Techno-economic feasibility study of macroalgae for anaerobic digestion

Paul, R., Melville, L., Bature, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0544-7322, Sulu, M. and Suhartini, S. (2024) Techno-economic feasibility study of macroalgae for anaerobic digestion. Bioresource Technology Reports, 28. 101984. ISSN 2589-014X doi: 10.1016/j.biteb.2024.101984

Abstract/Summary

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.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/119526
Identification Number/DOI	10.1016/j.biteb.2024.101984
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Henley Business School > Leadership, Organisations, Behaviour and Reputation
Publisher	Elsevier
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