The current state of biogas technology in Turkey
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Burak Demirel
Bogazici University Istanbul, Turkey (ERASMUS-Partner-Universität)
30. Mai 2013, 14.30 Uhr Hörsaal N2.24
Anaerobic digestion of biomass has gained significant attention in the last decade, in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to provide a secure and a sustainable source of energy supply. Biogas can be used to produce heat and electricity in a CHP or as a fuel in vehicles or as a substitute of natural gas after being enriched (upgrading) by various techniques commercially available.
These outstanding advantages have made anaerobic digestion process an important alternative tool for renewable energy production and such efforts have been strongly supported by many European governments through feed-in-tariff policies. In centralized or farm scale biogas plants, various types of substrates, namely energy crops, manure, agricultural residues, sludge, organic fraction of municipals solid waste (OFMSW) and organic agro-industry wastes can all be utilized for waste disposal and energy recovery.
In Turkey, even though there is a huge biomass potential available, the development in biogas technology is relatively slow. Although the renewable energy law supports production of electricity from renewable sources, most attention has been paid to wind power and hydropower, while electricity generation from landfill gas (LFG) is mostly popular instead of agricultural biogas plants.
Organisation: Prof. Dr. Timon Kampschulte
