Biomethane Advantages

Environmental benefits of biomethane
Methane has a greenhouse gas (GHG) factor 21 times greater than CO2.

By capturing methane from waste, which would otherwise be emitted to atmosphere, and utilising it as a renewable energy resource,
we clearly reduce the GHG impact.

Biomethane energy is considered to be ‘carbon neutral’ since the carbon emitted by its combustion originates from organic matter
which has ‘fixed’ the carbon from CO2 present in the atmosphere. 

Utilising biomethane will replace fossil fuels, a main contributor to GHG emissions.

Compares well even to other sources of renewable energy
Here there are noticeable advantages too:

• No impact on the food chain compared to the land taken up to grow crops solely for fuel
• Much less planning impact on visual amenity, compared to wind farms
  
• Utilises a fuel source which would be wasted in landfill if not used this way
  
• The wide distribution of the input waste materials reduces the need to transport the wastes long distances for processing into fuel

Biomethane - a green and commercially attractive vehicle fuel
Biomethane compares very favourably with fossil fuels for powering road and rail vehicles:

• Fuel consumption of biomethane in kg/100 km is comparable to diesel and approximately 12% better than petrol
  
• Greenhouse gas exhaust emissions on a ‘well-to-wheel’ (WTW) ratio are reduced by between 75% and 200%, compared to diesel - depending on the type of organic waste used to generate the gas.
  
• No harmful particulates are emitted

For a more technical summary - click here to go to the page on ‘Biomethane as a vehicle fuel’.

Biomethane - green and commercially attractive Energy fuel
There are numerous environmental advantages of biomethane injection. It has recently been estimated that if sustainable production
of biomethane were optimised (at 500 billion m3 and fed into the gas grid it would result in a reduction of 15% of Europe’s CO2
emissions.

Biomethane injection offers a solution to the problem of the management of organic waste, including wastes which if left untreated are associated with high methane emissions.

Biomethane - it’s injection to the Gas Grid

• Low cost distribution though the gas grid
  
• Will be used in highly efficient domestic boilers and power generation plants around the UK
  
• The Injection of biomethane makes an Important contribution to a stable and reliable Energy supply
  
• Increased by the ability to inject the gas directly into the existing natural gas grid and to use it independently from its production
  location.

For a more technical summary - click here to go to the page on ‘Biomethane to Grid’

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