Economic Analyses of Utilization of Biomethane in Turkey
Özet
Biomethane is a globally flourishing, renewable, and sustainable fuel and is considered
to have the potential to be a promising solution in the future because of its benefits in
terms of waste management, carbon reduction potential, and cost competitiveness. The
study analyzes to determine the economical feasibility conditions of a prospective
biomethane facility for Turkey as well as the carbon reduction potential of the facility.
Because the raw material to produce biomethane is biogas, the study analyses the main
determinants of the total cost of biogas firms producing electricity. Our findings include
(1) repair maintenance costs, labor force costs, and raw material cost are the main
determinants of the total cost of the firms. In addition, biogas production cost value is
calculated hypothetically to utilize in the hypothetic biomethane facility as raw material
as a cost component. The feasibility analysis of the hypothetic facility compares different
biomethane production technologies on different scales. It is resulted that the unique
feasible technology is the Pressurized Water Scrubbing method. Moreover, Hotspot fields
are produced for biogas potential for layer chicken manure and cattle manure to suggest
a province for the potential biomethane facility. In this respect, Çorum and Kars are
considered as favorable places. Lastly, it is concluded that the mentioned biomethane
facility production would cause 81,952 tons yearly net carbon savings which is equal to
$15,161,094 social benefits yearly.
