D11

Deliverable D11

Lead participant: FEE

It is a tool for “Quantifying the influence of existing financial regulations and / or barriers on the feasibility of a biogas project” (Deliverable D11), originally planned to be delivered in form of an EXCEL-program using data from a database. The software should be usable for all input variants, consider existing national and EU-wide financial regulations, illustrate from a financial point of view how “near” or “far” a planned biogas project is to practice relevant implementation and serve as basis for proposals targeted on new or revised financial regulations. The authors are convinced that a simple EXCEL-sheet would not be sufficient and therefore decided to use a data-base version supported with output by ECXEL of the results, including inputs and assumptions.

Two more deliverables D08 – “computer aided matrix” and D27 “calculation of costs for implementing non-technical measures for resolving or removing BaO’s” were adapted to the method and software of D11. Doing this the involved REDUBAR-partners could create tools with higher efficiency and value as originally planned. It makes the tool more comfortable for the users.

So one software tool includes three functions (deliverables) for selection of optimum measures, quantifying the influence of existing financial barriers and for cost-benefit calculation for increasing the use of Biogas.