The biogas and biomethane market is shaped by EU rules (including the RED directives, the Methane Regulation and the EU ETS) and national ones (the Renewable Energy Sources Act, the Energy Law, the Waste Act).
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On 6 February 2025 the Sejm passed an amendment to the Act on Biocomponents and Liquid Biofuels: a National Indicative Target of 9.2% in 2025, 10% in 2026–2029 and 14.9% in 2030. Biomethane, including from the grid, counts towards the target.
A guarantee of origin for gas from RES is issued by the President of URE, but the application is submitted to the grid operator or an accredited body. Deadlines, validity, redemption and differences from certificates.
On 18 December 2024 Korea announced a phased reduction of REC weights for biomass: state-owned utilities lose certificates for co-firing from 2025, private ones from 2026. Domestic forest biomass keeps its weights.
On 16 December 2024 GSE opened the first call under the FER 2 decree of 19 June 2024: 10 MW for biogas and biomass, with a tariff for small biogas of 233 EUR/MWh for 20 years.
The draft update of the National Energy and Climate Plan (KPEiK), sent for consultation in October 2024, assumes in the WAM scenario about 15.5 TWh of biomethane in 2030 and about 40.5 TWh in 2040, plus about 9.95 TWh of biogas in 2030.
The Romanian regulator ANRE issued in November 2024 the first licence in its history for the supply of biogas and biomethane. Goal: 5% biomethane in gas grids by 2030.
On 8 November 2024 China's parliament adopted its first comprehensive Energy Law. Hydrogen was included in the energy management system for the first time; the law is to take effect on 1 January 2025.
On 8 November 2024 the CARB board approved changes to the Low Carbon Fuel Standard, including a phase-out of credits for "avoided methane" awarded to biomethane; the details for manure were reported inconsistently.
The definition of agricultural biogas from Article 2(2) of the Act on Renewable Energy Sources: the list of permitted substrates, exclusions (municipal waste, landfills) and the consequences for the KOWR register and support.
In September 2024 the Australian government updated the National Hydrogen Strategy: the target is 15 million tonnes of green hydrogen per year by 2050 (with potential for 30 million tonnes) and five-year milestones.
An overview of biomethane support mechanisms in September 2024: a fixed price and coverage of the negative balance up to 1 MW, the NCW in transport, guarantees of origin — and the gaps for larger installations.
On 2 August 2024 the president signed Law 14.948 – the Marco Legal do Hidrogênio de Baixa Emissão de Carbono: a threshold of 7 kg CO₂e/kg H₂, SBCH2 certification and the Rehidro regime.
Connecting a biomethane plant to the gas grid requires an application for conditions, meeting quality requirements and installing a metering station. We describe the stages, deadlines, costs and the division of liability.
On 4 August 2024 four EU acts published on 15 July entered into force: methane regulation 2024/1787, two acts of the gas and hydrogen package (2024/1788–1789) and Industrial Emissions Directive 2024/1785.
In July 2024 the Ministry of Climate and Environment announced an auction-based support system for biomethane plants above 1 MW in the form of contracts for difference for a maximum of 20 years.
Regulation (EU) 2024/1747 entered into force on 16 July 2024. From 17 July 2027 direct support for new wind, solar and other power plants is to take the form of two-way CfDs. Biogas is not on the list.
Orden TED/526/2024 of 31 May 2024 established a new methodology for updating operating support (Ro) for plants dependent on fuel prices, with values applied from 1 January 2024.
On 11 June 2024 the New Zealand government dissolved the He Waka Eke Noa partnership and decided that agriculture would stay outside the ETS; pricing of agricultural emissions is to follow before 2030.
On 17 May 2024 Japan passed the act on promoting low-carbon hydrogen: up to 15 years of price gap support (about 3 trillion yen) and support for hubs.
On 27 May 2024 the EU Council finally adopted the Net-Zero Industry Act (Regulation 2024/1735). The act supports the production of net-zero technologies in the EU, among them biogas and biomethane technologies.
On 21 May 2024 the EU Council approved Directive 2024/1788 and Regulation 2024/1789. The package sets out, among other things, access of renewable gases to the grid, tariff discounts and connection priorities.
How an energy cooperative differs from an energy cluster, what capacity and area limits apply to biogas and biomethane, and where you need to register.
In April 2024 Standards New Zealand published an interim amendment to the NZS 5442 standard, which formally admits biomethane to the grid, relaxes the oxygen limit and tightens the water limit.
With Resolution 132/2024/R/eel of 9 April 2024, the Italian regulator ARERA implemented a mechanism of minimum guaranteed prices (PMG) for biogas plants whose support expires by the end of 2027.
