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Real Decreto 917/2025 of 15 October 2025 amends articles 11 and 21 of RD 413/2014: it adjusts the calculation of equivalent hours for hybrid installations with energy storage.
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.
A summary of the most important changes to the Act on Renewable Energy Sources since 2022 that affect biogas and biomethane: the special act for agricultural biogas plants, registers, guarantees, biomethane support and new thresholds.
The Japanese system rests on the 2000 food waste recycling act and the 2019 food loss reduction act. Targets to 2030, revised after businesses reached theirs early.
On 17 October 2025 an extraordinary session of the International Maritime Organization postponed by a year the decision on formally adopting the Net-Zero Framework for shipping. For bioLNG this means continued dependence on EU rules.
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.
Two ATEX directives: one for equipment manufacturers, the other for employers. What this means for the biogas plant operator, how the explosion protection document works and what to check.
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.
On 1 October 2025 the deposit return system for PET bottles up to 3 l and cans up to 1 l started in Poland; the deposit is 50 groszy, and PLN 1 for reusable glass bottles. Shops above 200 m² must accept packaging.
On 18 September 2025 the European Commission approved the German package for biomass and biogas, which increases support by €7.9 billion. The new rules apply from the tender of 1 October 2025.
EBA report of September 2025: by 2040 biomethane installations in the EU could capture up to 89 million tonnes of biogenic CO₂ a year. Today 125 installations capture about 1.17 million t.
The decree of 8 September 2025 amends and then repeals the BG16 tariff: new biogas power plants will no longer receive a purchase obligation, and producers have gained an easier route to biomethane injection.
According to reports of 19 September 2025, the Romanian government is preparing an emergency ordinance that will define the biomethane producer and its rights and obligations. The strategy target: 5% biomethane in the gas grid by 2030.
On 18 September 2025 Prime Minister Albanese announced the 2035 target: a 62–70% emissions reduction relative to 2005. The government announced a package of more than AUD 8 billion, including a net zero fund and support for CEFC.
Since 2024, municipal waste incineration plants have reported emissions in the EU ETS, without an obligation to surrender allowances. The Commission is to assess whether to include them in the system from 2028. We explain the legal position and scenarios.
Since 1 January 2025 Vietnam has required household waste to be sorted into three fractions. According to the ministry, only 32 of 63 units have launched pilots, and food waste makes up 50–60% of the stream.
On 9 September 2025 Polska Spółka Gazownictwa announced the start-up of a biomethane plant at the Südzucker Polska sugar factory in Strzelin – the first in the country connected to the gas grid. Surplus biomethane reaches the grid through a 9-kilometre pipeline.
On 9 September 2025 the European Parliament approved the Council's position on the revision of the Waste Framework Directive. Directive (EU) 2025/1892 introduces binding food waste reduction targets and EPR for textiles.
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.
The September 2025 review did not change the Green Gas Support Scheme rates: Tier 1 6.86 p/kWh, Tier 2 4.26, Tier 3 3.98. Since 2022 the Tier 1 rate has risen from 5.51 to 6.86 p/kWh.
How to calculate the rate in m³/ha from the digestate analysis and the fertilisation plan, check the nitrogen limit and estimate losses. An example with explicit assumptions.
An analysis of Argentina's attempts to create a framework for hydrogen: the never-regulated Law 26.123 of 2006, the bills of 2019–2023 and the Fundar report of August 2025 calling for a law to be passed.
On 21 August 2025 President Karol Nawrocki vetoed an amendment to the Act on Renewable Energy Sources which contained auctions for biomethane and a change in the minimum distance of wind turbines from buildings (from 700 to 500 m).
In August 2025 the NSW EPA proposed a new order and exemption for biosolids with PFAS thresholds and testing obligations; the deadline for comments was set for 26 September.
