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)

European Biogas Association 25 countries – 34 National Organisations – 39 companies www.european-biogas.eu www.eu4biogas.eu 2

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

European Biogas Industry 2014 > 15 000 Biogas plants all over the Europe ~ 15 000 000 000 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 ~ 1 000 000 000 m3 biomethane produced > 8 000 MW installed power in combined H&P 4 fairly sized conventional power plants 5

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

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

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

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

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

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

Biomethane Technical Potential Resource Potential [1×109 m9] Woody Biomass 66 Herbaceous Biomass 11 Wet biomass residues 26 Energy crops 48-143 Total 151-246 Green Gas Grid Project, 2013 European Biomethane Roadmap Maximal technical potential EU 28 NG consumption 2013 462×109 m3 (2% down from 2012)

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

Biogas Production in National Renewable Energy Action Plans (NREAPs)

Biomethane Path to 2030

Biomethane Path to 2030

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

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...

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

The present status and future prospects of the biogas/biomethane industry in Europe Jan Stambasky President European Biogas Association stambasky@european-biogas.eu www.european-biogas.eu 20