Strategy to Respond to the Challenges Facing the

European Biogas Industry

Jan Stambasky – EBA President

II. Conference of the European Biogas Association Egmond aan Zee, 30.09.2014

European  Biogas  Association    25  countries  –  32  National  Organisations  –  36  companies  

   

www.european-­‐biogas.eu  www.eu4biogas.eu  

EBA  2012  

European Biogas Industry 2014

Ø  > 14 000 Biogas plants all over the Europe Ø  ~ 15 000 000 000 m3 methane will be produced in 2014 Ø  >30 m3 of methane per capita

Ø  >250 Biomethane plants Ø  in AT, CH, DE, DK, ES, FR, FI, LX, NL, NO, SE, UK Ø  ~ 1 000 000 000 m3 biomethane produced

Ø  > 7 500 MW installed power in combined H&P Ø  3-4 fairly sized conventional power plants

Biogas is Multitalent

Transport, Electricity &

Heat

Nutrients recycling

Balancing energy

Decentralized energy

production

Waste management  

Schmack Biogas GmbH

Resource-versatility

Bio-fertiliser (Digestate)

MULTITALENT

Key Policies for Biogas Industry

Ø  2030 Targets and support of renewables Ø  EU Energy policy, State Aid, …

Ø  Bio-waste Ø  Circular economy, Waste framework directive, …

Ø  Biomethane Ø  European standards, European biomethane market, …

Ø  Digestate Ø  Fertilizer regulation, End-of-waste criteria, …

Ø  Sustainability Ø  Sustainability criteria, Indirect land use change (iLUC), …

2030 Targets

Ø  Binding RES targets Ø  CO2 target only is not an option… Ø  Only long-term and stable policies are efficient Ø  Targets have to be both, EU-wide, and national too

Ø  State aid guidelines

Ø  Ambitious goals for transport Ø  Separate target for transport is a must Ø  We can deliver zero, or even negative CO2 emissions

Sustainability of Biogas Production

Emissions:  Grammes  of  CO2  equivalent  per  km  Source:  Organic  power  

Sustainability of Biogas Production

Ø  LCA analyses are to be made comprehensive and factors affecting the sustainability criteria scientifically sound, predictable and stable

Ø  GHG emission calculations: consider all emissions including the avoided ones: manure credits, fertiliser effect of digestate

Ø  Promote the use of catch and cover crops for biogas productions

Ø  Biomethane classification as an advanced biofuel Ø  Ban bio-waste landfills and improve households’ waste

separation Ø  Good agricultural practice, #biogasdoneright

Ø  Parallel session on substrates (9.00 – 10.30)

Biowaste and Digestate Ø  Circular economy

Ø  Anaerobic digestion process is a bio-refinery

Ø  European Eco-label Criteria Ø  Reasonable limits on contaminants, sampling frequency, …

Ø  End-of-waste criteria for digestate, and biowaste Ø  Efficient waste management first Ø  Best Reference Technique Document (BREF)

Ø  EU Fertiliser regulation Ø  Various criteria set upon digestate (composition,

contaminants), … Ø  Parallel session on digestate (11.00 – 12.30)

EBA Digestate Workshop on 15/10/2014

Biomethane Opportunities

Ø  Multiple use, including motor biofuel Ø  Use of natural gas distribution and storage systems Ø  New geographical and commercial dimensions Ø  Possibility of cross-border transactions Ø  Biomethane in transportation

Ø  CNG/LNG consumption 2012: 3,0 billion m3 Ø  Biomethane production 2012: 0,6 billion m3 Ø  CNG/LNG consumption 2020: 10 - 15 billion m3 Ø  Biomethane as biofuel 2020: 2,0 - 3,0 billion m3 (20%)

Ø  We can keep pace with 20% share in NG fleets fuel

Biomethane/Biogas Production…

… Compared to Natural Gas

Strategies for Biomethane

Ø  Biomethane standardization (CEN/TC408) Ø  Biomethane from syngas to enlarge our potential Ø  Enabling biomethane cross-border trade

Ø  One Europe needs one market Ø  Harvesting opportunities of one market space Ø  The „bio” quality must be certified in the producing country Ø  The „bio” qualification from the producing country must be

acknowledged in the receiving country

Ø  Push for National Biomethane Registries Ø  Track, confirm and document the biomethane transactions

along the contractual chain

Biomethane Technical Potential

Resource Potential [1×109

m9] Woody Biomass 66 Herbaceous Biomass 11 Wet biomass residues 26 Energy crops 48-143 Total 151-246 Green Gas Grid Project, 2013 European Biomethane Roadmap Maximal technical potential

EU 28 NG consumption 2013 462×109 m3 (2% down from 2012)

European “Independency”

Eurogas Statistical Report 2013

Ø  Only 9 countries do not import Russian natural gas Ø  Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Ireland, Malta, Portugal, Spain,

Sweden, United Kingdom

Ø  Baltic countries and Finland import 100% … Ø  Even the Netherlands with its gas reserves imports 5%

(22.1 TWh) Ø  Switzerland 23% (8.7 TWh)

Ø  Annual imports of 1226 TWh or 24.2% (2012) Ø  7% less compare to 2011 Ø  Three major pipelines (Nord Stream, Yamal, Brotherhood)

European “Independency”

Total current EU biogas production is about 14×109 m3 of NG equiv.

NREAP target for 2020 is 28×109 m3 of NG equiv.

Ø  Nord Stream Ø  2× 27.5 billion m3/y

Ø  Yamal Ø  33 billion m3/y

Ø  Brotherhood Ø  Urengoy–Pomary–Uzhgorod

pipeline, 4 500 km Ø  33 billion m3/y

Biogas Industry Can Answer This

European Strategy for Biogas Industry

Ø  2030 Targets and support of renewables Ø  EU Energy policy, State Aid, …

Ø  Bio-waste Ø  Circular economy, Waste framework directive, …

Ø  Biomethane Ø  European standards, European biomethane market, …

Ø  Digestate Ø  Fertilizer regulation, End-of-waste criteria, …

Ø  Sustainability Ø  Sustainability criteria, Indirect land use change (iLUC), …

European Strategy for Biogas Industry Ø  Biogas is delivering more than energy

Ø  … all the advantages have to be acknowledged

Ø  Biogas industry can be a pillar of EU energy security Ø  2020 EU biogas target is comparable with major gas

pipelines capacity (or Ukrainian gas transits) Ø  Entire biomethane potential can completely avoid

imports of Russian natural gas Ø  But we cannot “replace Nord Stream” without knowing the

legal status of digestate produced… and many other things.

Ø  Multitalent industry needs multiple strategy

Strategy to Respond to the Challenges Facing the European Biogas Industry

Jan Stambasky President European Biogas Association stambasky@european-biogas.eu www.european-biogas.eu