Overview of biomethane markets and regulations ... - Green Gas Grids
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Pol<strong>and</strong> has extensive agricultural l<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> numerous livestock farms. Compared to<br />
the large potential the country <strong>of</strong>fers, its current deployment <strong>of</strong> biogas technology<br />
is considered to be underdeveloped. The main reasons behind the fact are the low<br />
financial incentives paid for renewable electricity from biogas <strong>and</strong> the absence <strong>of</strong> a<br />
supportive legal framework in a longer time perspective. At present, the interest<br />
towards biogas technology has increased <strong>and</strong> the legal framework is under revision.<br />
Political targets for biogas <strong>and</strong> <strong>biomethane</strong> production<br />
Pol<strong>and</strong>'s primary energy consumption is based on hard <strong>and</strong> brown coal leading to a<br />
large carbon footprint <strong>of</strong> electricity production system. Biomass accounts for 6.4%<br />
<strong>of</strong> primary energy consumption, a share mostly derived from solid biomass <strong>of</strong>ten<br />
co-fired in coal power plants. Therefore, with the NREAP 2010 the country set<br />
ambitious targets <strong>and</strong> aims at almost doubling its share in renewable energy<br />
production up to 15 % in 2020 <strong>and</strong> several adequate measures have been<br />
determined. Regarding the dem<strong>and</strong> for gross final energy in electricity sourced from<br />
biogas is planned to increase to 344 ktoe (4 TWh) in 2020 <strong>and</strong> to 592 ktoe<br />
(6.9 TWh) in 2030. In terms <strong>of</strong> heat, the Polish Energy Policy aims at 503 ktoe<br />
(5.8 TWh) in 2020 <strong>and</strong> 800 ktoe (9.3 TWh) in 2030. Starting from approximately<br />
74 MW generation capacity <strong>of</strong> gross electricity on biogas CHP 2010, this figure is<br />
planned to rise up to 802 MW by 2020 <strong>and</strong> 1,379 MW by 2030, a market share <strong>of</strong><br />
biogas CHP <strong>of</strong> 2.7 % <strong>of</strong> in 2030.<br />
Natural gas consumption, suppliers, infrastructure<br />
The share <strong>of</strong> natural gas in primary energy consumption stood at 12.7 % in 2009.<br />
The national gas dem<strong>and</strong> steadily increased from 13.3 billion m³ in 2000 to<br />
15.8 billion m³ in 2009, with an annual average growth rate <strong>of</strong> some 2 %. Pol<strong>and</strong><br />
produced some 4.3 billion m³ <strong>of</strong> natural gas in 2010, which accounted for<br />
approximately 30 % <strong>of</strong> the country’s dem<strong>and</strong>. <strong>Gas</strong> import around 10 billion m³<br />
satisfied the residual national gas dem<strong>and</strong>. About 63.17 % <strong>of</strong> the total dem<strong>and</strong> for<br />
gas is imported from Russia. Minor quantities are provided by Germany (7.34 %)<br />
<strong>and</strong> Ukraine (0.04 %). The gas is transported via the transmission network,<br />
whereby the grid is owned to 99.6 % by GAZ –SYSTEM, 0.4 % are owned by the<br />
Polish Oil <strong>and</strong> <strong>Gas</strong> Company (PGNiG).<br />
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