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State of Play of Biogas & Biomethane in Europe: An update on market gaps and policy recommendations

Publication . De Gregorio, Margarita; Gírio, Francisco; Lourinho, Gonçalo; Pérez, Paloma; Vega, Adrián

ABSTRACT: According to the forecasts projected by European Union (EU) Member States on their respective draft updated National Energy and Climate Plans (NECP) —collected by the European Commission in its report on the first two years of the REPowerEU scheme1—, biogas and biomethane production could reach a range of 30-32 billion cubic metres (bcm) by 2030. Many of these countries have already submitted their updated plans, but biogas and biomethane ambitions remain unchanged in the vast majority. Even though these figures underline the commitment to this technology and the transnational importance given to it for the decarbonization of Europe, further efforts would be needed to reach the target of producing 35 bcm of biogas and/or biomethane per year by 2030 set in REPowerEU plan. The heterogeneity and complexity of the national biomethane markets in Europe, subject not only to European regulations but also to those of each of the Member States, make legislation the real catalyst (or limiting factor, as the case may be) for this renewable biogas to boost. Hence, it is a variable to keep a close eye on for any entity committed to the production of biomethane, either on the Research and Development (R&D) level or for industry deployment purposes. Following the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) expectations, this report aims to align policy recommendations developed by projects funded under the same topic (in this case, HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-03-16 ‘Innovative biomethane production as an energy carrier and a fuel’2) and therefore contribute to common information and dissemination activities to increase visibility and synergies between actions supported by Horizon Europe (HE). Creating common spaces for discussion between stakeholders from different countries makes it possible to better identify the legal and administrative barriers that hinder biomethane production and contributes to providing solutions that reduce uncertainty and facilitate investment in the medium to long term. HyFuelUp project has overseen the coordination of this deliverable (M24), which is an update from the previous report 'Joint Policy Recommendations on Biomethane’3, published in October 2023. To do so, BIOPLAT, leader of the Communication and Dissemination (C&D) of this project, scheduled a series of early meetings to discuss the content and set a calendar of monthly deliveries to jointly create the draft of this second report on Joint Policy Recommendations on Biomethane. A final meeting took place in early September to finalise the details for the editing of the final version.

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European Commission

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HORIZON Innovation Actions

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