1. Jan Stambasky – EBA President
The present status and future prospects of the biogas/biomethane industry in Europe
Jan Stambasky – EBA President
Trans-association workshop
18/06/2015
CIB Office- Parco Tecnologico Padano Via Einstein / C.na Codazza Lodi)

2. European Biogas Association 25 countries – 34 National Organisations – 39 companies 2

3. EBA 2012

4. Biogas Resources, 2013 Source: EBA Biogas Report 2014
*other – biowaste and industrial biogas plants

5. European Biogas Industry 2014
> Biogas plants all over the Europe
~ m3 methane produced in 2014
>30 m3 of methane per capita
>300 Biomethane plants
in AT, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, FI, LX, NL, NO, SE, UK
~ m3 biomethane produced
> MW installed power in combined H&P
4 fairly sized conventional power plants 5

6. Biomethane Industry
Including Anaerobic digestion followed by biogas upgrading
Including Gasification of renewable organic matter followed by syngas conversion to biomethane
Including other technologies producing methane fuel from biogenic carbon or utilizing biological pathways (Power-to- Gas) 6

7. Biomethane is Multitalented
Decentralized production
Resource-versatility
Baseload electricity
MULTITALENTED
Heating & Cooling
Domestic gas source
Transport fuel
(de)centralized utilization
Balancing energy 7

8. Biomethane Utilization
Green fuel for GT/GTCC power plants
Balancing power (combined power plants)
System services: frequency stability, voltage maintenance, etc.
By far the easiest way of providing green heating for residential heating
Transportation biofuel suitable for any desired blend
Can cope with future GHG limits in transportation (CO2) 8

9. Sustainability of Biogas Production
Emissions: Grammes of CO2 equivalent per km
Source: Organic power
JRC of the European Commission 9

10. Value of Biomethane Physical (in use) value + Intrinsic (“bio”) value
Intrinsic value: „green”, renewable, sustainable, …
The physical flow does not carry the intrinsic value
Condition for sustainable biomethane production:
Costs of production are above natural gas prices
Intrinsic value must be realised on the market
WHY? 10

11. Biomethane Offers Competitiveness
Inherently secure supplies
Decentralized & domestic source of methane
Reducing GHG footprint of natural gas
Key importance for managing 2050 horizon
Keeping pace with renewable electricity sources
New geographical and commercial dimensions 11

12. Biomethane Technical Potential
Resource
Potential [1×109 m9]
Woody Biomass 66
Herbaceous Biomass 11
Wet biomass residues 26
Energy crops
48-143
Total
Green Gas Grid Project, 2013
European Biomethane Roadmap
Maximal technical potential
EU 28 NG consumption ×109 m3 (2% down from 2012)

13. Biomethane in Near Future
We are convinced that 30% of the technical potential can be reached by 2030
Reasons to be optimistic?
Keeping track with 2020 projection
15% of the potential by 2020
Following the NREAPs pathway
And still far off the maximal potential

14. Biogas Production in National Renewable Energy Action Plans (NREAPs)

15. Biomethane Path to 2030

16. Biomethane Path to 2030

17. BIOSURF Project BIOmethane as SUstainable and Renewable Fuel
To develop a value chain analysis from production to use depending on the territorial, physical and economic features
To analyze, compare and promote biomethane registering, labelling, certification and trade practices in Europe
To address environmental criteria and quality standards
To address GHG emission reduction and certification

18. Biogas Related Policies on the EU Level
Transport and Gas
Power and heating
Digestate
Waste policies
Support schemes
Targets
ILUC
Sustainability
recommendations
End-of-Waste
Criteria for
digestate
National
Renewable
Energy
Action Plans
Future
Transport Fuels
Revised
Fertiliser
Regulation
Revision of
Waste
Framework
And Landfill
Directives
State Aid
Guidelines on
Energy and
Environment
2030 Target
for RES
Bio-methane
Standards
(CEN)
REACH
+ Energy Union
+ ETS
+ Emissions in medium combustion plants
+ Renewable heating & cooling strategy
+ European Energy Security Strategy
+ CEN/TC groups on biogas definition
+ many more to come...

19. Strategy for Biomethane Industry
European Biogas Industry goes far beyond renewable electricity
Biomethane offers high GHG savings for natural gas blends, enabling gas greening
Biomethane industry can be a pillar of EU energy
Tremendous technical potential
Biomethane industry needs strong stakeholders
Methane fuels must overcome coal and oil usage
Need for a strong biomethane push right now

20. The present status and future prospects of the biogas/biomethane industry in Europe
Jan Stambasky
President
European Biogas Association 20