Publications
19.04.2023
Design, build, and monitor biogas and biomethane plants to slash methane emissions
The European Biogas Association (EBA), in collaboration with biogas experts, has conducted a review of methane emissions originating from anaerobic digestion (AD) plants to support and advise the indu...
14.02.2023
Beyond energy – monetising biomethane’s whole-system benefits
Biomethane is the cheapest and most scalable form of renewable gas available today. It can directly substitute natural gas and is flexible as it can be readily stored and deployed across the whole ene...
06.12.2022
EBA Statistical Report 2022
The 2023 edition of the EBA Statistical Report is now available here
The EBA Statistical Report is the only detailed publication tracking the state of play of biogas and biomethane production and use...
06.10.2022
Biogenic CO2 from the biogas industry
This white paper explores the climate impact of biogenic CO2 use or storage, the main utilisation avenues and perspective markets opportunities. While detailing current CO2 re...
20.09.2022
New Study on a Manual for National Biomethane Strategies
Gas for Climate publishes a 10-step implementation manual supporting Member States in planning and achieving national biomethane targets.
The 10 steps to develop and implement national biomethane str...
07.07.2022
Biomethane production potentials in the EU
Biomethane can play an important role in meeting the European Union (EU) 2030 GHG reduction target and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. Additionally, biomethane increases European energy securit...
08.06.2022
Speed up biomethane production in Europe
RePowerEU calls for urgent action to mitigate the impact of rising energy prices, diversify the EU gas supply and accelerate the clean energy transition. The European biogas and biomethane sectors ar...
25.04.2022
Breaking Free of the Energy Dependency Trap – Delivering 35 bcm of biomethane by 2030
RePowerEU calls for urgent action to mitigate the impact of rising energy prices, diversify the EU gas supply and accelerate the clean energy transition. The European biogas and biomethane sectors ar...
01.03.2022
Fuelling clean mobility with bio-LNG
The European Green Deal aims to reduce 55% of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the European Union by 2030. This directive would turn Europe into the first climate neutral continent. A swift deca...
23.02.2022
Technical analysis of the 2018 and 2021 ICCT reports on the role of biomethane as a renewable energy source
Biomethane is a cost-efficient, carbon neutral – in some cases even carbon negative – renewable fuel that all countries will have to embrace as they move towards decarbonisation. In this publicat...
20.01.2022
Biomethane Map 2021
This comprehensive map locates and lists all known biomethane installations running in Europe. It has been produced with the information gathered from national biogas associations, energy agencies an...
03.01.2022
The future role of biomethane
The Gas for Climate consortium published a paper exploring the future role of biomethane in the energy system. The report is a Gas for Climate publication, prepared to support the work of the group o...
02.12.2021
Gas for Climate Market State and Trends Report 2021
The report Market state and trends in renewable and low-carbon gases in Europe, published by the Gas for Climate consortium, identifies the most recent key trends across the value chain of biomethane...
25.11.2021
EBA Statistical Report 2021
The 11th edition of the EBA Statistical Report serves as a reference document and is the most comprehensive report covering the European biogas and biomethane market, both on a European level and at...
22.11.2021
Gasification – A Sustainable Technology for Circular Economies
Scaling up to reach net-zero by 2050
The paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the strong potential of gasification technologies to accelerate the net-zero responsibilities of the European waste...
04.11.2021
Overview of European Biogas & Gasification Technologies – 2 Gasification
The following document provides an overview of existing European gasification technologies and the main gasification processes.
After the introductory section on biomass conversion processes, the...
04.11.2021
Overview of European Biogas & Gasification Technologies – 1 Biogas
The following document provides an overview of existing European biogas technologies.
After the introductory section about Anaerobic Digestion (AD), the text follows the logic of the biogas produc...
03.06.2021
Smart CO2 standards for negative emissions mobility
This paper includes three key recommendations to ensure the deployment of biomethane in transport and consequently achieve a fast, cost effective shift to carbon neutral mobility in Europe by 2050.&nb...
13.04.2021
The role of biogas production from industrial wastewaters in reaching climate neutrality by 2050
This paper has mapped the opportunities of producing biogas from industrial wastewaters and quantified the biogas production potential of different EU industry sectors. The results show that biogas ha...
26.01.2021
Setting a binding target for 11% renewable gas
The Gas for Climate consortium published a policy paper which provides an analysis-based rationale on why an 11% renewable gas target is needed to meet the EU's climate ambition to cut GHG emissions b...
25.01.2021
EBA Statistical Report 2020
The EBA Statistical Report draws on the latest available data on the development of biogas and biomethane across Europe. We extend our gratitude to all our national biogas association members, who kin...
16.12.2020
Market state and trends in renewable and low-carbon gases in Europe
This report provides a unique review of current biomethane and green and blue hydrogen markets in Europe. The report, developed by Guidehouse for the Gas for Climate consortium, describes key market t...
25.11.2020
Renewable Gas Success Stories 2020
Biogas and biomethane have a key role to play in the transition towards carbon neutrality and a resource-efficient economy. This booklet collects some of the key actors and many success stories that a...
18.06.2020
EBA-GiE biomethane map 2020
The European Biogas Association (EBA) and Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE) have released the second edition of the ‘European Biomethane Map’. The analysis of the data collected shows that the numbe...