The accomplishment of the goals of the Kyoto protocol and the EU strategy for increasing the share of renewable energy, and especially of the biomass based energy, in the total energy consumption, give biogas an important role, as one of the key technologies for producing cheap green energy and vehicle fuel. At the same time, biogas from anaerobic digestion improves the nutrient management and the veterinary safety and prevents pollution from animal manure and digestible bio-wastes. Many biogas projects are abandoned at an early stage as the potential investors and promoters are often unaware of the business opportunities and socio-economic and environmental benefits associated with biogas systems.

The aim of the workshop is to provide an up-date of the existing knowledge, know how and expertise in the area of biogas from AD, to show successful examples of barriers break down and to look upon further strategies for the development of biogas systems in Europe. The results of the assessment of economic, environmental and socio economic impact of centralised co-digestion for six selected case study regions in Europe will be presented with this occasion.

The workshop addresses to biogas experts, farmers and farmers’ organisations and associations, researchers and technology developers, biogas plants suppliers and users, decision makers, legislative-, administrative- and local authorities, etc.

The event is part of the activity of the PROBIOGAS project, co–financed by the EC/IEEA, the Altener Programme. The organiser of the workshop is the University of Southern Denmark, Bioenergy Department, which is also the main co-ordinator of the PROBIOGAS project.

Workshop proceedings can be dowloaded here

Workshop programme can be dowloaded here