Room: Yangtze 1
Date: Thursday, 21 May 2026
Time: 17:30 - 18:30 CEST
Session code 4CO.15
Biomethane potential and technologies
Biomethane Production in the Netherlands: Challenges of Manure-Based Digestion by Local Farm Communities
Short Introductive summary
The research concerns the economic and practical viability of producing biomethane by digesting cow manure from small or medium-sized dairy farm communities, and injecting biomethane into the local natural gas grid. The effect of processing the digestate to produce mineral fertilizer products was also considered. In total, 320 business case scenarios were explored, varying in terms of group size, farm type, and technology layout. The business case scenarios were complemented with findings from sixteen interviews that focused on practical and legal barriers for group-based manure-based biomethane production.
Presenter
Cato BRINKHOF
Utrecht University, THE NETHERLANDS
Presenter's biography
I am a masters' graduate from Utrecht University. My research concerned the techno-economic and practical viability of group-based biomethane and RENURE production on Dutch dairy farms. I explored 64 scenarios, with varying group sizes and farm types, and applied several sensitivity analyses.
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Session reference: 4CO.15.2