Stone-fruit stones (plum, cherry, apricot) — BMP: 3 studies, weighted mean 84 m³ CH₄/t VS
84 m³ CH₄/t VS weighted mean from 3 studies
negative — editorial rating for biogas plants≈52 %
Knowledge compendium — page 45
1,083 articles on biogas, biomethane, bioLNG, biohydrogen, waste-to-energy, waste and regulation — since December 2019. Filter by category, type, year and tag.
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United Kingdom: the Smart Export Guarantee replaces FIT, and biogas plants face an audit
From 1 January 2020 the Smart Export Guarantee operates in the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales). It replaces the feed-in tariff, and biogas plants of 1 MW and above must present a sustainability audit every year.
The Green Deal Investment Plan: EUR 1 trillion and the Just Transition Mechanism
The Commission announced the mobilisation of at least EUR 1 trillion of investment over the decade and presented the Just Transition Mechanism with the Just Transition Fund.
NFOŚiGW selects 41 cogeneration projects, including agricultural biogas plants
The Fund granted co-financing to 41 projects under measure 1.6.1 of the Infrastructure and Environment Operational Programme (POIiŚ). Among them are four agricultural biogas plants with a capacity of up to 500 kW and biomass installations.
China: waste sorting has started in 237 cities. In 46 key cities 54% of residential compounds are covered
The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development reported that waste sorting has started in 237 Chinese cities; in the 46 key cities it covers 77,000 residential compounds and 49 million households.
Lithuania: first technology-neutral premium auction, biogas alongside wind and solar
Lithuania moved from fixed tariffs to market premium auctions. In the first round in 2019 the premium cap was €48.93/MWh, and biogas and biomass could also apply for support.
Biogas upgrading technologies: comparing membranes, PSA, scrubbers and cryogenics
Five families of technology remove CO₂ from biogas: membranes, PSA, water scrubbing, amine scrubbing and cryogenic separation. We compare the operating principle, methane losses and energy demand.
Shanghai: six months of mandatory sorting. Kitchen waste is growing, processing capacity is lacking
Since July 2019 Shanghai has required sorting into four streams. After six months, over half as much again kitchen waste is collected, but the facilities cannot keep up.
Methanogens in a biogas plant: acetoclasts, hydrogenotrophs and syntrophy
Who produces methane in the digester and why the composition of the microbial community changes with ammonia, temperature and substrate. Practical conclusions for the operator.
From 1 January 2020, waste records only through the BDO
Registration in the BDO register became a condition for keeping waste records and reporting. The change also applies to biogas plants that receive waste as a substrate and release digestate.
Co-incineration of waste in cement plants and heating plants: requirements, emissions, practice
Co-incineration is the use of waste as a fuel in an installation whose main purpose is producing energy or goods, e.g. clinker. We explain the rules, emission limits and the role of cement plants in Poland.
Poland submits to the Commission its National Energy and Climate Plan for 2021–2030
On 30 December 2019 the Minister of State Assets submitted the National Energy and Climate Plan (KPEiK) to the EC — a document required by Regulation 2018/1999 on the governance of the energy union. The plan covers five dimensions of energy policy.
East Rockingham: waste incineration plant near Perth with ARENA funding
The East Rockingham Resource Recovery Facility in Western Australia is to process up to 330,000 t of waste per year (including 30,000 t of sludge) and export 28.9 MW to the grid; ARENA contributed AUD 18 million.
China: ten institutions announce guidelines for “bio natural gas” — a target of 10 billion m³ by 2025
Chinese authorities published guidelines on the industrialisation of bio natural gas, i.e. biomethane: over 10 billion m³ a year by 2025 and over 20 billion m³ by 2030.
Citrus fruit (whole, pulp) — BMP: 5 studies, weighted mean 353 m³ CH₄/t VS
353 m³ CH₄/t VS weighted mean from 5 studies
neutral — editorial rating for biogas plants≈52 %
USA: Dominion Energy and Vanguard Renewables are building a network of biogas plants on dairy farms
Dominion Energy and Vanguard Renewables announced more than USD 200 million for about 15 biogas projects at dairy farms, which will produce renewable natural gas (RNG).
Watermilfoil — BMP: 2 studies, weighted mean 220 m³ CH₄/t VS
220 m³ CH₄/t VS weighted mean from 2 studies
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The European Council backs climate neutrality in 2050 — without Poland
At the summit of 12–13 December 2019, EU leaders endorsed the goal of climate neutrality by 2050. One state — Poland — did not commit to achieving it and returned to the subject in 2020.
Cauliflower leaves and stems — BMP: 8 studies, weighted mean 336 m³ CH₄/t VS
336 m³ CH₄/t VS weighted mean from 8 studies
neutral — editorial rating for biogas plants68 %
The European Commission presents the European Green Deal: climate neutrality by 2050
Communication COM(2019) 640 set out a plan for the EU to achieve climate neutrality in 2050 and announced a series of acts: from the climate law to strategies for agriculture and the circular economy.
Australia: the National Waste Policy Action Plan – targets to 2030
Australia adopted the National Waste Policy Action Plan 2019: among other things a waste export ban, 80% resource recovery and halving organic waste to landfill by 2030.
RES auction for existing biogas and biomass installations ends without a result
The largest auction of 2019 (up to 34 TWh, PLN 20.74 billion) failed because too few bids were submitted. The auction for agricultural biogas plants above 1 MW produced only two winners.
New Zealand: the Zero Carbon Act and a separate target for biogenic methane
In November 2019 New Zealand passed the Zero Carbon Act with a separate target for biogenic methane: −10% by 2030 and −24–47% by 2050 relative to 2017.
National Indicative Target (NCW): who it applies to and where biomethane fits
The NCW is a statutory obligation of fuel companies: a minimum share of biocomponents and other renewable fuels in transport. We explain the rules of settlement and how biomethane fits into it.