sk
ie
lu
be
ls
ki
lu e
bu
sk
ie
łó
m dz
ał k
op ie
m o
az lsk
ow ie
ie
ck
ie
op
po o
dk lsk
ar ie
pa
ck
po ie
Potential PJ
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a
po ski
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or
sk
ie
w
Projects
św ś
ar l
m ięt ąsk
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sk rz
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za w ur
ie sk
ch lk ie
od o
ni po
op ls
om kie
or
sk
ie
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
Facilities
Biogas potential vs planned installations – no scale
• Highest potential does not equal highest number of planned biogas plants
Own calculations

10. GWh/year
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ja ln
w oś
lą
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6000
8000
10000
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14000
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po
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m ki
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ał
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m ie
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op
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po sk
dk ie
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po
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or
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Potential EL.
św ąs
w ię ki
ar to e
m kr
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sk sk
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az
• There is still plenty of space for new biogas plants
ur
sk
w ie
za ie
ch lk
op
Biogas potential vs planned installed power
od ol
ni sk
op i
om e
or
sk
ie
Own calculations

11. Location of Biogas Plants
FACTORS
• distance to industrial facilities
• road infrastructure
• distance to electrical infrastructure
• heat reception
• distance to crop providers
• social acceptance
• cooperation with local authorities

12. Biogas in the future
• Intensive development of agricultural and sewage
based biogas plants
• Substantial subsidies for investment costs
• Change in financial support (Feed-in-Tariff )
• Injection of biogas to the grid (brown certificates)
• Development of biogas fleets
• Biogas model cities

13. For consideration:
• biogas plants not economically feasible if not co-
financed
• agricultural biogas plants can cause „mazeification”
i.e. degradation of landscape
• problem with overproduction of the digestate
• waste of heat if not properly located

14. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
Questions?
POMCERT
mw@pomcert.pl