The 12 percent GHG reduction potential was established in the WBA Global Potential of Biogas report of 2019, and the commitment to deliver on it set out in a Biogas Industry and Climate Change Commitment Declaration signed by major biogas corporations and presented to the UN at COP25.
The Pathways to 2030 report will be presented at the World Biogas Summit in Birmingham, UK in October 2020.
The best case studies will also feature on the programme of a WBA virtual conference, the World Biogas eFestival, to be held online from 18 to 21 May 2020.
“Our Global Potential of Biogas report, published last year, showed that, given the right policy support, biogas can deliver a huge 12 percent reduction in global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions – the equivalent of the GHGs emitted by the United States in 2012” said WBA President David Newman. “To achieve this, however, we need to share knowledge globally and identify the right conditions to realise the potential of our sector. The case studies will help build the evidence for our next report, Pathways to 2030, which will provide a roadmap towards delivering this 12% target. To illustrate this, we need to identify current outstanding biogas projects so we can set out the conditions necessary to replicate these worldwide. We are also asking for examples of what didn’t work so that we can understand why. We all learn from problems and failures and want to try to highlight common issues faced by our sector.”
In the Biogas Industry and Climate Change Declaration, submitted to the UN at COP25, WBA and signatories call on world governments to remove the barriers to the growth of the biogas industry and list a number of steps that they would need to take. The case studies will support this by demonstrating the readiness and capability of the biogas industry to respond and flourish as a result.
WBA is looking for case studies showing:
best practice in the implementation and use of biogas. This might be in rural areas, in major cities, or in industrial contexts treating specific waste flows.
how using biogas has reduced GHG emissions and pollution from untreated biowastes, created jobs and investments, contributed to clean air, and solved problems relative to local challenges.
innovative technologies, integration between biogas and other renewable energies, and the relationship between biogas and the agricultural community.
what is not known in terms of the wide-reaching benefits that biogas can deliver.
most importantly, what conditions enabled these projects to succeed - the challenges they had to overcome, and what did or didn't work.
The best case studies will be presented at the WBA's World Biogas e-Festival, a virtual conference on global biogas markets, which will take place online from 18th to 21st May. The e-Festival will feature geographically focused sessions with interactive presentations and panel discussions looking at the status of the biogas industry in a specific region, reviewing its strengths and weaknesses, as well as the opportunities that it offers and the challenges that it faces. It will showcase the best biogas projects from around the world, selected from the case study submissions.
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