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Programme
The programme 7 of the “Second bio-methane day – The European projects SEBE
and GreenGasGrids”, (second Italian info day) consisted of two main parts.
The first part of the conference was opened by Sergio Piccinini (CRPA), who
characterised the Italian situation related to biogas (at the end of 2012 about 1,000
biogas plants with an installed electrical power of >750 MWe were in operation).
The subsequent presentations of the first main part dealt with SEBE, the situation
and future prospects of the sector biogas / bio-methane in Germany (Olga Panic,
University of Stuttgart) and the regulatory framework for the biogas sector in Italy
(by Sofia Mannelli - President of Green Chemistry Bionet).
The President of the Italian Biogas Consortium, Piero Gattoni, concluded with a
speech the first part of the conference and introduced the discussions on the
contents of the morning.
The second part of the conference focused on the project GreenGasGrids. The main
topics dealt with were the state of art of bio-methane in Europe with particular
attention to its use in the transport sector.
Lorenzo Maggioni (Italian Biogas Consortium), opened with a presentation on the
project GreenGasGrids the second main part of the 2nd National Info Day in Italy -
followed by speeches from some partners of the GGG project, namely Attila Kovacs,
representative of European Biogas Association; Jaime Del Alamo, NGVA Europe and
Mathieu Dumont, NL Agency.
The presentations and speeches lead to discussions about the opportunities for biomethane
as transport fuel (Paolo Vettori – Assogasmetano and Flavio Merigo – NVG
System) and about applied technologies in a successful purification of biogas to bio
methane process (Lorenzo Spada – Air Liquide Italia).
The second Italian info day was concluded with the presentation of the operator of
the first Italian upgrading plant (Chiatra Gamberini – SAFE).
The conference was moderated by a famous journalist who is an expert on the
renewable energy sector.
Throughout the conference, there was the possibility for open discussion among the
participants and with the speakers.
Conclusions of the event
For Italy, the Consorzio Italiano Biogas estimates a demand potential of 7-8 billion
nm 3 of bio-methane per year – which is equal to the production of natural gas in
Italy.
In relation to the outcome of the round table discussion it can be concluded that
bio-methane is a great opportunity for Italy because of:
Environmental reasons
Greenhouse gas emissions by vehicles and electricity/heat generation in the
urban area can be reduced in terms of maximum reduction at the lowest cost
in relation to avoidance of greenhouse gas emissions and in terms of
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