Biomass conversion wet biomass and waste to gas cost data

Data point		Valid in	Capital cost	Operating cost excluding fuel	Source
			£(2010)/MWh	£(2010)/MWh
	AD (high cost includes gas upgrade)		18–144	1–21	Jablonski et al 2010
	Adnams	2010	573	?	Adnams
	Didcot	2010	694	?	Thames Water
	AD BTG - Farm 0.1 MW	2011	2177	111	Redpoint Best Use of Biomass (2011)
	AD BTG - Farm 0.25 MW	2011	1154	62	Redpoint Best Use of Biomass (2011)
	AD BTG - Farm 0.5 MW	2011	736	44	Redpoint Best Use of Biomass (2011)
	AD BTG - Sewage 1.0 MW	2011	442	41	Redpoint Best Use of Biomass (2011)
	AD BTG - Waste 1.0 MW	2011	714	69	Redpoint Best Use of Biomass (2011)
	AD BTG - Waste 2.0 MW	2011	497	59	Redpoint Best Use of Biomass (2011)
	AD BTG - Waste 3.0 MW	2011	405	55	Redpoint Best Use of Biomass (2011)
	AD BTG - Waste 5.0 MW	2011	278	45	Redpoint Best Use of Biomass (2011)
	AD BTG - Farm 0.05 MW	2011	3628	188	Redpoint Best Use of Biomass (2011)
	Grid injected gas - biogas	2010	223	11	AEA UK Supply Curve for Renewable Heat
	DECC RHI Impact Assesment	2010	564	74	DECC RHI Impact Assesment
	2050 working assumption	2050	18–1154	1–74	2050 working assumption
	Default	2010	416	27	35th centile between low and high end of "2050 working assumption"
	Default	2050	416	27	35th centile between low and high end of "2050 working assumption"
	AD small	2010	3062	153	E4tech (2012) BVCM
	AD small-medium	2010	2665	133	E4tech (2012) BVCM
	AD medium	2010	2320	116	E4tech (2012) BVCM
	Range	2010-2050	18–3628	1–188

Notes

See V.a Biomatter to fuel conversion costs for how these costs are used in the 2050 pathways analysis.

The source of this wet biomass is slurry, sewage, macro algae (seaweed) and some segregated household waste.

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