Currently in Slovenia, all biogas on agricultural biogas plants is used in cogeneration units for the production of electricity and heat, but only a small number of biogas plants distribute heat energy to other end users (because of technical and economic barriers), therefore the efficiency of cogeneration is relatively low. Biogas is relatively easy to store and can then be used anywhere and at any time. The possibility of storage of biogas represents its specific value (with storage and its use it is possible to compensate fluctuations, which have other renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar energy). Biogas offers us another possibility, for example, cleaning and its upgrading to phase of biomethane. With the injection of biomethane in the future it will be possible to take advantage of the existing network of natural gas and the gas can be transported over long distances, which will be accessible to users which are not achievable due to its location. With the injection of biomethane into the natural gas network will be possible to improve efficiency of existing agricultural and other biogas plants. By cleaning the biogas and upgrading to biomethane phase also will increase the number of potential biogas users. A review of potential technologies that will enable better use of biogas in the future is presented. Included are technologies for micro and other biogas plants and the potential for the introduction of biomethane technology in Slovenia.
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