Best practices

Exemplary projects and initiatives are implemented and replicated at local and regional level. The following best practices are categorised by topic and geographic area.

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Biogas Action – Public procurement of buses Kalmar County

Kalmar County in Southeast Sweden has the target to become a fossil fuel free county by 2030. All transports paid by public means shall be fossil fuel free in 2020. There are very good preconditions to produce biogas especially from manure.

Biogas Action – Penhesgyn Landfill Site Anglesey, North Wales

The aim of this case study was to provide recommendations for increasing gas availability to the LFG engine at Penhesgyn Waste Site – thus extending its life and giving a sustainable future for potential new enterprises that might take advantage of it.

Pilot Smart Street Lighting installed in Thurles, Drangan and Clonoulty

In cooperation with Tipperary Energy Agency and EU project partners, Tipperary County Council launched the smart LED lighting pilot initiative which will be one of the largest installations of smart lights of any county council in Ireland.

Biogas Action – Advisory committees to train companies and institutions, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

AURA-EE, as regional energy agency maintains relationships with local suppliers/companies, local authorities, institutions and project owners in the region. AURA-EE organizes advisory committees twice a year, to allow stakeholders to meet other companies, administrations, project owners etc.

Biogas Action – Marketing for biogas development in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

RAEE (now AURA-EE) led a project to promote regional operators’ activity in the field of biogas, introducing the “Biogaz Gener’action” logo.

Biogas Action – Guideline to creating a bioCNG refuelling station in farms

Most farmers are thinking about building a biomethane refueling station as part of their biogas plant. This guide highlights the feasibility and shows a possible strategy for farmers who want to become suppliers of CNG for citizens and local authorities.

Biogas Action – Change the Framework for biomethane development

The biogas action project created the opportunity to change the framework for biomethane production to produce biomethane in farms and sell it directly as bioGNC, or to collect this biomethane by trucks and deliver it to the gas grid, a few kilometers away.

Biogas Action – Guideline to managing biomethane production for bioCNG utilities in a local area

A 60 pages guideline with details on regulation, raising awareness on guaranty of origin mechanism and possibilities to use the biomethane as local fuel.

Biogas Action – Business model for Haderup Denmark

A local farmer in the northern part of Denmark was considering building a biogas farmer plant. In order to help him, BiogasAction made a number of different calculations based on different tools in order to give him an impression of the amount of financing needed.

Biogas Action – Network between biogas plants Denmark

The background for forming a network between biogas plants is that plants are not competitors, although they operate on a free market. Instead they want to make sure that they are operating their plants in the most efficient way possible; creating the need for a network.

Spreading the message of energy saving

The energy team of the Primary School of Athienou decided that they should do something to raise energy awareness among the local community. They decided to prepare a three-page brochure with simple energy saving tips and pieces of advice.

Energy Agents in Action

The students of the Primary School of Episkopi and the 2nd Primary School of Kaimakli decided to take the “law” into their hands!