Introduction
DigiBioGasHubs
Project is funded by the European Regional Development Fund.
Short Project Description
1.12.2023 - 30.11.2025
Dependence on fossil fuels, the need to decrease the number of CO2 emissions, the large amount of waste and unused material flows, and the necessity to increase the resilience of the energy system and regional energy self-sufficiency and food and supply security challenge actors to develop circular economy solutions and increase the share of renewable energy sources in the energy system. Biogas plays a key role in solving the aforementioned challenges.
DigiBiogasHubs project develops a digital platform that facilitates collaboration between different actors of the biogas ecosystem. The project aims to develop and pilot a system-level solution and tools based on a digital platform. The digital platform will promote interaction, the development of biogas hubs (clusters) located in different areas, and the development of the overall biogas market. The project focuses on the following topics;
- Development of the platform ecosystem’s cooperation model and platform coordination method, as well as a description of platform services,
- Modelling and describing three divergent biogas hubs in three regions,
- Development of the concept of a digital platform,
- Piloting the digital platform and selected services,
- Clarification of the legal boundary conditions and challenges of the biogas business, and
- Effective project communication and implementation of results.
The main results of the project are:
- Digital platform concept and piloting of the platform and selected services (open code + report)
- Cooperation and interaction model, platform service descriptions, and platform operational model (report)
- Analytical descriptions of three biogas hubs with different profiles and synergy analysis between them (reports)
- Process model for developing biogas hubs and analysis methods toolkit (report)
- Analysis of legal framework conditions and policy review (reports)
The results are assumed to improve the development and growth of the regional biogas ecosystem (e.g., new actors, increased amount of biogas production and consumption,etc.), reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emissions and waste, increase the amount of renewable energy in the energy system, and improve regional energy self-sufficiency and food and supply security. In addition, it creates new information for actors about biogas-related opportunities in the region.
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