Decarbonising Manchester Airport through Bioenergy

该项目将制定方法，分析机场等大型单一地点业务的温室气体和资源足迹。目的是探索如何使这些地点脱碳，例如通过使用日常活动产生的废物来生产低碳生物能源和/或生物燃料。首先，该项目将重点评估曼彻斯特机场脱碳的方案，并有机会与当地政府和行业合作伙伴密切合作。大曼彻斯特的目标是到2038年实现碳中和。该地区最大的排放者之一是曼彻斯特机场，每年处理超过20万个航班，2800万名乘客和超过117，000吨货物。量化并随后减少曼彻斯特机场的碳足迹是曼彻斯特碳中和目标的关键组成部分。与所有大型组织一样，曼彻斯特机场及其相关合作伙伴运营着许多供应链，为机场提供维持运营所需的所有资源和材料。从这些供应链到机场的日常运营，产生了许多不同形式的废物-通过应用生物能源技术，这些材料可以为机场和航空脱碳提供机会。将废物用于生物能源将减少送往垃圾填埋场的材料数量，而产生的生物能源可能取代化石燃料替代品-两者都为机场提供了减少碳足迹的机制。在使用厌氧消化生物能源技术的情况下，还将产生可用作替代肥料的固态材料，这可以为机场提供进一步的环境效益和额外的收入来源。该项目最初的重点将放在曼彻斯特机场;该项目的后期阶段将调查为英国和世界各地的类似组织部署生物能源技术的潜力。例如，发展中国家的能源系统不太可靠，机场等主要组织的二级能源将提高对气候变化导致的天气事件等冲击的适应能力。机场运营的温室气体排放足迹，包括其供应链。分析曼彻斯特机场通过其供应链和直接运营产生的废物和剩余材料的类型和数量。评估每种废物的现行废物管理做法，并分析其在生物能源应用中替代用途的潜力。与行业合作伙伴C3 BIOTECH合作，进行技术经济（TEA）和生命周期评估（LCA）分析，以评估可用于产生生物能源和燃料的不同生物能源技术的适用性，以减少机场的温室气体足迹。与大曼彻斯特联合管理局的“碳中和2038团队”合作，分析机场排放对其碳预算的贡献，并提供如何通过在机场部署生物能源技术来减少排放的方案。通过该研究项目开发的流程和分析步骤将被整合为一个单一的“曼彻斯特方法”，并将寻求机会复制该项目，重点关注英国和国际上的不同机场和大型组织。应用该方法，分析发展中国家场地（如机场）中存在的废物类型和数量，大学或农村，以确定部署生物能源技术，如厌氧消化器的相对效益。

This project will develop methodologies for analysing the GHG and resource footprints of large single site operations such as airports. The aim will be to explore how these sites may be decarbonised, for example through using the wastes generated through day to day activities to generate low carbon bioenergy and/ or biofuels. In the first instance this project will focus on evaluating options for decarbonising Manchester Airport, with opportunities to work closely with local Government and Industry partners. Greater Manchester aims to be carbon neutral by 2038. One of the largest emitters in the region is Manchester Airport, which annually handles over 200,000 flights, from 28 million passengers and more than 117,000 tonnes of freight. Quantifying and subsequently reducing the carbon footprint of Manchester Airport is a key component of the goal of carbon neutral Manchester. As with all large organisations, Manchester Airport and its associated partners operate many supply chains that provide the airport with all the resources and materials required to maintain operation. From these supply chains and through the day to day operation of the airport many different forms of wastes are generated - through applying bioenergy technologies these materials may provide opportunities to decarbonise the airport and aviation. The use of wastes for bioenergy will reduce the volumes of materials sent to landfill, whilst the generated bioenergy may replace fossil fuel alternatives - both providing a mechanism for the airport to reduce its carbon footprint. Where anaerobic digestion bioenergy technologies are used there would also be the generation of digestate materials that may be used as a alternative fertiliser that could provide further environmental benefits and an addition revenue stream for the airport. The initial focus of this project will be on Manchester Airport; later stages of the project will investigate the potential for deploying bioenergy technologies for similar organisations across the UK and around the world. For example the developing world has less reliable energy systems and a secondary source of energy for major organisations such as airports will increase resilience to shocks like weather events driven by the change climate.Working with Manchester Airport analyses will be undertaken to evaluate the airport's footprint, both the: supply chains, materials and resources required to keep the airport running, and; the GHG emissions footprint of airports operations, including its supply chains. Analyse the types and quantities of waste and residue materials generated by Manchester Airport, both through its supply chains and direct operations. Evaluate the current waste management practices for each of these wastes and analyse the potential for their alternative use within bioenergy applications. Working with industry partner C3 BIOTECH, undertake techno-economic (TEA) and lifecycle assessment (LCA) analyses to evaluate the suitability of different bioenergy technologies that could be deployed to generate bioenergy and fuels to reduce the GHG footprint of the airport. Working with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority's 'Carbon Neutral 2038 Team', analyse the contribution of the airport's emissions to their carbon budgets, and provide scenarios for how this may be reduced through deployment of bioenergy technologies at the airport. The processes and analysis steps developed through this research project will be brought together as a single 'Manchester Methodology', and opportunities will be sought to replicate the project focusing on different airports and large organisations both in the UK and internationally.Applying this methodology, analyse the types and quantities of wastes present in a developing world site such as an airport, university or rural village to define the relative benefits of deploying a bioenergy technologies such as anaerobic digesters.