Your choices:
1 Biomass (digestible sludge); 2 Electricity; 3 Electricity
| What is your resource? | What do you want to deliver? | What is the service the customer wants? |
| 1 Biomass (digestible sludge) | District cooling | Comfortable indoor climate |
| Biomass (fermentable sludge) | District heating | 3 Electricity |
| Biomass (solid) | 2 Electricity | Process cooling (< 0 °C) |
| Geothermal | Fuel: Gaseous | Process heat/steam (50 - 150 °C) |
| Sunshine | Fuel: Liquid | Process heat (150 - 1000 °C) |
| Water | Fuel: Solid | Process heat (> 1000 °C) |
| Wind | Local cooling (ind. house) | Transport |
| Residual oils/fats etc | Local heating (ind. house) |
In case the main aim with the biogas production is to produce and sell electricity and that is also what the customer wants, then the pricing becomes an important issue.
As pointed out on the page where the electricity production options from biogas were outlined, it is most likely that any local production of electricity from raw biogas will suffer from high costs. If the true cost is then fully reflected in the electricity price, the end user will have an economic incentive to take saving measures. The advantage for the customer is – however – that any claim that the electricity used is truly a local produce will have a high credibility, and if environmental marketing is of importance, this may be worthwhile.