biogaspartner – a joint initiative.

Market.Development.in.Germany..
2.3.Political.framework.for.biogas.injection.in.Germany.
In context with the implementation of the Integrated Energy
and Climate Programme of august 23, 2007 by the German
Federal Government, the general conditions for biogas
upgrade and feed-in were reviewed and amended. In the Gas
network access ordinance, effective from april 12, 2008, in
article 41 a) the target has been defined: By 2020, 60 billion kWh
biomethane are to be fed into the gas grid each year, and by
2030 100 billion kWh biomethane each year.
since upgraded and fed-in biomethane is currently not on a
competetive basis with natural gas, politics employ various
measures and support schemes to develop demand in the
markets. next to its application in the heat market, biomethane
is also used for combined heat and power as well as in natural
gas-dedicated vehicles.
Due to the diverse stages along the value chain and different
processes, many diverse regulations are employed to promote
the injection of biogas in Germany. The most important ones
are highlighted in the following chapter.
Biomass.Ordinance.(BiomasseV).
Effective since 2001, the Biomass ordinance directs the application
of the renewable Energy sources act (EEG )and sets
guidelines on which materials are biomass, which technologies
for power generation from biomass are within the scope of application
of the EEG, and which environment requirements are
to be obeyed when generating power from biomass.
Biomasses, according to the biomass regulation, are energy
sources from phyto- and zoo-mass. This also includes secondary
and by-products, residues and waste whose energy content is
made up of phyto- and zoo-mass.
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The definition of biomass in Paragraph 2 (3) nr. 5 also includes
biogas generated by anaerobic fermentation. not included in
biomasses, however, is biogas which has been produced from
the following material (according to Paragraph 3 nr. 3, 7, 9):
mixed settlement waste from private households
mud and sediments, animal by-products according to
article 2 paragraph. 1, (a) of the regulation, i. e. no. 1774/2002
by the EU Parliament and the Council of october 3, 2002
with hygiene regulations for byproducts not meant for human
consumption.
next to the application of biomass according to this regulation,
the renewable Energy sources act also allows the utilisation of
other biomasses. For the portion of power generated from other
biomasses, however, no state-guaranteed feed-in tariffs can be
claimed. The portion of this other biomass used must be proven
with the help of a charge material diary produced by the plant
operator.
Renewable.Energy.Sources.Act.(EEG).
The renewable Energy sources act first became effective on
april 1, 2000. In 2004, it was amended for the first time. on june
6, 2008, the German Federal Parliament decided the second
amendment of the EEG, which became effective in january
2009.
The main purposes of the EEG are the protection of our climate,
a sustainable energy supply, a minimisation of the economic
costs of energy supply, the protection of fossil resources and the
further development of renewable power generation technologies.
In this context, the percentage of renewable energies in
power supplies is to be raised to 30 percent by 2020. To achieve
this goal, the EEG gives plants generating power from renewable
energy sources priority to the public power grids. also, it
regulates preferred sales and transmission as well as a guaranteed
feed-in tariff. The feed-in tariff depends on the technology.
next to biomass (biogas), hydropower, wind power and solar
power as well as disposal, sewage and mine gas are supported.