Germany has a large, hitherto underestimated potential for biomethane—other European countries are significantly further along in tapping into this potential. At the parliamentary conference of the Biomethane Task Force in Berlin, it became clear what makes France, Denmark, and the Netherlands successful in this regard: (…)
At the end of June, Verbio SE, in collaboration with the food wholesaler and logistics company Transgourmet, opened a new organic CNG filling station in Riedstadt, Hesse. With this site, the companies are expanding the infrastructure for climate-friendly logistics in the Rhine-Main region. The refuelling station (…)
Germany needs a national biomethane strategy. Only with clear expansion targets, reliable investment conditions and secured markets can biomethane move from being a niche market to becoming a key pillar of the energy transition . This is what the Biomethane Taskforce calls for in its (…)
A new study on the economic impact of biomethane production in Austria demonstrates impressively that expanding domestic biomethane production from organic waste, industrial by-products, and residues from agriculture and forestry is not only a key pillar for energy independence, security of supply, and climate protection, (…)
The Bundestag is today considering the amendment to the Energy Industry Act (EnWG) at first reading. With this, the Federal Government is transposing the EU Gas Market Package into national law and setting an important course for the future of the gas networks. The Biomethane (…)
Anew Climate, a biomethane marketer and member of the Biomethane Taskforce initiative, and the LNG bunkering company Avenir LNG, a member of DIE GAS- UND WASSERSTOFFWIRTSCHAFT, have carried out the first bunkering of liquefied biomethane (Bio-LNG) in Europe. The loading took place in Klaipėda, Lithuania. (…)
The Federal Government today approved a draft bill to implement the European Gas and Hydrogen Internal Market Package. In doing so, it is setting out the key legal framework for the market ramp-up of biomethane in Germany. Bengt Bergt, spokesperson for the Biomethane Taskforce, explains: (…)
In March, Sindelfingen Municipal Utilities commissioned a new plant for converting biogas into biomethane. On the site of the former district landfill near Stuttgart, raw biogas from a fermentation plant in Leonberg is to be processed into feed-in-grade biomethane and fed into the gas grid. (…)
With this task force, GAS- UND WASSERSTOFFWIRTSCHAFT aims to strengthen the production of biomethane in Germany on a sustainable scale. The Biomethane Task Force brings together expertise from the gas industry and along the entire biomethane value chain to promote the visibility and market development (…)
A legal opinion published in January concludes that the current approach to implementing the EU Gas Market Directive (EU Gas Directive) into German law meets European requirements, but that there is room for improvement in several areas. The study was commissioned by BIOGEEN, a member (…)
