Valerii Bezus, Head of the State Agency on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving of Ukraine (SAEE), is convinced that the development of biomethane production and usage cannot be delayed and shall be carried out, first of all according to national interests in energy security. Therefore, the Agency is working to intensify the development of this sphere.

«At the state level, we consolidated efforts to create a legal framework for developing the biomethane market. The Ukrainian Parliament adopted the relevant law, the Government of Ukraine approved the Procedure for functioning of the biomethane register, developed by the State Agency on Energy Efficiency and the Ministry of Energy, and the National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Public Utilities amended GTS and GDS Codes to allow the supply of biomethane into the grid. Currently, the State Agency on Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving of Ukraine (SAEE) is actively working to establish a register of biomethane guarantees of origin, inter alia, with European partners», – said Valerii Bezus.

As for the competitiveness of biomethane, it is evident: that given the current gas prices, biomethane projects are economically attractive, added Valerii Bezus.

Serious talk about entering the European biomethane market will be possible once considerable capacities for its production and real commercial volumes are available, making it possible to assume the corresponding obligations under export contracts. By the state, it is important beforehand to create appropriate legal and regulatory conditions for such exports when they become physically possible.

«We expect that Ukraine will manage to become a player in the European biomethane market in just a few years. Moreover, priority should be given to meeting domestic demand. Biomethane should become both a means of ensuring energy independence and a means of decarbonization, increasing the competitiveness of national industry in the European market», – Valerii Bezus noted.

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