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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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Worldwide GHG emission reduction by 12% through biomethane |
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World Biogas Association is bringing companies together to look at how fast its members could build the infrastructure to collect and treat all organic wastes generated by society, which, if left untreated, would emit massive amounts of harmful methane emissions. The organisation’s Global Potential of Biogas report, published in July, estimates that by capturing and recycling organic waste into biogas, biomethane, green CO2, natural fertilisers and other bioproducts, the industry could reduce GHG emissions by 12%.
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600,000 jobs by 2050 through renewable gas |
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Scaling up renewable gas production in Europe could create between 600,000 and 850,000 direct jobs by 2050; 1.7 million to 2.4 million jobs in total according to The Gas for Climate analysis by Navigant.
Renewable and low-carbon gases, combined with ‘large quantities’ of renewable electricity, are vital to achieving a climate-neutral EU energy system, says the European Biogas Association. Production of renewable gases is already creating jobs, but according to the analysis, the renewable energy system will have major benefits in creating further employment opportunities. The report also suggests rural areas will benefit greatly from new employment opportunities, which are often scarce.
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Impact of using green gases potential on European infrastructure |
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On behalf of the European Commission, Trinomics has done a study to better understand the potential of biomethane and hydrogen contributing to the decarbonisation of the EU energy system, the impacts this will have on the gas infrastructure and the extent to which gas network operators and regulators are prepared to cope with these impacts. The three explorative scenarios and assumptions regarding the use of electricity, methane and hydrogen serve to analyse this impact on the gas infrastructure, rather than aiming to forecast the most probable deployment pathway of biomethane and hydrogen in the EU or any Member State. For this study, a conservative technical biogas/biomethane EU28 production potential of 1,150 TWh/yr was estimated. Subtracting the current biogas production results in an additional production potential of approx. 950 TWh/yr.
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Alcohol, biomethane and ammonia as fuel for shipping |
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In Denmark, a study by A.P. Moller – Maersk and Lloyds Register confirms that the best positioned fuels for research and development into net zero fuels for shipping are alcohol, biomethane, and ammonia. With heavy fuel oil currently covering 82% of the sector’s energy needs, decarbonizing global shipping will play a critical role in achieving climate objectives. The use, however, would lead to increased transport costs - not because ships themselves require higher investment, but because new fuels are likely to be significantly more expensive than existing fossil solutions. "By 2030, the first commercially viable ships with climate-neutral combustion will have to be in operation. This is a milestone that requires close collaboration and action from researchers, regulators, technology developers, investors, customers and utilities, " said Søren Toft, Maersk's Chief Operating Officer.
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Demand of LNG/ Bio-LNG powered vessels rises |
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Norway’s Bergen Tankers has awarded a contract to Høglund Gas Solutions to deliver a cargo handling system to convert a fuel oil bunkering vessel into an LNG bunkering vessel (Read More).
Also Swedish shipowner Terntank has contracted with Chinese shipbuilder AVIC Dingheng Shipbuilding for two next generation hybrid tankers. The new 15,000 dwt chemical/product/biofuels tankers will have a hybrid battery system and a shore power connection. They will use LNG or liquefied biogas (LBG) for fuel and have been designed by Kongsberg. They will be in operation in the Baltic Sea and the North Sea in 2021. Terntank claims that its new vessels will significantly reduce the carbon footprint and environmental impacts in the supply chain with LBG/LNG powered engines, hybrid battery systems and on-shore power.
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LNG/ Bio-LNG incentive scheme published |
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The scheme will come into force in the Netherlands from 2020 and concerns compensation of 18.7 eurocents per kilogram of LNG for the years 2020 and 2021. This way, road transport can directly contribute to sustainability ambitions and supports the path to bio-LNG. The reason for introduction is the stagnation of LNG in the transport sector after the finance ministry decided not to extend the reimbursement system for LNG in late 2018. The new incentive scheme begins on January 1, 2020 and ends on December 31, 2021 with a total funding of 8 million euros.
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Shore power trial for coasters in Rotterdam |
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The Municipality of Rotterdam and the Port of Rotterdam Authority have started a five-month trial to supply small sea-going vessels with electricity on Parkkade in the centre of Rotterdam. The trials, which started on 13 December will test five different systems and energy sources: hydrogen, battery, bio LNG, LNG and hybrid solutions. The Parkkade trial will use mobile rather permanent shore-based power.
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Poultry waste powers biofertilizer-biogas facility |
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Ductor, a Finnish-Swiss biotechnology company committed to finding solutions for global food challenges, opened its first commercial-scale organic fertilizer- and biogas-producing facility in October in Jalisco, Mexico. The facility is the world’s first fully integrated production system that uses 100% poultry waste to produce two separate products, significantly reducing GHG emissions from both the energy and agriculture sectors. Biomethane replaces pipeline natural gas, and organic nitrogen fertilizer replaces traditional products made with fossil fuels.
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Irland can save 2.6m tonnes of CO2 through using biomethane |
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Industry-backed Renewable Gas Forum Ireland (RGFI) believes that converting slurry and silage to biomethane could cut carbon emissions by 2.6 million tonnes a year and boost the rural economy. Therefore, the RGFI has designed a plan whereby a biomethane project would be rolled out in two five-year phases from 2020 to 2030. The first phase of the plan, running from 2020 to 2025, would see 78 anaerobic digestion (AD) plants established, for a combined production of 2 TWh at a capital investment of €470 million. By the end of phase two, in 2030, the RGFI envisages a total of 225 plants, with a combined production of 6.8 TWh, at a capital investment of €1.5 billion (Read More). However, the forum calculates that the cost of developing a biomethane industry could add a maximum of €5.70 a month, or €68.40 a year, to household energy bills by 2028.
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Waste-to-energy plant delivers first high-quality biomethane |
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WELTEC BIOPOWER, one of the world's leading enterprises in the field of stainless-steel biogas plant construction, has announced that the anaerobic digestion plant at Lanes Farm Energy in the UK has delivered its first biomethane to the UK gas distribution network, meeting all required quality standards. The Lanes Farm plant will deliver 7.3 million m³/year biomethane, which is sufficient to supply about 9,600 households with sustainable energy around the clock. The sustainability of the project is visible from the initial input of material. Material include food leftovers, as well as cattle and chicken manure, grass silage and hybrid rye. WELTEC has also implemented membrane upgrading to transform the biogas into high-quality biomethane. In a separation process comprising several stages, the raw biogas is refined efficiently without methane slip.
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Biomethane HGV trials show ‘significant’ CO2 savings |
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A UK research project has resulted in a saving of more than 1,400 tonnes of CO2 from 20 vehicles powered by biomethane. The two-year Dedicated to Gas project, part funded by the Office for Low Emission Vehicles and Innovate UK, deployed 20 Euro VI vehicles running on a combination of compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquified natural gas (LNG) to three fleet operators – Asda, Howard Tenens and Kuehne + Nagel. The results show that, when compared to diesel, vehicles would make at least 17% GHG emission savings with a 25% biomethane blend (B25), and 100% biomethane (B100) yields savings of at least 76%.
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CNG Fuels to offer first carbon neutral fuels for HGVs |
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CNG Fuels, the UK’s leading supplier of renewable biomethane, announced plans to become the first supplier of carbon neutral fuels for HGVs. The supplier plans to use manure to produce carbon neutral biomethane which will undercut diesel prices up to 45% by 2021. It is also considering how it might use its network of refuelling stations to support hydrogen and electric battery technology for HGVs, in order to support customers when these technologies become commercially viable.
Retailers are also increasingly planning to use biomethane from manure. For example John Lewis’ delivery trucks, which will reportedly be powered by carbon-neutral cow manure by 2021 (Read More). Also investment in a biofuel powered fleet were announced by Warrens Group (Read More).
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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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