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Welcome - we are happy to present to you the biogaspartner newsletter, an information service of the German Energy Agency (dena). Our English newsletter will provide you with news about the world of biomethane. We will update you on recent market developments, legal framework conditions, technological innovations, new projects, events and much more in Germany and other countries with interesting biomethane activities.
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Port of Rotterdam calls for more efficient ships using low carbon fuels |
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In spring 2018, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) voted to reduce carbon emissions from maritime sector to 50% of 2008 levels.
As demand for shipped goods will rise, the Port of Rotterdam underlines the need of increasing the efficiency of ships and stimulates the use of low carbon fuels in shipping. Efficiency measures in fuel consumption through technical and operational measures can result in a 20% to 50% reduction. Additionally, ships need to switch to electric propulsion, hydrogen and synthetic fuels such as methanol. Due to the current lack of feasible alternatives that are directly available for use, the ports stimulate LNG as being a more sustainable alternative to heavy fuel oil.
Bio-LNG has even a higher effect on the CO2 reduction, as it can save up to 90% GHG Emissions compared to fossil fuels. In order to scale up bio-LNG projects in the future, a comprehensive LNG infrastructure network is necessary with a clear transition path towards bio-LNG.
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SEAT launches a project to turn organic waste into biofuel |
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The aim of the Life Methamorphosis project launched by SEAT is to achieve biomethane from organic waste as each inhabitant of the city of Barcelona generates about 1.5 kilos of waste daily. This results in 2.5 million kilos of rubbish every day of which only 40% is recycled. With that organic waste enough biomethane can be produced to power 10,000 cars that travel around 15,000 kilometres every year. It needs about 30 days in a biogas plant to produce biogas with a share of 65% methane. After a refining stage, the gas is compressed, stored and ready for the use in any gas powered vehicle. Andrew Shepherd, the SEAT engineer who heads the Methamorphosis project, underlines the potential of that project as it contributes to the circular economy, and reduces waste and greenhouse gases, because production and use generates 80% fewer CO2 emissions than petrol.
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First methane-powered wheel loader launched |
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“The power source of the future for large machines is not electricity, but LNG, CNG and biomethane.” That’s the message CNH Industrial in conjunction with its brand Case Construction Equipment delivered, when unveiling the world’s first wheel loader to run entirely on alternative and renewable fuel. ProjectTETRA, the company’s methane-powered wheel loader concept, is said to demonstrate a clear pathway to a sustainable future for construction equipment, shifting away from a reliance on traditional diesel. The methane-powered wheel loader concept is said to produce 95% less CO2 when running on biomethane, 90% less nitrogen dioxides and 99% lower particulate matter than a diesel-powered equivalent. It delivers an 80% reduction in overall emissions and also achieves a 50% reduction in drive-by noise levels with the same power of up to 230 hp as the corresponding diesel engine of the wheel loader CASE 821G.
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Global biomethane market to rise to US$2,624.5 million by 2025 |
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The global biomethane market is on a growth trajectory mainly due to the green gas characteristic of biomethane and its feasibility as automobile fuel. Due to similar properties between biomethane and natural gas, biomethane can be injected to natural gas grids and used in the transportation sector. A report by Transparency Market Research forecasts the global biomethane market to reach a valuation of US$2,624.5 million by 2025 increasing from US$1,485.4 million in 2016 at a CAGR of 6.7% between 2017 and 2025. Especially Europe and North America held significant share of the overall market on account of biomethane production and consumption in the past. The trend is expected to continue until the end of 2025. In addition, in European countries, favourable laws and financial assistance programs for production of biomethane is also benefitting the growth of the biomethane market.
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Eni collaborates with CIB to produce advanced biomethane |
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Eni, an Italian multinational oil and gas company, has inked an agreement with the Italian Biogas Consortium (CIB) to support the production of advanced biomethane using animal waste, agro-industrial byproducts and dedicated winter crops. The product, which requires investment in technology and research, can yield refined products that can be employed as a fuel for road transport in form of compressed gas or liquefied natural gas. By 2022, Eni aims to gather about 200 million cubic meters of biomethane, which reflects the company’s effort towards protection of environment.
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Biomethane buses instead of electric buses for Karachi |
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Karachi is one of the most densely populated cities in the world and suffers severe air pollution. To counteract that pollution and to improve the life in the biggest city of Pakistan, GHG reductions could be achieved through e-buses. However, total costs of ownership are 20% higher than conventional buses and the electric system of Karachi is relatively unstable with many blackouts and with problems to cover peak demands. As an alternative, buses running on biomethane have a high potential, as biomethane can be produced from cattle waste dumped currently in the sea in the larger urban zone of the city. This solution is not only much cheaper than e-buses, but also technically simpler than electric units and with a larger GHG impact due to not having upstream emissions from electricity production, suggested the Asian Development Bank.
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Jenbacher gas engines for microgrid project in Finland |
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Austrian company Innio has secured a contract to supply six Jenbacher gas engines for the Lemene microgrid project in Finland, which will run on natural gas or biomethane. Those three Jenbacher J416 and three Jenbacher J420 CHP units, with a total capacity of 8.1 MW are making the gas engine a CHP carbon-neutral solution. The Jenbacher engines will be linked with solar plants, fuel cells and a battery storage system to maintain a stable power supply during temporary fluctuations in energy production. The project will become Finland’s largest energy self-sufficient business district using growing biomethane availability.
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Gas for climate – A path to 2050 |
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The new Gas for Climate study performed by Navigant shows that gas and its infrastructure will play an indispensable role in the future decarbonised energy system together with electricity infrastructures. Two of the main conclusion are that natural gas will be phased out and blue hydrogen would increasingly be replaced by green hydrogen and renewable methane towards 2050. Furthermore, it can make sense to continue to use bio-CNG in transport today to create an initial market for sustainable biomethane, and to accelerate transport decarbonisation. Additionally, Navigant’s analysis shows that by 2050 all biomethane can be zero emissions renewable gas and that production costs can decrease from the current EUR 70–90/MWh to EUR 47–57/MWh.
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VERBIO supplies OrangeGas with biomethane in Germany |
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With immediate effect OrangeGas, a Netherlands filling station operator offering Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), will be distributing 100 percent bio-CNG from VERBIO from its filling stations in Germany. Bio-CNG, also known as biomethane, is produced by VERBIO using only waste products from domestic agriculture and straw. Especially as a fuel in the freight transport sector is biomethane attracting particular attention, because of the threat of diesel vehicles being banned and the possibility of almost CO2 neutral freight transport. From now on, VERBIO will supply all 44 German CNG filling stations of OrangeGas with biomethane. Thus, VERBIO supplies 126 CNG filling stations in total.
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In Germany bio-LNG will count towards the greenhouse gas quota |
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The German Federal Cabinet has approved the changes to the greenhouse gas reduction quota for fuels. The draft regulation introduced by the German Ministry for the Environment was adopted without debate. Therefore, liquefied biomethane will also count towards the greenhouse gas reduction quota from now on in Germany.
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Biomethane production at California dairies |
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Due to the Aliso Canyon natural gas leak caused by Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) about 109,000 metric tons of methane were released in 2015-2016. To mitigate that environmental damage SoCalGas is charged to pay a total of $119.5 million, including at least $26.5 million for full mitigation by directly addressing methane emissions of California dairies. According to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) dairy manure from 1.4 million dairy cows is responsible for about 25 percent of the state’s total methane emissions. Therefore, mitigation will be achieved by providing loans to construct methane digesters and constructing conditioning facilities and pipelines to allow the use as transportation fuel, which will displace about 46.7 million gallons of diesel fuel, CARB estimates.
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At the same time in a new partnership with California Bioenergy, Land O’Lakes SUSTAIN, a leading conservation solutions provider, is making methane digesters more cost-effective for farmers to implement on their dairy operations. The digesters will help support California’s new standards to reduce dairy and livestock manure-related methane emissions by 40%, by 2030.
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Biomethane platforms and projects of the German Energy Agency (dena) |
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dena, the German Energy Agency has been implementing various projects such as the EU project GreenGasGrids, the Biogas Partnership, the Biogas Register and the European Biomethane Conference to promote the development of the German and European biomethane markets since 2008.
This newsletter is a service of the platform biogaspartner, which is providing information on biomethane in Germany and Europe. If you are interested in the project, you can contact us by mail.
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