Alessandro Torge
Techno-Economic Assessment of Renewable Energy Communities and Biomethane Valorization in a Medium-Sized Agricultural Enterprise.
Rel. Domenico Ferrero, Salvatore Francesco Cannone, Massimo Santarelli. Politecnico di Torino, Corso di laurea magistrale in Ingegneria Energetica E Nucleare, 2025
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Abstract
The promotion of energy from renewable sources is a key objective of the European Union's energy policy, as outlined in Directive (EU) 2018/2001, known as the Renewable Energy Directive II. This directive introduces the concept of Renewable Energy Communities (RECs), which are groups of citizens and/or small and medium-sized enterprises that produce and share electricity generated from renewable sources. Additionally, its amendment, Directive (EU) 2023/2413, sets a further goal of achieving an annual sustainable biomethane production of 35 billion cubic meters by 2030. Within this context, Northern Italy emerges as one of the European regions with the highest potential for biogas production.
This thesis presents a techno-economic feasibility study for a medium-sized agricultural enterprise located in Piedmont, evaluating three possible configurations: 1.??A Renewable Energy Community featuring a photovoltaic system installed on the farm’s rooftop; 2.??A Renewable Energy Community incorporating both a photovoltaic system and an anaerobic digester, owned by the farm, for the production of biogas from bovine manure and its subsequent combustion in a cogeneration plant; 3.??Upgrading of biogas to biomethane through a pressure-swing adsorption (PSA) CO₂ capture process, followed by injection into the gas grid
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