Innovation Grid

Purpose: Grid-connected electricity generation from biogas from pig manure in Itapiranga in Santa Catarina.

Objectives

Implementing a grid-connected power generation system using biogas from pig waste; encouraging the development of the entire biogas industry production chain in the country and improving the regulation of biogas power generation.

Key Results

  • Technical: Business modeling of partnerships with small, medium and large producers; Development in the country of the entire production chain of the biogas industry; Improving the regulation of electricity generation by biogas

  • Strategic: Energy generation; decarbonization

  • Economic: Commercialization of electricity from biogas/biomethane; Carbon credits; Production of hydrogen with high added value (low carbon); Production and commercialization of biomethane and carbon dioxide

Main information

Scope

Technical and commercial arrangement for grid-connected electricity generation using biogas from pig manure in Itapiranga SC

Partners / Entities of support

Associação Bioenergia, 3Di, Lactec, UFSM, UFSC, Fundação CERTI, Embrapa, FPTI, ITAI, SC Gás, PM de Itapiranga

Investment (contract)

R$ 18MM

Scalable?

Yes

Stages

ANEEL’s Kick-off

August/2012

Kick Off

May/2019

End of construction phase

October/2023

Commissioning

December/2023

Closure

December/2024

Deadline for implementation (in months)

60 months

P.S.:

Deadline: Construction finishing in December/2023 + 01 year of follow-up