ERGaR Certificate of Origin (CoO) Scheme
210705_ERGaR CoO Scheme Rules v1.1
210712_ERGaR CoO Participation Agreement v1.1
Introducing the European Renewable Gas Registry
ERGaR Presentations
ERGaR – European initiative for cross-border biomethane administration, Jeppe Bjerg, ERGaR President jeppe_bjerg_-__eba_conference_2018
ERGaR: facilitating cross border certificate transfers and mass balancing within the European natural gas network, Jesse Scharf, ERGaR Executive Board Member Jesse Scharf – ERGaR – Greenweek
European Renewable Gas Registry to facilitate the cross-border transfer of sustainable biomethane certificates, Stefanie Königsberger, Assistant Secretary General ERGaR presentation_Königsberger_Biogas Convention
The concept of ERGaR for cross-border transfer and mass balancing biomethane within the European natural gas network, Attila Kovacs, ERGaR Secretary General – ERGaR presentation Brussels 26Jan2019 final
EU systems for tracking green gas, Greenfact Webinar, May 2021, Executive Board Member Stefanie Königsberger, ERGaR on “Does Mass Balancing need a dedicated certification system?” Video, Presentation
European Renewable Gas Market
Gas for Climate
- How gas can help to achive the Paris Agreement target in an affordable way, Ecofys, 2018 – Action plan, Study and Annex
- Job creation by scaling up renewable gas in Europe, Navigant, 2019 – Study
- The optimal role for gas in a net-zero emissions energy system, Navigant, 2019 – Study – Infographic
- Gas decarbonisation pathways 2020-2050, Guidehouse, 2020 – Study
REGATRACE Deliverables
The REGATRACE project (REnewable GAs TRAde Centre in Europe) has started in June 2019 and aims at creating an efficient trade system, based on issuing and trading biomethane/renewable gases Guarantees of Origin (GoO). This will strongly contribute to the uptake of the European common biomethane market. For more information, you are welcome to visit the project website: www.regatrace.eu
REGATRACE Reports:
- D2.1 Updated Guidelines for creating the European Biomethane GoO
- D2.2 Report on the content and attributes of GoO
- D2.3-Memorandum of Understanding REGATRACE Network
- D2.4-Investigative study of IT system options for harmonized European cross border title-transfer
- D2.5-Guidelines for tender process of IT-services
- D3.1 Guidelines for establishing national biomethane /renewable gas registries
- D4.1-Guidelines for the Verification of Cross-Sectoral Concepts
- D4.2-comparison of gas and electricity GO system
- D5.1-Assessment of integrated concepts
- D6.1 Mapping on the state of play of renewable gases market in Europe
- D7.1 Project Evaluation Plan
BIOSURF Deliverables
The Biosurf Project
The objective of BIOSURF (BIOmethane as SUstainable and Renewable Fuel) is to increase the production and use of biomethane (from animal waste, other waste materials and sustainable biomass), for grid injection and as transport fuel, by removing non-technical barriers and by paving the way towards a European biomethane market.
BIOSURF Reports
- Comprehensive guidelines for establishing national biomethane registries BIOSURF-D3.1
- Technical-administrative proposal to EC for declaring natural gas network as a single, closed mass-balancing system with respect to biomethane cross-border transactions BIOSURF-D3.2
- Guidelines for creating the European Biomethane Guarantees of Origin BIOSURF-D3.3
- Technical-economic analysis for determining the feasibility threshold for tradable biomethane certificates BIOSURF-D3.4
- Market survey on determining the market accepted threshold for the value of tradable biomethane certificates BIOSURF-D3.5
- Proposal for the establishment of national and European biomethane certificate trading platforms BIOSURF-D3.6
- Report on the practical experiences with the application of the European biomethane standards BIOSURF-D3.7