Market Initiatives

Biomethane is a flexible energy carrier that can be used for different application purposes, e.g. renewable electricity, renewable gas for heating and cooling, and as a sustainable biofuel in the transport sector. Some of these application purposes are regulated by EU or national legislation. Other marketing pathways are growing in importance, such as the use of biomethane in the chemical industry or the conversion of biomethane into liquefied gas (bio-LNG, biogenic liquified natural gas). It is up to the biomethane producers which application purposes they want to choose for to market their biomethane product to. Decision criteria for this can be manifold: environmental, economic, or personal reasons; appropriate business relationships; fulfilment of quality criteria regulated by law or set by consumers, etc.

The Biomethan Register Austria offers a specific system to show the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of the biomethane product in a transparent and trustworthy manner on the biomethane certificate. The biomethane cancellation statement documents the consumption of biomethane and therefore prevents any double use of biomethane (biomethane certificates). The functions of the Biomethan Register Austria provide Austrian market participants with simple, secure and transparent settlement processes for their transactions. Thus, the Biomethan Register Austria provides biomethane producers and market participants with the necessary tools to individually design the marketing of their biomethane product and to make biomethane available for all consumer segments.