{"id":17658,"date":"2025-04-11T23:39:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T20:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uabio.org\/?p=17658"},"modified":"2025-04-13T22:50:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T19:50:05","slug":"biogaz-i-biometan-u-spoluchenomu-korolivstvi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uabio.org\/en\/materials\/17658\/","title":{"rendered":"Biogas and biomethane in the United Kingdom\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In times of energy instability and rapid climate challenges, the United Kingdom is looking for effective ways to achieve its ambitious goal of carbon neutrality by 2050. One of the most promising areas is the development of biogas and biomethane, a \u201cgreen\u201d gas.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the SAF platform, we have prepared an overview based on the rereport\u00a0The Role of Green Gas in Net Zero<\/a><\/strong>, was prepared by the\u00a0Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA)<\/a>\u00a0in the United Kingdom in collaboration with\u00a0Business Modelling Applications (BMA)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report is based on the latest computer modeling (an AI-assisted planning system) and demonstrates that biomethane can be the key to achieving climate goals cheaper, faster and more reliably.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Underestimation of biogas in the UK<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The russian invasion of Ukraine and soaring gas prices have significantly changed the approach to energy supply and consumption in Europe. The EU has relied on biogas and biomethane as a domestic resource and a complete analog of fossil natural gas. However, British policy on this issue has not shown such flexibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, recent studies put the total that could be produced by green gas at anywhere between five times and 16 times higher than the Government\u2019s target.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This chronic underestimate of the potential of the sector has led to policy neglect:\u00a0there are three times as many civil servants working on hydrogen as biogas<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biomethane is a way to save money<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In a scenario of middle expansion of biomethane use (up to 100 TWh per year by 2050), the UK energy system could save \u00a3298 billion<\/strong>, which is equivalent to \u00a3415 per year<\/strong> for each national household.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, the rapid development of biomethane could save \u00a322 billion by 2030<\/strong>, bringing us closer to the government\u2019s goal of a clean energy system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The scenario of 100 TWh of biomethane allows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n