urcing.inex-circular.com/ iNex Circular developed the SAAS B2B tool “iNex sourcing”, a technology of identification and qualification of waste for biogas recyclers and industrials. Thanks to statistical models, machine learning and data from open-data sources, iNex sourcing makes the circular economy
energy transition and climate protection beyond Germany’s borders. We are also excited to announce that we are again planning to incorporate the Annual Biogas Partner Conference and the Energy Efficiency Award Ceremony as an integral feature of this year’s dena Energy Congress. This year’s dena Energy
role of biogas in transport and heating transition will be among the issues up for discussion, as will the future of biogas after the discontinuation of remunerations under the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG). Since 2008, dena has presented awards to no fewer than 26 prize winners of the Biogas Partnership [...] ge For the tenth time, the Deutsche Energie-Agentur (dena) – the German Energy Agency – is inviting applications for the Europe-wide competition, ‘Biogas Partnership of the Year’. The search is on for participants whose business models, services and products provide the biomethane market with fresh stimulus [...] hundred percent biomethane that is produced from residual materials and waste products, or from surplus green electricity. Further information on the Biogas Partnership can be found at www.biogaspartner.de
models for the sector, now biogas plants are no longer funded, current developments in international biomethane trade and the impact of a new regulatory framework on technologies and markets. Biomethane – almost CO 2 -neutral biogas with natural gas quality Biomethane is a biogas that is upgraded to natural [...] will serve as a mutual acknowledgement of biomethane certifications from both countries. Since 2011, dena operates the German Biogas Register, while Energinet operates a biogas register for Denmark. For customers of both registers, this will facilitate the cross-border transfer of almost CO 2 -neutral [...] often pose difficulties, as not all member states have established registers and existing national biogas registers are not aligned with one another. The EBC proposed a plan to establish a European Biogas Register (European Renewable Gas Registry, ERGaR), aimed at standardising the exchange of biomethane
ion and verification of cross border trade • Already, many initiatives and ideas on harmonization exist • International cooperation of biogas registries is crucial • Regulations (mass balancing/state aid) may be clear, but practice remains complicated Post Subsidy Solutions • [...] the challenges and solutions discussed as presented at the end of the conference below available for download. In the margins of the conference the biogas registries from Denmark and Germany proposed their cooperation for a mutual recognition of guarantees of origins to facilitate the trade of biomethane [...] Joachim Krassowski, Fraunhofer UMSICHT Download ( 1 MB ) Panel II: Bio-LNG on its way forward: Case Italy Dr. Lorenzo Maggioni, CIB-Consorzio Italiano Biogas e Gassifica-zione Download ( 7 MB ) Panel II: Cross border trade of biomethane – new verification standards Michael Landspersky, TÜV Süd Industrie
coordinating the biogas register for Germany Since 2011 dena has been maintaining the biogas register for Germany. This includes documenting the origin of biomethane. Back in June 2016, dena signed a first transnational cooperative agreement with the coordinator of the Austrian biogas register, Gas Clearing [...] initiative. Members of the ERGaR initiative include administrators of national biogas registers, national biogas associations, companies in the natural gas industry and representatives of other interests in the European biogas and biomethane industry. The demand for biomethane has been increasing for years [...] 06/12/16 Report dena helping to establish a European biogas register network Along with eleven international partners, dena is establishing a European biogas register network. The aim is to create a standardised and recognised verification system for renewable gases, thereby expanding international trade
for Natural-Gas-Based Mobility The Initiative for Natural Gas-Based Mobility brings together vehicle manufacturers, the petroleum, natural gas and biogas industries, providers of service station technology and the German automobile club, ADAC. It is coordinated by dena and is under the patronage of the
the platform for feeding biogas into the natural gas network. The initiative brings together around 50 players from along the entire biomethane value chain and supports them in their efforts to develop the biogas market. Further information on biomethane and on dena's Biogas Partnership is available [...] 02/12/16 dena biogas competition: award for start-up company fjuhlster Hamburg car-sharing project is a model of eco-friendly mobility ‘A model of eco-friendly mobility’: dena’s award for the Biogas Partnership of the Year 2016 goes to the Hamburg company fjuhlster, for its car-sharing project using [...] Drehe, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs. Photo: Deutsche Energie-Agentur GmbH (dena) – German Energy Agency / Pedro Becerra – STAGEVIEW.de The ‘Biogas Partnership of the Year’ competition, co-ordinated by the Deutsche Energie-Agentur (dena) – the German Energy Agency – has been won this year by the
project developers. In the UK and Denmark, for example, conditions for feeding-in biomethane have been improved. About the Biogas Partnership and the industry barometer dena chairs the Biogas Partnership, and provides its members from agriculture, plant construction, the energy industry and science with a platform [...] companies see opportunities in heavy goods transport and shipping. Biomethane and, increasingly in the future, liquefied biomethane (or liquefied biogas, LBG), can counteract the increasing CO2 emissions from heavy goods traffic, as well as the problem of particulates. ‘Particularly in transport, we [...] basis – monitoring in depth the market development of biomethane, including trends, facts and the mood in the industry. Further information on the Biogas Partnership can be found at www.biogaspartner.de .
This supports us in our efforts to establish biogas as an important element in the Polish energy mix”, said Arkadiusz Witowski, operator and owner of the biogas plant in Grzmiąca. Arkadiusz Witowski is an active member of the Polish Association of Biogas Producers and was active on the board for a long [...] 12/10/16 News dena and e2m enlarge the first virtual power station in Poland Exemplary biogas plant integrated within a pan-European virtual power station The Leipzig-based electricity marketing company and virtual power station operator Energy2market (e2m) has integrated another renewable energies system [...] system in its virtual power station in Poland with the support of Deutsche Energie-Agentur (dena), German Energy Agency. The biogas plant, with an installed capacity of 1.6 MW, is located halfway between Szczecin and Gdansk, and is a perfect example of the increasing integration of decentralised power
