Sep 28, 2022 · The Biomethane Industrial Partnership (BIP) was launched on 28 September 2022 and aims to support the achievement of the EU’s 2030 target of 35 bcm annual production and use of sustainable biomethane and to create the conditions for a further ramp-up of its potential by 2050. It will promote active engagement between the Commission, EU ...

Sep 19, 2023 · The biomethane country fiches aim to encourage and support further cooperation between EU countries and/or industry stakeholders, also in the light of the ongoing process to update the National Energy and Climate Plans.

use of biomethane to 35 bcm by 2030. The need to scale up biomethane in Europe is more urgent than ever to reduce gas imports from Russia and to tackle the climate crisis. Biomethane is the cheapest and most rapidly scalable renewable gas available today. www.bip-europe.eu

Biogas/biomethane is 100% of domestic origin and has cross-sectoral effects. Upgrading of biogas in the EU started in 2011. In 2021, total biomethane production in the EU27 was 3.5 bcm. REPowerEU has biomethane as one of the short and medium-time measures to reduce natural gas imports by boosting biomethane production to 35 bcm by 2030.

Mar 31, 2025 · Biomethane and biogas production is increasing at an impressive pace, contributing to achieving the REPowerEU target of producing 35 billion cubic meters (bcm) per year by 2030. Based on the ambitions and projections in EU countries’ draft updated National Energy and Climate Plans , biogas and biomethane production would reach a cumulative ...

Jan 15, 2024 · The Union database is a global traceability tool to trace consignments of renewable and recycled carbon fuels and the respective raw materials used for their production - from the point of origin of the raw materials to the point where fuels are put on the EU market for final consumption.

Jan 16, 2024 · Biomethane is a sustainable substitute for fossil gas, which can be stored, distributed and used in the same infrastructure as fossil gas. Although the tailpipe emissions would be the same as for the fossil gas, biomethane allows for GHG emission savings along the production pathway, capturing GHG gasses from feedstock that would have been ...

Oct 27, 2023 · Bioethanol was the second most consumed fuel type (18%), and biomethane and other liquid biofuels aggregate to less than 1%. As regards heating and cooling, biomass fuels and bioliquids were used for the production of 17.3 mtoe of gross heat in the EU in 2021, notably using solid biomass (76.0%), followed by renewable municipal waste (18.1% ...

Feb 2, 2023 · Memorandum of understanding between the European Union and Ukraine on a Strategic Partnership on Biomethane, Hydrogen and other Synthetic Gases

May 27, 2024 · The first-ever EU rules to curb methane emissions from the energy sector in Europe and across the globe have become legislation today.