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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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Biomethane-fuelled cars are the most environmentally-friendly option |
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A recent study has revealed biomethane-fuelled cars are the best transportation option to preserve air quality. The research, conducted by IFP Energies Nouvelles in France, reveals that light vehicles running on biomethane are more environmentally-friendly than other technologies. Therefore, the study compares the carbon footprint of the lifecycle of compressed natural gas (CNG) and biomethane vehicles to that of diesel, gasoline and electric vehicles. To fulfil the EU targets of reducing CO2 emissions from new cars by 15% in 2025 and 37.5% in 2030 further biomethane upscaling is needed.
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Calls grow for EU-wide certificates to boost market for ‘green gas’ |
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A European-wide system for Guarantees of Origin (GOs) linked to renewable gas is currently in its infancy. But with demand building up, industry figures and environmentalists are calling for existing certification schemes to be harmonised and made mandatory across the European Union. “What we’re asking for is that all countries producing biomethane put in place national registries,” says Susanna Pflüger from the European Biogas Association (EBA). “The national registries should be harmonised all over Europe, issuing the same certificates and naming the feedstocks used for biomethane production.”
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The potential of biomethane must be harnessed |
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A new study by experts from the Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) underlines that the current EU targets are not enough to harness the potential of biomethane and hydrogen. Therefore the authors of the study recommend “If European policy makers want to make the best use of the decarbonisation potential brought by hydrogen and renewable gases, they must think beyond EU targets and introduce cost-effective support schemes, increase their access to the grid, reinforce the transparency and interoperability of Guarantees of Origin and measure the impact of these policies over time.”(Read more)
Additionally, a French researcher demands a higher carbon price to ramp up EU biomethane production.
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Gasum opens LNG/LBG station in Sweden |
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A new gas filling station offering liquified natural gas (LNG) and liquified biogas (LBG) for heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) has been opened by Gasum in Sweden. It’s already Gasum’s third gas filling station in Sweden, illustrating the company’s strong investment in expanding and developing the Nordic gas infrastructure. Furthermore, Sweden has set a national target to reduce CO2 emissions from domestic traffic by at least 70% by 2030. Hence, Gasum is planning to create a network of approximately 20 filling stations for HDVs in Sweden and Finland by the end of the year, and to introduce a total of 50 stations in the Nordic by early 2020s.
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Contract advances first LNG bunker vessel for Norway |
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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. As part of a long-term charter with Shell Gasnor, the vessel will be the first LNG bunkering vessel to operate in Norway, and will be retrofitted from an existing fuel oil bunkering vessel. Previously known as Oslo Tank, Bergen LNG will operate in Bergen harbour from Q4 2020 and will serve future LNG cruise ships from Hurtigruten and Havila Coastal Route. Høglund also supplies the Fuel Gas Supply Systems (FGSS) for the Hurtigruten vessels that will operate out of Bergen. The vessels will be compatible for use with sustainably sourced bio-LNG, allowing significant CO2 savings.
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Hermes invests in CNG |
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Hermes is investing in more CNG-powered IVECO 4x2 tractor units and will run a trial with a DAF hydrogen tractor next year as part of its drive to reduce carbon emissions. The company started buying renewable bio-CNG from CNG Fuels two years ago and already has 30 gas-powered tractor units on the roads. It is now expanding the gas fleet to 72 vehicles, the largest in the UK, making up almost half its mainly DAF trunking fleet. The vehicles are refuelled at Hermes’ Warrington hub and third-party sites in Leyland and Daventry.
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CNG and biomethane infrastructure rollout continues |
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Since August the third largest city in Norway, Trondheim, has been operating almost 200 MAN Lion’s City buses fuelled with either biogas or biodiesel (Read more) and Nottingham, UK, is now taking its fleet up to 120 vehicles after Nottingham City Transport introduced 53 biomethane buses in 2017 (Read more).
But also the biomethane infrastructure in the UK continues to expand: In 2019 there will be a further two public access CNG/biomethane refuelling stations in the UK; one in the North West and one in the West Midlands, bringing the total to six. There are also plans to add three more.
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PLC to enter Italian biomethane market |
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Italy-headed renewable power plant service provider PLC S.p.A. has announced that it plans to enter the biomethane market through the majority acquisition of compatriot anaerobic digestion (AD) and biogas upgrading technology supplier Schmack Biogas S.r.l. The transaction is fully in line with the growth plan of the PLC, which aims to become a reference in the international independent service providers (ISP) sector with multi-technology expertise in renewable and decarbonised energy sources. According to a statement, a binding offer for the acquisition of 51% was accepted on August 28, 2019, by Schmack Biogas S.r.l, an independent provider of AD and biogas upgrading technologies from Germany-based Schmack Biogas GmbH, a Viessmann Group company.
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Biomethane from communal landfills |
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SEAT is going to participate until 2023 in the Life Landfill Biofuel project, which was recently approved by the European Commission, whose goal is to obtain renewable gas from municipal landfills. The aim of this project is to achieve more efficient management by obtaining biomethane from an indigenous, abundant energy source. The project will be developed with other partners for the next four years and has an overall budget of 4.3 million euros, of which the European Commission will fund 55%. Andrew Shepherd, who is responsible for SEAT’s renewable gas projects, emphasised that “this project will enable us to make headway in the development and research into biomethane as a fuel. Our ultimate aim is to guarantee zero environmental impact for CO2 emissions in the entire life cycle of vehicles.”
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French manufacturer of potato chips opts for biomethane |
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Biogas plant builder WELTEC BIOPOWER has completed a biomethane plant for ALTHO, a French manufacturer of potato chips in St. Gérand, Brittany, which holds more than a third of the market share with its chips brand “Bret‘s”. The plant was planned and set up by the German manufacturer in collaboration with its French partner WELTEC France. Some 200 standard m3 per hour of biomethane are generated from production waste and sludge from the company‘s wastewater treatment plant. This corresponds to the gas consumption of a town with a population of 5,000.
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First zero-carbon delivery to Europe |
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An Irish logistics company has become the first haulier to complete a zero-carbon delivery to Europe. Virginia International Logistics transported processed beef from County Cavan, Ireland to Caen in northern France. The 1,121km trip was fuelled by bio-compressed gas purchased from biomethane producers in Europe and delivered via Gas Networks Ireland. The truck filled up at the company’s CNG station in its Dublin yard and again at a station in France. “It is totally green transport,” said Ray Cole, co-owner and transport director at Virginia International Logistics. “People are looking to turn their supply chains green, and that is why we are changing our fleet, to save carbon footprint.”
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Suez inks biomethane plant deal with City of Montreal, Canada |
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French waste management company Suez has signed a deal with the City of Montreal to create an organic waste treatment centre. The new plant will convert organic waste material into biomethane, providing enough renewable gas to power around 3,600 households. This is the second contract won by Suez in Montreal this year; the firm is currently building a composting facility in the city’s Saint-Laurent borough. Suez will build the biomethanation centre with the capacity to process 60,000 tonnes of organic material annually. It will recover organic waste produced by nearly 1.5 million residents in Montreal’s east side and the city centre and convert it using anaerobic digestion to support the City of Montreal in its transition towards a new local, sustainable and low-carbon energy model.
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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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