Techno-economic feasibility study of macroalgae for anaerobic digestion

Roshni Paul; Lynsey Melville; Aminu Bature; Michael Sulu; Sri Suhartini

doi:10.1016/j.biteb.2024.101984

Techno-economic feasibility study of macroalgae for anaerobic digestion

Roshni Paul, Lynsey Melville, Aminu Bature, Michael Sulu, Sri Suhartini

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The techno-economic feasibility of brown macroalgae biomass species Saccharina latissima (S. Latissima) for anaerobic digestion (AD) in North West Europe was investigated in this research. The feasibility of the biomass as a single feedstock and for co-digestion was tested. In the techno economic analysis, AD of S. Latissima as a single digestion feedstock was found to be economically not viable due to the relatively high price of the macroalgae biomass. However, co-digestion with sugar beet - vegetable mix combined with a gate fee of 29 Euros per tonne was found to be economically viable with the macroalgae biomass priced at 50 Euros per tonne.

Original language	English
Journal	Bioresource Technology Reports
Volume	28
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biteb.2024.101984
Publication status	Published (VoR) - 26 Oct 2024

Keywords

Anaerobic digestion
Techno-economic assessment
Macroalgae
Co-digestion
S. Latissima

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