Manual for National Biomethane Strategies
The purpose of this manual
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Commission published the REPowerEU Plan¹ to reduce the European Union’s dependency on Russian energy imports. The REPowerEU Plan sets the ambition to replace 35 billion cubic meters (bcm)² of the 155 bcm of European natural gas currently imported from Russia with domestic production of biomethane across the EU-27 by 2030. This is equivalent to roughly ten times the current annual EU biomethane production. Today, 3 bcm of biomethane and 15 bcm of biogas are produced in the EU-27.³ Gas for Climate recently assessed the potential for sustainable biomethane production⁴ in the EU-27, estimating that the European Union has the potential to produce up to 41 bcm/year biomethane by 2030⁵, ⁶. In 2030, the key feedstock potential for anaerobic digestion comes from manure, agricultural residues such as straw, sequential cropping⁷ and industrial wastewater. Feedstocks for thermal gasification are mainly woody wastes and residues. The sustainable biomethane potential could increase to 151 bcm by 2050⁸ by mobilising additional feedstock streams, especially sequential cropping, and increasing biomethane production capacity.⁹ There is sufficient sustainable potential available, but concerted action is required to make the feedstock accessible and to mobilise and scale up biomethane supply chains. The EU’s 35 bcm biomethane target for 2030 has to be translated into individual contributions by all member states. To assist with the implementation of the REPowerEU Plan, the European Commission published a Biomethane Action Plan¹⁰ setting out measures to be taken at both national and European levels to scale up biomethane production and consumption. The plan includes a recommendation to member states to develop a national biomethane strategy as soon as possible.¹¹ T
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