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Establishing the cross-border development of biogas industry via joint determination of biogas potentials, education, research and innovation (BIOGAS HU-SRB)
Start date: Oct 31, 2011, End date: Jun 29, 2013 PROJECT  FINISHED 

The 20-months long project aims at introducing and strengthening biogas technology in Serbia by using the expertise accumulated in the Lb laboratory. Biogas is a renewable energy carrier produced from biomass by biotechnological conversion to a mixture of methane and carbon dioxide. The biomass source can be organic waste or energy plants. The technology thereby combines waste disposal with bioenergy production in an environmentally friendly way. The product biogas can be used in several ways: burning the gas generates heat, conversion in a gas engine leads to “green electricity” and heat and the purified biomethane can replace natural gas, which is imported from low security sources by both countries, in every use. LB has accumulated knowledge in biogas R&D and coordinates the activities of the Hungarian Biogas Association, the only NGO involving all major actors involved in HU. Partners will explore the biogas potential involving SMEs in the Target Area (TA). Achievements: The project aimed to introduce and strengthen biogas technology in Serbia by applying the expertise accumulated in the Hungarian partner’s laboratory. Biogas is a renewable energy carrier produced from biomass. Biogas can be used in several ways: burning the gas generates heat, conversion in a gas engine leads to “green electricity and heat, and purified biomethane can replace natural gas. The partners learnt about each other’s prior activities at the first meeting, after which four Serbian students went to the University of Szeged in order to get acquainted with the latest biogas biotechnologies and to participate in various joint experimental projects. In addition to conducting research, the partners also organised seminars, trainings and conferences, and also carried out and published studies. As part of efforts to promote results to a peer audience, one article was published by the University of Szeged in the international journal Biotechnology for Biofuels. The partners also engaged a non-science audience. A study about the future of the biogas industry in Vojvodina was presented to decision-makers and major players who might have been interested in implementing biogas technology, such as municipal and regional officials, food industry professionals, agricultural land owners, and waste collection and treatment facility operators. The study, modifed according to the recommendations from the workshop, was presented to the general public at an Information Day. The project partners also included the media in disseminating the results and recommendations on both sides of the border. In this twenty-month-long project, the two institutions worked on strengthening cross-border friendship and promoted renewable energy in the border region.

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  • 2007 - 2013 Hungary - Serbia IPA CBC (HU-RS)
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