Adjustments to the requirements for mass balance verification

With immediate effect, biomethane quantities imported into the dena Biogasregister from other EU countries will be entered in the “green” status without separate proof and thus meet the requirements of a mass balancing delivery.

 

With the entry into force of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/996, the EU interconnected grid is regarded as a single mass balancing system for gaseous fuels. Accordingly, the requirements in the biogas register for the verification of imported biomethane quantities are hereby adjusted.

The previous requirement that proof in the form of a capacity booking at a cross-border interconnection point had to be submitted for imported quantities - which were initially entered in “yellow” status by default - in order to document a mass balancing delivery is no longer applicable. For quantities from non-EU countries (e.g. UK), nothing will change for the time being and proof in the form of a capacity booking will continue to be required for a mass balance delivery.

Quantities that have already been booked in will be changed from “yellow” to “green” status at short notice at the request of the company that has accepted the import in the Biogasregister. This request can be made informally by e-mail to support@biogasregister.de, stating the batch number(s).