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'Green' gas expands range as renewable fuel |
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9 Apr 2015, 9:52 AM
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With 28 biomethane plants now injecting renewable or "green" gas into our gas grid, biomethane is on it's way to becoming the UK's leading renewable heat technology.
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The interest in ‘green gas' is so strong that the Biomethane 2015 Conference and Exhibition is expanding. The event will now be held over two days on June 15th and June 16th at the National Motorcycle Museum just outside Birmingham.
Today, biomethane plants have the capacity to produce enough energy to meet the heating and cooking needs of over 100,000 homes. It is also increasingly used for transport in HGVs and buses, with Scania launching the first dedicated gas powered vehicle in the UK and Wessex Water producing gas for buses in Bristol. In 2012 only around 300,000 therms of biomethane were injected into the gas grid. By 2015 we will see around 32 million therms going into to grid, which will bring annual green gas production to 2.3 TWh per year. It is forecast that by the end of 2015 there will be 32 operational ‘biomethane to grid projects which will increase production substantially.
Biomethane has had considerable financial support from government through the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI). It can be ‘tracked' through the UK gas grid using the Green Gas Certification Scheme (GGCS), which is growing the market as many companies want to use biomethane to reduce their carbon emissions.
John Baldwin, managing director of CNG Services, co-hosts of the conference with REA Biogas, says: "Biomethane, made from waste, is a perfect renewable fuel as it can be seamlessly incorporated into our existing energy network and also works as a vehicle fuel for HGVs and buses. Growth of biomethane since the first Biomethane Day has been spectacular. Next year biomethane plants will be injecting over 2.3 billion units of gas into our gas grid. That's the equivalent of three 60,000 tonne LNG tankers not needing to dock at our ports."
Baldwin continues: "And the future looks bright as whatever the result of the General Election is. We know all main parties support biomethane and we will be inviting the new DECC Minister to give a keynote speech."
REA Biogas administer the not for profit Green Gas Certification Scheme (GGCS).
The Green Gas Certification Scheme (GGCS) tracks biomethane, or ‘green gas', through the supply chain to provide certainty for those that buy it. Each unit of green gas injected into the grid displaces a unit of conventional gas. So the GGCS tracks each unit of green gas from its injection into the distribution grid, to any trades, to its sale to a consumer, or group of consumers. It tracks the contractual rather than physical flows to ensure there is no double-counting from production to end use.
The GGCS is run by the Renewable Energy Association's subsidiary, Renewable Energy Assurance Ltd. GGCS participants oversee the way it is run, on a not-for-profit basis.
Biomethane 2015 is sponsored by National Grid. Key suppliers and over 300 delegates are expected from leading players in the sector, including Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and Ofgem.
To book a place or get extra information visit: www.r-e-a.net/events/uk-biomethane-day-2015
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