{"id":1007219,"date":"2020-04-08T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uabio.org\/?p=7219"},"modified":"2020-05-19T11:46:27","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T08:46:27","slug":"oglyad-sektoriv-biogazu-ta-biometanu-u-sviti-vid-iea-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uabio.org\/en\/news\/7219\/","title":{"rendered":"Global outlook for biogas and biomethane by IEA 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The case for biogas and biomethane lies at the intersection of two critical challenges of modern life: dealing with the increasing amount of organic waste that is produced by modern societies and economies, and the imperative to reduce global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By turning organic waste into a renewable energy resource, the production of biogas or biomethane offers a window onto a world in which resources are continuously used and reused, and one in which rising demand for energy services can be met while also delivering wider environmental benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uabio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/biomethan-iea-0.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1007224\" width=\"734\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uabio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/biomethan-iea-0.png 1468w, https:\/\/uabio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/biomethan-iea-0-768x552.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biogas can be a valuable local source of power and heat, as well as a clean cooking fuel to displace reliance on the traditional use of solid biomass in many developing countries. There are also potential co-benefits in terms of agricultural productivity (as a result of using the residual \u201cdigestate\u201d from biodigesters as a fertiliser) and reducing deforestation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Biomethane is indistinguishable from natural gas and so can be transported and used in the same way.<\/p><cite>UABIO<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When upgraded, biomethane (also known as renewable natural gas) is indistinguishable from natural gas and so can be transported and used in the same way. Biomethane can deliver the energy system benefits of natural gas while being carbon-neutral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Modern societies and economies produce increasing amounts of organic waste that can be used to produce clean sources of energy, with multiple potential benefits for sustainable development.&nbsp;<\/p><cite>UABIO<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> The feedstocks available for sustainable production of biogas and biomethane are huge, but only a fraction of this potential is used today<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uabio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/biomethan-iea-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1007225\" width=\"727\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uabio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/biomethan-iea-1.png 1454w, https:\/\/uabio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/biomethan-iea-1-768x647.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 727px) 100vw, 727px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/saf.org.ua\/en\/news\/970\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Read more in the article:<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>&#8220;Global outlook for biogas and biomethane by IEA 2020&#8221;. The platform\u00a0of sustainable agribusiness SAF Ukraine. April 7, 2020.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><em>The Bioenergy Association of Ukraine since 2019 is a partner of the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/uabio.org\/en\/projects\/637\/\" target=\"_blank\">platform of sustainable agribusiness SAF Ukraine<\/a>.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The case for biogas and biomethane lies at the intersection of two critical challenges of modern life: dealing with the increasing amount of organic waste that is produced by modern societies and economies, and the imperative to reduce global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. By turning organic waste into a renewable energy resource, the production of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1007225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1000013,1000001],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1007219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uabio-news","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uabio.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uabio.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uabio.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uabio.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uabio.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1007219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uabio.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uabio.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1007225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uabio.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1007219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uabio.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1007219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uabio.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1007219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}