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Waste Minimisation Legislation Landfill Directive 1999/31/EC
'Renewable natural gas' - Wikipedia:
There are a number of issues to resolve before running a system similar to that for green electricity, but you would think that, considering the UK has one of the highest biogas production rates per capita in Europe, HMG would have at least done some sums and developed a policy, even if it was to identify what fiscal incentives would make it feasible.
Background:
The International Energy Agency is tracking much of the work on biogas; there are also a number of references (below) that cover different aspects and the Danish Gas Technology Centre has published a useful paper on the subject ('Sustainable Gas Enters the European Gas Distribution System') - some of which is quoted here:
"6. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
Biogas upgrading and injection into the natural gas grid is a new way to increase the use of sustainable energy.
Discussion about how to support the use of biogas in the internal market has just begun at EU level and within the EU member countries. The development of the possibility to distribute biogas on the natural gas grids has to a large extent been facilitated by the opening up of the European gas market which (at least in theory) makes it possible for any producer of biogas to supply gas to the grid.
Certain demands concerning gas quality, reliability of supply etc. in this case has to be fulfilled.
Upgrading of biogas can be a feasible way to substantially increase the efficiency in the utilisation of biogas. Biogas is in most European countries used for electricity production due to different national subsidies. Subsidies up to 10 €c/kWh exist for production of "green" electricity for the electricity grid but no similar subsidies exist for injection into the natural gas grid
Upgraded biogas, however, may play an important role as primary energy to overcome such problems of obvious energy wastage.
Examples in Sweden, the Netherlands, Switzerland and other European countries (Ref 13) may provide sufficient basis to develop some kind of technical and legislative framework for injection of upgraded biogas or SNG from biomass similar to the framework for green electric energy in Europe.
This is an important market incentive measure. For the time being some barriers need to be removed to treat renewable energies equally at the two internal markets of energy/international energy grids, the electricity market and the gas market."
More background:
Biogas - renewable energy from organic waste ("Supplying biogas via the gas grid opens up many new markets. Just like natural gas, biogas can be used as a fuel in gas cookers, stoves/heaters and ovens, and to heat saunas and hot water boilers. The carbon dioxide produced by the combustion of methane can be used in greenhouses to promote plant growth.")Biogas upgrading and use as transport fuel ("The countries with the highest biogas production per capita are the UK, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland and the Netherlands. In the short term the main potential for biogas production is in the treatment of wet wastes like sewage water sludge, manure and waste from different kinds of food industries. In the long-term perspective the main source for biogas will be different kinds of agricultural products.")TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY OF UPGRADING DAIRY MANURE-DERIVED BIOGAS FOR NATURAL GAS PIPELINE ("The technical measures to clean and upgrade this biogas to a quality and state which allows it to be injected into the natural gas pipeline are proven and well established. There are no technical roadblocks to upgrading dairy biogas to natural gas quality.")
Waste Minimisation Legislation Landfill Directive 1999/31/EC
'Renewable natural gas' - Wikipedia:
There are a number of issues to resolve before running a system similar to that for green electricity, but you would think that, considering the UK has one of the highest biogas production rates per capita in Europe, HMG would have at least done some sums and developed a policy, even if it was to identify what fiscal incentives would make it feasible.
Background:
The International Energy Agency is tracking much of the work on biogas; there are also a number of references (below) that cover different aspects and the Danish Gas Technology Centre has published a useful paper on the subject ('Sustainable Gas Enters the European Gas Distribution System') - some of which is quoted here:
"6. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
Biogas upgrading and injection into the natural gas grid is a new way to increase the use of sustainable energy.
Discussion about how to support the use of biogas in the internal market has just begun at EU level and within the EU member countries. The development of the possibility to distribute biogas on the natural gas grids has to a large extent been facilitated by the opening up of the European gas market which (at least in theory) makes it possible for any producer of biogas to supply gas to the grid.
Certain demands concerning gas quality, reliability of supply etc. in this case has to be fulfilled.
Upgrading of biogas can be a feasible way to substantially increase the efficiency in the utilisation of biogas. Biogas is in most European countries used for electricity production due to different national subsidies. Subsidies up to 10 €c/kWh exist for production of "green" electricity for the electricity grid but no similar subsidies exist for injection into the natural gas grid
Upgraded biogas, however, may play an important role as primary energy to overcome such problems of obvious energy wastage.
Examples in Sweden, the Netherlands, Switzerland and other European countries (Ref 13) may provide sufficient basis to develop some kind of technical and legislative framework for injection of upgraded biogas or SNG from biomass similar to the framework for green electric energy in Europe.
This is an important market incentive measure. For the time being some barriers need to be removed to treat renewable energies equally at the two internal markets of energy/international energy grids, the electricity market and the gas market."
More background:
Biogas - renewable energy from organic waste ("Supplying biogas via the gas grid opens up many new markets. Just like natural gas, biogas can be used as a fuel in gas cookers, stoves/heaters and ovens, and to heat saunas and hot water boilers. The carbon dioxide produced by the combustion of methane can be used in greenhouses to promote plant growth.")Biogas upgrading and use as transport fuel ("The countries with the highest biogas production per capita are the UK, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland and the Netherlands. In the short term the main potential for biogas production is in the treatment of wet wastes like sewage water sludge, manure and waste from different kinds of food industries. In the long-term perspective the main source for biogas will be different kinds of agricultural products.")TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY OF UPGRADING DAIRY MANURE-DERIVED BIOGAS FOR NATURAL GAS PIPELINE ("The technical measures to clean and upgrade this biogas to a quality and state which allows it to be injected into the natural gas pipeline are proven and well established. There are no technical roadblocks to upgrading dairy biogas to natural gas quality.")
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