Bioflex stakeholders
Bioflex aims at increasing the flexibility, redundancy, and robustness of the energy system by integrating biobased energy carriers (biohydrogen/biogas) with electrolytic hydrogen. By combining 2 energy carriers, the project intended to investigate possible synergy effects between the different production pathways. The combination of energy carriers is expected to generate 3 main effects: more efficient resource utilization, increased share of biobased energy and increased flexibility in local energy systems.
The project performed a lab and pilot study of a two-step bioprocesses, investigated synergy effects and flexibility in the interaction between the bioprocesses and electrolysis, techno-economic analysis of the system and an actor and stakeholder analysis. The goals of the project were to 1) demonstrate the two-step bioprocess continuously for 1.5 months, reduce the residence time for biogas production by 50% and optimize nutrient supply, and 2) formulate an implementation plan and recommendations to the stakeholders.
This report presents the results of the stakeholder mapping and scenario analysis. Stakeholder mapping, interviews and scenario analysis has been done and the results are presented in this report. The results show that: 1. Collaborations are desired for sharing the risk when investing in this type of new technology. In particular, clear collaborations are required when it comes to symbiosis solutions. 2. Clear prerequisites for policy and regulations are requested from many parts of the value chain. 3. Biohydrogen is a niche and its possible position in the market needs further investigation. 4. The two-step bioprocess combined with electrolysis can increase the supply security of renewable energy sources locally and thus increase preparedness. 5. The replicability of the concept with the two-step bioprocess is assessed as high, since there are many different ways it could be done depending on local conditions, but the replicability decreases with increased complexity in the symbiosis solution.
Bioflex – Biobaserade energibärares bidrag till ett flexibelt energisystem är ett forskningsprojekt finansierat inom ramen för Bio+ programmet hos Energimyndigheten.