The biogas and biomethane market is developing under the influence of energy prices, support schemes and climate targets. We follow investments, financing and market data.
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The Spanish specific regime combines investment and operating support (Ro), and REER auctions have operated since 2021; biomass won 146 MW in them at an average of EUR 93.09/MWh.
Polski Zielony Fundusz (ARP TFI) and Green Gas Energy will build nine agricultural biomethane plants of 0.99 MW each; the project is worth almost PLN 400 million, and the fund’s equity commitment is PLN 59 million.
H2 2025: RDN PLN 456.3/MWh, FIP + 2× PLN 821.4/MWh, FIT PLN 828.4/MWh. Seasonality of negative prices and quarterly quotations.
Italy is developing biomethane through CIC certificates in transport and the PNRR programme for agricultural biomethane, with an investment grant and a tariff. We discuss the mechanisms, the agricultural model and the lessons.
The first tender under the new biomass package rules: 940 MW of bids for 813 MW, 692 winning bids, weighted average 18.11 ct/kWh.
On 10 December 2025 the EBA published its 15th statistical report: at the end of 2024 about 1,620 biomethane plants were operating in Europe, and biogas production came to 22 billion m³, including 5.2 billion m³ of biomethane.
Denmark has one of the largest shares of biogas and biomethane in the gas grid in Europe, based largely on slurry. We discuss the role of support, agriculture, the operator Energinet and lessons for Poland.
Borzen report for January–September 2025: the scheme covers 3103 power plants, and biogas received EUR 8.10 million for 53.51 GWh, 8.6% more than a year earlier.
How the Japanese contract for difference for low-carbon hydrogen works: up to 15 years of price gap support, a budget of about 3 trillion yen and the first selected projects in 2025.
Germany pioneered biomethane injection, initially to fuel CHP units under the EEG. We describe the evolution of the market, the role of the dena biogas register, use in transport and the THG-Quote mechanism.
On 7 October 2025 BGK and PKO BP announced financing for Neo Biofuel Energy: about PLN 74 million in the first stage and PLN 217 million in the whole programme for seven agricultural biogas plants, with a capacity of 12 MW, and 24 MW after expansion.
France has the most biomethane plants in Europe and, according to reports on the EBA report, has overtaken Germany in production. We discuss the role of feed-in tariffs, agriculture and the gas grid.
Orlen and Krajowa Grupa Spożywcza (KGS) signed in July 2025 a memorandum on technology for producing biomethane from agricultural and production waste. Orlen is aiming for up to 0.24 billion m³ of biomethane a year by 2035.
H1 2025: 251 hours with a negative price, RDN PLN 427.5/MWh. The new negative-hours rule in practice and the FIP + 2× result.
In the first round of Hydrogen Headstart, ARENA awarded AUD 814 million to the Murchison project (1.5 GW) and up to AUD 432 million to Orica's Hunter Valley hydrogen hub.
The Bundesnetzagentur awarded 244 contracts for 187 MW. The weighted average price was 16.53 ct/kWh, and the biomethane tender ended with no bids.
A biomethane plant carries technical, feedstock, market, regulatory, grid and financial risks. We present a risk matrix with an assessment of probability and impact, and mitigation measures and contractual provisions.
India's Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas raised the procurement price of compressed biogas (CBG) from 1380 to 1478 Rs per MMBtu from 1 June 2025, linking it to 85 per cent of the average CNG price.
The Commission's updated roadmap (May 2025) foresees that gases, including biomethane and biogas, will remain important in 2040 and 2050. The EBA "strongly" welcomed it and forecasts 101 billion m³ of biogases by 2040.
We explain the mechanics of the Low Carbon Fuel Standard: carbon intensity (CI), credits and deficits, the role of biomethane and the controversy over crediting "avoided methane".
The Irish company Clonbio Green Gas went into receivership in March 2025. The company claimed it cannot withstand competition from cheap imports of biofuels from South-East Asia.
H2 2024: RDN PLN 456.5/MWh, 3× operation PLN 667.6/MWh. From 28 December a new 200 kW threshold and every negative hour outside support.
The first Clean Hydrogen Portfolio Standard auction in Korea: Korea Southern Power (KOSPO) was selected for 750 GWh a year from ammonia co-firing, against 6500 GWh offered; a 15-year contract from 2028.
On 18 December 2024 the European Commission approved a large aid scheme for producers of upgraded biogas and e-methane in Denmark: a 20-year premium, five tender rounds in 2024–2030, 7.9 PJ a year.
