1. Jan Stambasky – EBA President
The present status and future prospects of the biogas/biomethane industry in Europe
Jan Stambasky – EBA President
Trans-association workshop
15/12/2015
Osborn Clark – City Offices, One London Wall, London

2. European Biogas Association 25 countries – 34 National Organisations – 43 companies

3. What Does EBA Stand For?
Biogas and Biomethane – The Products of Efficient and Sustainable Use of Resources
EBA is convinced that biogas has the potential to contribute at least 1.5 % of the EU’s primary energy mix and 5 % of the EU’s natural gas consumption (in energy equivalent terms) by 2020.
EBA is convinced that by 2030 the overall potential for biogas production from anaerobic digestion of at least 30 billion m3/year. Taken together with thermal biomass gasification, a estimate for the total production of biomethane is
50 billion m3 per year. By 2030, the industry could produce renewable energy equivalent to approximately 10% of EU’s current natural gas consumption, for use for electricity generation, heating/cooling and as a transportation fuel.

4. EBA 2012

5. Biogas Resources, 2013 Source: EBA Biogas Report 2014
*other – biowaste and industrial biogas plants

6. European Biogas Industry 2014
> Biogas plants all over the Europe
~ m3 methane produced in 2014
>30 m3 of methane per capita
>350 Biomethane plants
in AT, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, FI, LX, NL, NO, SE, UK
~ m3 biomethane produced
> MW installed power in combined H&P
4 fairly sized conventional power plants

7. Biomethane Industry
Including Anaerobic digestion followed by biogas upgrading
Including Gasification of renewable organic matter followed by syngas conversion to biomethane
Including other technologies producing methane fuel from biogenic carbon or utilizing biological pathways (Power-to- Gas)

8. Biogas & Biomethane can do… A lot!

9. Biomethane Utilization
Green fuel for GT/GTCC power plants
Balancing power (combined power plants)
System services: frequency stability, voltage maintenance, etc.
By far the easiest way of providing green heating for residential heating
Transportation biofuel suitable for any desired blend
Can cope with future GHG limits in transportation (CO2)

10. Value of Biomethane Physical (in use) value + Intrinsic (“bio”) value
Intrinsic value: „green”, renewable, sustainable, …
The physical flow does not carry the intrinsic value
Condition for sustainable biomethane production:
Costs of production are above natural gas prices
Intrinsic value must be realised on the market
WHY?

11. Biomethane Offers Competitiveness
Inherently secure supplies
Decentralized & domestic source of methane
Reducing GHG footprint of natural gas
Key importance for managing 2050 horizon
Keeping pace with renewable electricity sources
New geographical and commercial dimensions

12. Biomethane Technical Potential
Resource
Potential [1×109 m9]
Woody Biomass 66
Herbaceous Biomass 11
Wet biomass residues 26
Energy crops
48-143
Total
Green Gas Grid Project, 2013
European Biomethane Roadmap
Maximal technical potential
EU 28 NG consumption ×109 m3 (2% down from 2012)

13. Biomethane in Near Future
We are convinced that 30% of the technical potential can be reached by 2030
Reasons to be optimistic?
Keeping track with 2020 projection
15% of the potential by 2020
Following the NREAPs pathway
And still far off the maximal potential

14. Biogas Production in National Renewable Energy Action Plans (NREAPs)

15. Biomethane Path to 2030

16. Biomethane Path to 2030

17. BIOSURF Project BIOmethane as SUstainable and Renewable Fuel
To develop a value chain analysis from production to use depending on the territorial, physical and economic features
To analyze, compare and promote biomethane registering, labelling, certification and trade practices in Europe
To address environmental criteria and quality standards
To address GHG emission reduction and certification

18. Biogas Related Policies on the EU Level
Transport and Gas
Power and heating
Digestate
Waste policies
Support schemes
Targets
ILUC
Sustainability
recommendations
End-of-Waste
Criteria for
digestate
National
Renewable
Energy
Action Plans
Future
Transport Fuels
Revised
Fertiliser
Regulation
Revision of
Waste
Framework
And Landfill
Directives
State Aid
Guidelines on
Energy and
Environment
2030 Target
for RES
Bio-methane
Standards
(CEN)
REACH
+ Energy Union
+ ETS
+ Emissions in medium combustion plants
+ Renewable heating & cooling strategy
+ European Energy Security Strategy
+ CEN/TC groups on biogas definition
+ many more to come...

19. Strategy for Biomethane Industry
European Biogas Industry goes far beyond renewable electricity
Biomethane offers high GHG savings for natural gas blends, enabling gas greening
Biomethane industry can be a pillar of EU energy
Tremendous technical potential
Biomethane industry needs strong stakeholders
Methane fuels must overcome coal and oil usage
Need for a strong biomethane push right now

20. The present status and future prospects of the biogas/biomethane industry in Europe
Jan Stambasky
President
European Biogas Association