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