Good morning! On my way to Brussels for today's launch of the Biomethane Industrial Partnership, by EC's @KadriSimson and @TimmermansEU, @NGFNatureEnergy's @OleHvelplund and @European_Biogas' Harmen Dekker. 
Great that the EC, national governments, and dozens of companies from the biomethane value chain will be working together to scale up production and use of domestic sustainable biomethane from its current 3-4 to a very substantial 35 billion m³/year by 2030!
35 billion m³ =
350 m³ of gas per EU household =
20% of the pre-crisis Russian gas imports =
350 TWh of gas =
1260 PJ of gas.
A valuable complement to energy efficiency and renewable electricity. And the sustainable potential for 2040 even is three times higher.
350 m³ of gas per EU household =
20% of the pre-crisis Russian gas imports =
350 TWh of gas =
1260 PJ of gas.
A valuable complement to energy efficiency and renewable electricity. And the sustainable potential for 2040 even is three times higher.
That biomethane potential can be realized in a sustainable way, using waste, residues, and sequential cropping. When done right, it can reduce methane emissions from manure and replace chemical fertilizer (and thereby the natural gas used to make that) as well!
The technology for the EU biomethane scale-up is there, as are the feedstocks and the demand. And at the moment it's way cheaper than natural gas: 60-80 vs 200 €/MWh.
The challenge is largely organizational: permitting, grid connection, enabling international trade, etc.
The challenge is largely organizational: permitting, grid connection, enabling international trade, etc.
We've probably surpassed 4 billion m³/year of biomethane in 2022, but that means we'll now need to *add* the same capacity every year, for 8 years in a row. And then further accelerate in the 2030s.
Big opportunity for the EU's rural regions and for the supply chain! #BIP
Big opportunity for the EU's rural regions and for the supply chain! #BIP
Today's launch event of the Biomethane Industrial Partnership is part of the European Sustainable Energy Week. Check out the hashtag #EUSEW2022 for much more happening there these days!
Arriving at the Charlemagne building, where the launch of the Biomethane Industrial Partnership will take place in 1.5 hours from now. #EUSEW2022
You can even have a sneak preview of the website already: bip-europe.eu
You heard it first here ;)
You heard it first here ;)
And this what we're talking about. The biogas is formed under the green domes, and later purified to biomethane that can be fed into the gas grid.
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