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BEIC at the COASTAL Biogas SGM in Gdansk

On the 22nd of November 2018 the first COASTAL Biogas steering group meeting (SGM) took place at Gdansk University of Technology (GUT), Poland.

Project consortia
From left: Tyge Kjaer and Michelle Hansen (RUC), Sebastian Foth (UROS), Anne Roßmann (FNR), Jörgen Held, (BEIC), Frank Scholwin, (UROS), Andrius Tamosiunas and Nerijus Striugas (LEI) and Robert Aranowski, (GUT).  Jan Hupka and Iwona Kopcynska (GUT) participated in the meeting but are not present in the picture.

The meeting was opened by the project coordinator Anne Roßmann (FNR), followed by presentations of the WP leaders. The interactions between the WPs were reviewed in detail and crosslinks were elucidated. The gathering was also used to lively discuss issues, such as requirements of seaweed collection methods on beaches and in marinas, technologies for pretreatment of seaweed prior to anaerobic digestion in biogas plants and options for developing a training kit for project stakeholders. The meeting was rounded off with a study tour in the GUT biogas laboratories.

Meeting with Port of Simrishamn’s Director

BEIC visited the Port of Simrishamn’s Director, Fredrik von Segebaden, together with Klas Göthe, Boad Member of Biogas Österlen on the 17th of October.

Jörgen Held, BEIC, presented the COASTAL Biogas project where cast seaweed will be collected and put in to an anaerobic digestor to produce biogas and bio-fertiliser.

Different ideas related to collection methods and utilization were further discussed.

BEIC gave a presentation at Biogas Syd consulting meeting

On the 11th of September Jörgen Held, BEIC participated in the Biogas Syd consulting meeting. The meetings are dedicated to the biogas development in Scania and a platform for networking with strategically important stakeholders.

BEIC gave a presentation on the COASTAL Biogas project. The majority of the participants gave their consent to be on the distribution list of the COASTAL Biogas Newsletter.

BEIC WP-leader in COASTAL Biogas

Baltic Energy Innovation Centre (BEIC) is a full partner and a WP-leader within the COASTAL Biogas proposal submitted on the 19th of December to the South Baltic Sea Programme.

COASTAL stands for Cluster On Anaerobic Digestion, Environmental Services and NuTrients RemovAL, and is focused on anaerobic digestion of cast seaweed in combination with digestate utilization as bio-fertilizer.

The project consortium consists of 20 partners out of which 6 are full project partners and WP-leaders;
FNR (DE) – lead partner
Gdansk University of Technology (PL)
Baltic Energy Innovation Centre (SE)
Rostock University (DE)
Roskilde University (DK)
Lithuanian Energy Institute (LT)

The proposed budget is close to 1.6 MEUR and covers lab scale and pilot testing, best practice and lessons learned, feasibility studies in close collaboration with partners able to implement the investigated technology and massive dissemination activities including 5 conferences and study tours.

Expected project start is 1 July 2018 and project end 30 June 2021.