BIOMETHANE ROADMAP IN ITALY Steering Group Meeting and General Assembly Wien, Wednesday 25 February 2015 Lorenzo Maggioni, CIB

Agricultural biogas plants > 450 = 370 MW The CIB - Italian Biogas Consortium, formed in March 2009, has national coverage and aimes to be the reference point in the italian biogas and biomethane sector.. Lorenzo Maggioni Wien February 25 th Short presentation

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Present situation: transport and gas grid Decree 05 December 2013 Different scenarios Barriers CONTENTS BIOGAS AND BIOMETHANE IN ITALY Potential Present situation: biogas and biomethane What is in the next future Lorenzo Maggioni Wien February 25 th

PRESENT SITUATION Biogas and biomethane Pieve Fissiraga (LO) San Giovanni Persiceto (BO) Pinerolo (TO)Mantova (MN) Roma New upgrading plants

Thanks to dr JeffreySeisler The top 10 NGV countries in the world based on total NGVs PRESENT SITUATION Transport sector and Natural Gas Grid Italian Gas Grid infrastructure data: Primary transport network: 34,000 km; Distribution: km networks. Lorenzo Maggioni Wien February 25 th

Entry into force (art. 9 of the Decree) : 18 december 2013 Duration: upgrading plants that will be in service by 17 december 2018 BIOMETHANE IN ITALY Decree 05 Decembre 2013 Lorenzo Maggioni Wien February 25 th

NEW UPGRADING PLANTS (new sistes) EXISTING BIOGAS PLANTS (you have to add the upgrading unit) The new rules will apply to different kinds of plant incentive reduced compared to new plants BIOMETHANE IN ITALY Decree 05 Decembre 2013 Lorenzo Maggioni Wien February 25 th

. BIOMETHANE IN ITALY Decree 05 Decembre 2013 Lorenzo Maggioni Wien February 25 th

Different scenarios depending on: New upgrading plant (> €) or existing biogas plant (< €) Size of the upgrading plant (> € if < 500 m 3 CH 4 /h) Use of by-products (> €) Final use of biomethane: injected into natural gas grid, used in trasport (highest incentives), used in high efficency cogeneration plants Only for biomethane for transport, the producer is also involved in the distribution of biomethane, eg gas station, (> €) or not (< €). BIOMETHANE IN ITALY Decree 05 Decembre 2013 Duration of the incentive: 20 years Injection into natural gas grid:(< 500 m3 CH4/h, use of 100% by-products, single buyer = GSE) 94,12 €/MWh Used in transport: (value of certificate = 500 euro, use of 100% by- products, producer sell biothane in his own gas station) > 150 €/MWh Best scenarios: Lorenzo Maggioni Wien February 25 th

Done, 12/02/2015 To do! Withing 60 days from the last provision Done, January 2015 Done, 12/02/2015 Lorenzo Maggioni Wien February 25 th BIOMETHANE IN ITALY Barriers

. National Energy Strategy, March 2013 POTENTIAL OF BIOMETHANE BIOMETHANE IN ITALY Potential 1 billion m 3 biomethane / year involves INVESTIMENTS OF 4 BILLION EURO! A realistic development plan of methane/biomethane within 2020 should include: doubling service stations to 2000; Doubling current means of transport consumption of CNG methane (preferably GNL) up to about 2 billions Nm 3 by 2020; Increasing biomethane consumption up to 35% of the total consumption, about Nm 3 /year. Lorenzo Maggioni Wien February 25 th

What‘s in the next future 1° biomethane tractor (gas) Liquified Biomethane Other ways to produce biomethane Lorenzo Maggioni Wien February 25 th

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