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Response from Abel Clemente: There are many opportunities yet to come in Mexico due to new legislation in place. The new laws and regulations are considering the use of residual biomasses to obtain either biogas or biomethane upon specific energy applications.
Response from Abel Clemente: Through distributed generation, the Federal Administration is considering boosting the biogas and biomethane industry in Mexico for decarbonization and circular economy purposes. Biogás/biomethane is expected to be used for both clean electrical power generation and green heat mainly in industrial applications. At the AMBB we will continue to support the sector by developing different kinds of assessments, consulting and technology integrations along with other renewable sources of energy for being competitive, and sustainable in industrial, residential and agricultural applications.
Response from Ahto Oja: it was possible before, but not anymore according to the EU RED III legislation now there is only 1 unified CI score for biomethane.
Response from Ahto Oja: In fact, currently any biomethane injection doesn’t take place yet in Estonia. My current understanding is that theoretically the biomethane PoS export is possible also without physical injection and without exporting the GO (biomethane molecules), but I also got the understanding that in future it will not be possible in order to avoid double counting.
Response from Ahto Oja: to purify the off gas CO2 and sell it, to sell the digestate as fertilizer, gate fees for the feedstock, which dumping is costly
Response from Padraig Fleming: Currently we think we will meet about 25% of our current gas demand from biomethane. It is difficult to be certain about the exact volume of gas that can be produced this early in the development of the industry. Our expectation is that we will have to meet the balance of our decarbonisation with the use of hydrogen, which will take longer to develop.
Response from Ahto Oja: in Estonian case we have national biomethane register/trading platform managed by TSO Elering and producers report them.
Response from Padraig Fleming: We will be looking for the IT solution for this later this year. My understanding is that we will have to link our data base as the National Statutory certifying body to the UDB. I am not expecting that Producers will have to link with the UDB, but I will need to confirm this.
Response from Padraig Fleming: For us in Ireland, I think the biggest challenge is the route to market. Countries in the European Union that have really accelerated biomethane production have either put a Feed-in Tariff or Offtake contracts from Government into the market. This has provided certainty to Producers to be able to sell their product into the market and attract investment funding. At the moment we do not have either of these schemes in Ireland which makes funding plants more challenging.
Response from Padraig Fleming at Gas Networks Ireland:In Gas Networks Ireland we have tried to be proactive in progressing items like developing connection policies, market activations and targeting some innovation funding at the market. These steps are important as policies are essential to be ahead of the market, otherwise it will slow everything down. Market activation and innovation funding are needed initially to inform the public, policy makers and investors of the opportunity biomethane offers.
While biogas/RNG could be viable for supplying power to something such as a data center, so could many other forms of renewable energy.
I think there is higher potential for something like micro-grids. Biogas/RNG has the added benefit of being able to be stored, and provide power for future use, when demand spikes or other renewable generation is low. It also has wide applications for a micro-grid, from home heating and cooking, to power, and transportation fuelsI think there’s an enormous opportunity for upgraders right now, particularly due to Europe 30by35, where the continent is aiming to achieve a production target of 35 billion cubic meters by 2035. Many existing facilities will look to transition to biomethane production where feasible to take advantage of existing and emerging programs.
I think the ambition of this program also poses a bit of a challenge for the industry as well. There is pressure to achieve these goals and high-level support, but the lower levels are lacking. Permitting is slow for new facilities, and social acceptability remains a challenge in many areas.
I think one of the most clear challenges, particularly in the wake of the administration change in the US, is clear policy and long-term stability for the market. It is challenging for the market to sustainably grow in an environment where developers are unsure whether funding or credits/markets will be repealed, created, or changed every few years
Absolutely, it can be, just not in all circumstances. Most clearly, I think we can observe this at landfills, where many landfill operations were profitable before the addition of GCCS systems.
I think the next area we’ll be able to observe profitable facilities before/without subsidies will be in the ICI sector. One such example of this is the new AstraZeneca facility developed by Future Biogas in the UK
https://www.futurebiogas.com/about/content-hub/news/future-biogas-and-astrazeneca-bring-the-uk-s-first-unsubsidised-biomethane-plant-online/futurebiogas.com
Future Biogas and AstraZeneca bring the UK’s first unsubsidised biomethane plant online
Future Biogas and AstraZeneca bring the UK’s first unsubsidised biomethane plant online
From a policy perspective, I think the future is in effective and efficient valourization.
Many regions are lacking adequate supports encouraging the agricultural industry to take advantage of this resource. Whether it’s qualifying digestate use for carbon reduction credits (counting reduced fertilizer use), or a support scheme of its own. A bright future requires some encouragement.
I’d love to hear what some of the folks currently commercializing new advancements have to say about this! Can you share your thoughts @NPHarvest @BiogasWorld_Burak ?