Italian Biogas Consortium, Confagricoltura, Eni, FPT Industrial, IVECO, New Holland Agriculture and Snam yesterday signed a cooperation agreement to support the implementation of the biomethane decree, representing a strong growth opportunity for the country thanks to the energy’s renewable, clean, programmable and flexible properties.
The agreement was signed by Snam CEO Marco Alverà, CIB President Piero Gattoni, Confagricoltura President Massimiliano Giansanti, New Holland Agriculture Brand President and CNH Industrial Italia CEO Carlo Lambro, Eni Portfolio Management & Supply and Licensing Director Giacomo Rispoli, FPT Industrial CEO and Member of the Global Executive Committee of CNH Industrial Annalisa Stupenengo and CNH Industrial Institutional Relations Director Michele Ziosi.
Agricultural biomethane, which is estimated to reach 8 billion cubic meters in 2030, plays a key role in achieving the expected 8% target for advanced biofuels while also supporting the gas system, which will play a vital role in the transition of the national energy system.
This will be in accordance with the new EU guidelines to build an increasingly circular economy through the promotion of the use of livestock effluents, residues, by-products of agricultural and agri-food activities and integration crops, both in the production of biomethane and in the subsequent use of digestate in soil fertilization. The aim of this is to enhance organic resources, drive an increasingly competitive business environment and create new jobs in rural areas.
The goal is to implement all possible synergies in the field of sustainable mobility, in particular through promoting the use of advanced biomethane produced from agricultural, livestock and agro-industrial by-products. This will further strengthen both the technological and industrial chains, already present in the gas and agro-energy sector, and within which biogas is one of the most important forms of energy in Europe and in the world.
Snam CEO Marco Alverà said: “This agreement marks a new and important step for the consolidation of the Italian biomethane supply chain, a goal which Snam is strongly committed to with an investment program of at least 200 million euro by 2022 to support biomethane and sustainable mobility infrastructure. Biomethane, and renewable gas in general, will play a decisive role in achieving climate objectives in Italy and in Europe and in developing the Italian agricultural supply chain in a circular economy perspective”.
Source: SNAM