Room: Sormiou
Date: Tuesday, 25 June 2024
Time: 17:30 - 18:30 CEST
Session code IBO.5
Biomethane production and market deployment
European Biogases Development
Short Introductive summary
Renewable gases, including biogases, are central to achieving carbon-neutrality in the EU by 2050 and helping reduce energy dependency. The production of renewable energies and biofuels has greatly increased in the EU, in stark contrast to all other domestic energy sources (except nuclear), which have been steadily declining. Since 2016, energy production from renewable sources has been the biggest domestic supplier of energy to the EU. This unequivocally demonstrates that Europe’s greatest resource for reducing reliance on outside energy providers is a combination of all renewable energy sources, including biogases. Biogases can directly substitute on the rise natural gas imports, being it flexible as readily stored and deployed using existing gas infrastructure and technologies. Production of biogases is growing and, by 2050, it can be increased at least fivefold, going up to 167 bcm. This potential can be delivered using sustainable feedstocks.
Presenter
Mieke DECORTE
European Biogas Association, BELGIUM
Presenter's biography
Mieke Decorte is Technical Director at the European Biogas Association since 2021 while she joined the association in 2018. Mieke manages and coordinates the technical and project work within the EBA and supports EBA’s policy and communication work with technical knowledge and data. Her ma
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Co-authors:
M. Decorte, European Biogas Association, Brussels, BELGIUM
Session reference: IBO.5.2