Utilization possibilites of waste products from fishing and hunting to biogas and bio-oil production in Uummannaq County

• Main Authors: Gunnarsdottir, Ragnhildur, Jørgensen, Marianne Willemoes
• Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Arctic Technology Centre,Department of Civil Engineering 2008
• Subjects: Arctic; Greenland; Uummannaq Kommune; Arctic Technology Centre; Arktis*; Grønland; Uummannaq
• Online Access: https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/71f44381-1179-48a9-a2f3-3adbfb9a53a4

I foråret 2007 blev der udført et projekt ved Center for Arktisk Teknologi, hvor formålet var at undersøge nyttiggørelsesmuligheder af affald fra fiskeri og fangst i Uummannaq Kommune. Undersøgelsen frembragte flere alternativer som blev vægtet i forhold til de specielle forhold i Uummannaq Kommune. Biogasproduktion og udnyttelse af fedtstof fra affaldet til produktion af bio-olie blev vurderet til at være de bedst mulige løsninger. Ud fra en energipris i Grønland på 3,71 DKR pr. kWh i år 2009, viste resultaterne at affaldet ved biogasproduktion kan beløbe sig til ca. 6 millioner DKR og ved bio-olie produktion til 5,7 millioner DKR. Sammenlignet med energiforbruget i Uummannaq Kommune i dag vil udnyttelse af affaldet til biogas produktion kunne dække 17% af energiforbruget mens bio-olien ville dække ca. 16%. In spring 2007 a project was carried out at the Arctic Technology Centre in which research of various possibilities of utilizing waste products from fishing and hunting generated in Uummannaq County was performed. Numerous alternatives were identified in the project, which were weighed against the specific conditions that apply in Uummannaq County. The best alternatives were evaluated to be biogas production and utilization of fat from the fish waste to produce bio-oil. The results showed that with the price of energy in Greenland in 2009 of 3,71 DKR per kWh, the waste in Uummannaq County would amount to approximately 6 million DKR when using biogas production and 5,7 million DKR when using bio-oil. Compared with the energy used in Uummannaq County today, the biogas production would be able to supply 17 percent of the energy and bio-oil production would cover approximately 16 percent.