POB: 122 biomethane projects in Poland, and Biorig announces 20 installations

The Polish Biomethane Organisation (POB) published at the end of 2025 the report "Stan i perspektywy rozwoju instalacji biometanowych w Polsce". It shows that, as at the end of the third quarter of 2025, 122 projects converting biogas to biomethane are being prepared in the country, with total production of about 815 million Nm³ per year. The authors analysed data from 314 counties and almost 2.5 thousand municipalities.

Structure of the projects

By capacity, medium-sized installations dominate: 70 projects are of 1–5 MW, 30 below 1 MW and 22 above 5 MW. Progress varies: in 76 cases investors have filed an application for an environmental decision, in 34 the proceedings have been completed (30 decisions issued), and twelve projects are at later stages – two have a land development conditions decision, three are in the building permit procedure, and six have a permit, of which one installation is already operating (in the source the stages listed add up to 11, not 12; the difference is not explained there). The largest numbers of projects are planned in the Greater Poland, Lower Silesian, Lubusz, Pomeranian, Podlaskie, Warmian-Masurian, West Pomeranian and Kuyavian-Pomeranian voivodeships; in central and southern Poland there are markedly fewer investments.

The only operating installation is the biomethane plant at the Südzucker sugar factory in Strzelin, which in September 2025 became the first in Poland to start injecting biomethane into the gas grid.

The Biorig plan

In December 2025 the Spanish company Biorig announced the construction of 20 biomethane plants in Poland, with total production of about 1 TWh of energy per year. The planned investment exceeds PLN 1.5 billion, the locations are to be in the West Pomeranian, Greater Poland, Lower Silesian, Silesian, Lublin, Masovian and Podlaskie voivodeships, and construction is to be completed within five years. The biomethane is to go to industrial customers under supply contracts via the gas grid and long-term purchase agreements (BPA).

Significance for the industry in Poland

The report illustrates the difference between interest and delivery: more than a hundred projects in preparation, but only a few with building permits. The bottlenecks are environmental decisions, grid connections and the lack of a support system for larger installations. At the same time, the structure – the dominance of 1–5 MW installations – fits the auction system then being prepared for biomethane plants larger than those covered by the FIP premium (up to 1 MW).

For gas grid operators, 815 million Nm³ per year is a planning challenge: the project locations are scattered, often outside areas of greatest gas demand, which increases the importance of reverse flow and direct gas pipelines.

What to watch

The number of projects in preparation is not a production forecast – some of them will not be realised. It is worth following subsequent editions of the report and the number of projects with permits, because that is the real indicator of progress.