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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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Bio-LNG in heavy transport |
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Rolande Rotterdam Port Fund (an independent investment fund) and NIBC Bank have recently acquired a majority interest in Rolande, the developer and operator of LNG filling stations and producer of bio-LNG. Rolande, market leader in the Netherlands, is helping logistics service providers make the switch to LNG as a fuel by building a European network of LNG filling stations. “LNG and bio-LNG play a crucial role in making heavy road transport and shipping more sustainable,” commented CEO of Rolande, Jolon van der Schuit. For a cleaner future of the transportation sector further expansions of the network of LNG filling stations and marketing of bio-LNG is needed.
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Switch of New York buses from CNG to biomethane |
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) issued a request for proposals to purchase ultra-low-carbon renewable natural gas (RNG), also known as biomethane, to fuel some 800 New York City buses currently running on compressed natural gas (CNG). MTA plans to replace the equivalent of 12 to 14 million gallons of CNG a year with RNG. That will put over 650,000 tons of organic waste to beneficial use reducing lifecycle carbon emissions of MTA's CNG buses by some 40,000 tons a year, and helping New York State meet its goal of reducing GHG emissions 40% by 2030. It additionally represents the first step any heavy duty vehicle fleet in New York City has taken towards adopting RNG.
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Biomethane on-road fuel use reaches historic high |
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Natural Gas Vehicles for America (NGVAmerica) and the Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas (RNG Coalition) today announced that 32% of all on-road fuel used in natural gas vehicles in 2018 was renewable natural gas (biomethane). Over the last five years, biomethane use as a transportation fuel has increased 577%, displacing over seven million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e). Put into perspective, biomethane is:
Lowering greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to take 1,539,565 gasoline passenger cars of the street for one year;
Reducing CO2 emissions equivalent to 815,950,377 gallons of gasoline or 712,313,458 gallons of diesel consumed. That’s equal to the total energy used by 868,321 U.S. homes for one year.
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LNG as marine fuel will reach 35 million tonnes by 2035 |
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LNG presents itself as one of the cleanest marine fuel and most economical pathways to decarbonisation, owing to its cleaner burn, compatible pricing and established supply infrastructure – that can be used for future fuels, like bio-LNG. Oil and gas major Shell sees a growing commitment to LNG as marine fuel and bio and synthetic options would make it “a robust step” in meeting International Maritime Organization CO2 targets. In the last year there has been a rapid uptake in both the demand and supply aspects of LNG as a marine fuel across all geographies and sectors. “LNG is already available in 150 locations worldwide but it is missing that last mile of the value chain which needs to put in small scale jetties and specialist bunker vessels for delivering to ships.” said Nick Potter, general manager, Shipping & Maritime, at Shell Trading. Looking ahead Shell forecasts the LNG as marine fuel market will reach 35 million tonnes by 2035.
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Hurtigruten partners with Biokraft |
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Hurtigruten, a Norwegian cruise operator, plans to replace conventional engines on several of its vessels with gas-powered engines and battery packs, converting them into hybrid ships running on liquefied natural gas (LNG), liquefied biogas (bio-LNG) and electricity. In addition, Hurtigruten has now signed a contract with Trondheim-based Biokraft that runs through 2026 for near-daily delivery of what it calls “climate-neutral biogas”, with the first delivery taking place in 2020. The gas is made largely from the waste of two other large Norwegian industries, fish-farming (dead fish) and forestry (other organic waste).
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Natural gas vehicles fuel 15% biomethane in Europe |
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Currently, there are 1.3 million natural gas-fuelled cars registered in Europe as well as 16,000 buses, 9,000 small vans and 6,000 trucks, according to the European Natural & bio Gas Vehicle Association (NGVA). That includes vehicles fuelled by CNG, LNG and their bio equivalents. Italy, Europe's biggest market for natural gas vehicles (NGVs), with around 1 million vehicles registered, is expected to remain the key outlet for CNG passenger cars in Europe, albeit at a low level. "Another trend is an increasing focus on biomethane use, especially in northern Italy," says Martina Conton, EU policy manager at NGVA Europe. Greater consumer awareness has led to more calls for wider availability of biomethane in both gaseous (bio-CNG) and liquefied (bio-LNG) forms. Across Europe, as many as 420 CNG refuelling stations now offer biomethane exclusively, which accounts for around 15% of all gas used for transport, or roughly 2 billion m3/yr.
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UK network of biomethane fuel stations in development |
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CNG Fuels will open five renewable compressed natural gas (bio-CNG) refuelling stations across the UK this year to cater for soaring demand from heavy goods vehicles (HGVs). The new public access bio-CNG stations will serve major truck routes and cities, and will be able to refuel up to 3000 HGVs a day to make the switch from diesel to biomethane easier for fleet operators. Demand for CNG Fuels’ renewable and sustainable bio-CNG fuel increased by more than 300% in 2018 and will continue to increase, as a range of big-name companies (like ASDA, Argos, Royal Mail, Hermes and DHL) are beginning to adopt biomethane across their HGV fleets and are planning to order new biomethane fuelled trucks.
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Biomethane and hydrogen production could save 217 billion euros |
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Natural gas will play an increasingly central and strategic role in the energy transition in Italy and Europe, both in supporting the growth of other renewable energy sources, and as a source of renewable energy itself, alongside biomethane and hydrogen. Therefore, Snam, an Italian natural gas infrastructure company, is planning to construct 101 CNG and 9 LNG refuelling stations in Italy for a total of around 50 million euro (READ MORE). According to a recent study conducted by the Gas For Climate consortium, a potential 270 billion cubic meters of biomethane and hydrogen could be produced by 2050, which could generate 217 billion euros in savings compared to an alternative decarbonisation scenario that does not take gas into account.
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Multi-energy-stations in Iceland and Italy |
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After Iceland`s first multi-energy station inaugurated in Reykjavík, that combines biomethane and hydrogen (READ MORE) another advanced fuel station is planned in Italy. Toyota and Eni announced a collaborative agreement to speed up the expansion of fuelling stations and widespread use of hydrogen cars in Italy. Therefore, a multi-purpose facility that integrates premium petroleum products, along with advanced fuels like biomethane, hydrogen and electricity will be built at Eni's new service station in San Donato Milanese. Additionally, the 200 service stations, out of an overall network of 4,400 Eni service stations, that already supply methane (two of them LNG) will soon provide biomethane as well.
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One million UK homes now supplied with biomethane |
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The latest data produced by the Green Gas Certification Scheme (GGCS), which issues renewable gas Guarantees of Origin certificates for biomethane injected to the grid, shows a 13-fold increase in the number of UK customers being supplied with biomethane since 2017, with the market hitting the one million mark for the first time at the start of 2019. Most of these one million homes are being supplied with a mix of biomethane and natural gas, as few energy suppliers offer 100% 'green gas' tariffs at present. By 2050 green gas could supply as many as 10 million homes, equating to 149 TWh of energy. Therefore, the sector could play a key role in helping to meet the UK's climate targets.
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More renewable biogas to reduce traffic emissions |
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Before Gasum, the largest biogas producer in the Nordics, has acquired the Mäkikylä biogas plant from water company Kouvolan Vesi Oy to strengthen the availability of biogas (READ MORE) it also partnered with Valio, one of the largest Finnish manufacturer of dairy products. The aim of Valio is to reduce its milk chain’s carbon footprint to zero by 2035, as Finland produces roughly 15 million tonnes of manure every year, making it an interesting raw material for larger-scale biogas production. Recycling manure into biogas could, therefore, reduce milk’s carbon footprint by up to 50%. This would reduce the use of fossil fuels used in transportation and its traffic emissions as well as methane emissions from dairies.
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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.
Your biogaspartner Team
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