EUBCE 2024 - Akashdeep DEY - A Regional and Sectoral Analysis of the Potential Organic Waste-to-Biogas Resource and the Corresponding Greenhouse Gas and Pollution Abatement in India and other Countries

A Regional and Sectoral Analysis of the Potential Organic Waste-to-Biogas Resource and the Corresponding Greenhouse Gas and Pollution Abatement in India and other Countries

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This work aims to assess the energy generation potential of waste biomass through biogas generation in several European and Asian countries. The fraction of energy used in these countries that can be supplied from such waste-to-biogas generation is being evaluated, along with producing quantitative estimates of the corresponding greenhouse gas and pollution abatement. This novel dataset across various countries will help to market the value of waste biomass as an energy resource and to highlight its effectiveness in combating the climate emergency, energy crisis, and pollution. There are assessments of the varying influence of waste biomass in reducing the carbon intensity of the energy sector of countries as the energy mix changes. India has been used as a representative example to develop the methodology and these preliminary results are published. The analysis is now being extended to other countries. The work spans various topics: ‘Biomass resources and potentials’, ‘municipal and industrial wastes’, ‘environmental impacts’, and ‘climate impacts and GHG performance’.

A. Dey, School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UNITED KINGDOM
H. Chalmers, School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UNITED KINGDOM
R.C. Thomson, School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UNITED KINGDOM