Brussels 04/12/24 – Mixed biogas and biomethane manufacturing in 2023 amounted to 22 bcm, based on the 14th version of the Statistical Report printed in the present day by the European Biogas Affiliation. That is greater than the whole inland pure gasoline demand of Belgium, Denmark, and Eire mixed, and represents 7% of the pure gasoline consumption of the European Union in 2023.
Contemplating the present charges of biogas and biomethane manufacturing, Europe might keep away from 106 million tons of CO2 emissions every year, present renewable vitality to 19 million European households year-round, and gas 533,000 LNG vans yearly.
The rollout of biogases might be key to bolster the EU’s competitiveness and management on clear applied sciences within the coming years, but additionally the resilience of the EU’s vitality system. In line with Eurostat, 98% of the EU’s pure gasoline demand in 2022 was coated by imports. Contemplating this important reliance on exterior vitality provides and the ensuing dependency on third events, investing in biogases stays very important.
Regardless of the figures confirming the expansion of the sector, in addition to its function in reaching local weather targets and vitality independence, a higher give attention to the optimisation of market and regulatory situations, together with coherent planning of biomethane potential and sooner allowing procedures, might be important to make sure sustained progress within the coming years.
“Europe’s biggest useful resource for lowering reliance on exterior vitality suppliers is a mix of all renewable vitality sources, together with biogases. Biogases are a key contributor to renewable vitality provision and never solely in quantity phrases. Due to their flexibility, vitality storage capability, and talent to generate dispatchable energy, biogases help and facilitate progress in different renewables.“ Explains Harmen Dekker, EBA’s CEO.
Biomethane manufacturing alone grew to 4.9 bcm in 2023 with an put in capability of 6.4 bcm/12 months by the primary quarter of 2024. This represents the largest enhance in biomethane manufacturing to date, with the next year-on-year manufacturing rise concentrated within the EU space (21%).
When it comes to end-uses, biomethane consumption concentrates within the sectors with the best vitality consumption, supporting their swift decarbonisation. In 2023, 23% of the biomethane produced in Europe was used for transport, 17% for buildings, 15% for energy technology and 13% for business.
Moreover, the biogas and biomethane industries can provide an necessary supply of biogenic CO2, produced as co-product of the renewable gasoline. Biogenic CO2 can be utilized for the sustainable manufacturing of, for instance, e-fuels, sustainable chemical merchandise and CCS, which continues to be unexploited in the present day. In 2023, Europe might have utilised 29 Mt of biogenic CO2, primarily based on the quantity of biogas and biomethane produced in that 12 months (22 bcm). This corresponds to 71% of the 2022 CO2 demand within the European Union.
With sufficient help, over the following six years as much as 2030, the variety of jobs within the sector can develop in the direction of 500,000 and generate a further advantage of 12 billion €/12 months to the European bioeconomy, contemplating that at the least 25 billion € might be invested in Europe’s biomethane by 2030.
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Contact
Angela Sainz – EBA Communications Director sainz@europeanbiogas.eu Cell +32 483 07 10 46
In regards to the European Biogas Affiliation (EBA)
The EBA totally believes sooner or later potential of renewable gasoline in Europe. Based in February 2009, the affiliation is dedicated to the deployment of sustainable biogas and biomethane manufacturing and use all through the continent. EBA in the present day counts in the present day on a well-established community of over 300 organisations masking the entire biogas and biomethane worth chain throughout Europe and past.
About biogas and biomethane
Biogas is produced from the decomposition of natural supplies. These residues are positioned in a biogas digester within the absence of oxygen. With the assistance of a variety of micro organism, natural matter breaks down, releasing a mix of gases: 45 – 85 vol% methane (CH4) and 25 – 50 vol% carbon dioxide (CO2). The output is a renewable gasoline which can be utilized for a number of purposes.
Biomethane – purified biogas – is a renewable different to pure gasoline. Its a number of purposes embody warmth and energy provide for our buildings and industries, and renewable gas manufacturing for the transport sector.
In regards to the report
The EBA Statistical Report supplies essentially the most complete evaluation of the present state and future potential of the biogas and biomethane industries in Europe. It contains evaluation on the varied makes use of of biogases, with a selected part on transport, its contribution to the European economic system, and detailed profiles of biogas developments throughout 28 European international locations.