Market development and biomethane trade in Europe BIOSURF Workshop 22/03/2017, Berlin Arthur Wellinger Senior Advisor European Biogas Association
What is EBA? Non-profit association founded in 2009 Covers biogas and biomethane from anaerobic digestion and biomass gasification Well-established network and communication platform for exchanging information and expertise in biogas Member of EREF and EUFORES, co-operation with waste, gas and renewable associations Based in Brussels, Renewable Energy House (REH)
25 countries, 36 National Associations, 55 Companies Representing 7,100 Stakeholders www.european-biogas.eu
European Biomethane Industry Anaerobic digestion followed by biogas upgrading Gasification of renewable organic matter followed by syngas conversion to biomethane Power-to-Gas: producing methane fuel from biogenic carbon or utilizing biological pathways
Overview of the European Biogas Industry
Decentralised, on demand, secure
Evolution of biogas production in Europe (PJ)
Evolution of installed electric power in Europe (MW) Total capacity 2015: 8,728 MW
Evolution of the Number of Biomethane Plants in Europe
Distribution of the Biomethane Plants in 2015 Total number of upgrading plants in 2015: 459 in 15 countries
Number of upgrading plants worldwide 35 24 61 25 13 50 11 8 6 6 3 4 2 2 12 10 20 188 Total number of uprgrading plants: 485 Austria Brazil Canada China Denmark Finland France Germany Italy Japan Luxembourg Norway South Korea Sweden Switzerland The Netherlands United Kingdom USA Hungary 2 Iceland 2 Spain 1
Global potential of biogas production Source: IRENA
Natural Gas Consumption EU28 500,0 Primary energy consumption - Natural gas (EU 28, in Mtoe) 450,0 400,0 350,0 300,0 250,0 200,0 150,0 100,0 50,0 0,0 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Gas Future is out there 500 450 400 Current average annual decrease: 22 bcm 350 300 250 200 150 50m Mtoe 100 50 0
Biomethane in Transportation
Biomethane Cuts CO 2 Emissions
Gas grids: Infrastructure also for biomethane Quelle: VSG 21 28.03.2017 4. Bioenergie Forum
Liquefied biomethane offers HD transport CNG LNG Targeting large consumption applications Sharing infrastructure (shale LNG imports) Replacing diesel and fuel oil (bunker fuel) Bunker fuel - up to 3.5% Sulphur (2012, open ocean)
Cost of biofuels
Enabling European Biomethane Trade
Biomethane Trade Lack of biomethane trade prevents further biomethane developments Cross-border trade is limited to bilateral agreements (CH-DE, DK- DE); international trade is mainly done through road transport The potential of biomethane production is not equal to the national demand and the international trade would eliminate this discrepancy Green Gas Grids have identified the biomethane potentials, while BIOSURF currently has the objective to develop national biomethane registries
European Renewable Gas register, ERGaR Enabling European Single Market of Biomethane
Three pillars of cross-border biomethane administration 1. Sustainability verification (covering production) prior to grid injection and cross-border transfer of sustainability claims. 2. European natural gas network (consisting of the transmission and distribution systems) treated as single logistical facility with regard to injected biomethane. 3. Mass balancing of injected and withdrawn biomethane consignments within the European natural gas network Berlin, 17 th June, 2016
ERGaR: Solution for cross-border mass balancing and transfer of sustainability claims ERGaR will be: the Europe-wide recognised organisation for administering and mass balancing volumes of biomethane virtually distributed along the European natural gas network, rely on national biomethane registries as primary source of documentation, follow jointly agreed procedures for issuing and cancelling GoOs for consignments with export destinations, provide for cross-border transfer of sustainability claims (GHG emission characteristics) attached to the consignments
Strategy for Biomethane Industry European Biogas Industry is more than just renewable electricity Biomethane offers high GHG savings for natural gas blends, enabling gas greening Biomethane industry can be a pillar of EU energy High technical potential Methane fuel helps to substitute fossil fuel Biomethane as vehicle fuel is a mature technology for LDV and HDV (in contrast to electric vehicles) Need for a strong biomethane push right now
Thank you Arthur Wellinger Senior Advisor wellinger@european-biogas.eu European Biogas Association Renewable Energy House Rue d'arlon 63-65 B - 1040 Brussels +32 24.00.10 89 info@european-biogas.eu www.european-biogas.eu