The European Renewable Gas Registry (ERGaR)
ERGaR counts renewable gas registries, renewable gas industry associations, gas DSOs/TSOs, consultancies in renewable energy and natural gas industry partners amongst its members. Beyond these categories, the association is open to all stakeholders involved and/or interested in renewable gas certification.
We are the European association dedicated to facilitating cross-border trade in renewable gas certificates.
facilitated via the ERGaR platform
ROLE OF ERGaR
To allow national registries to trade Certificates of Origin between each other. These Certificates of Origin can be Guarantees of Origin as stated in the Renewable Energy Directive or other national certificates. ERGaR allows for the registries that are part of its CoO scheme to trade biomethane certificates with each other, thus working towards a European market.
Operating since 2021, the ERGaR CoO scheme facilitated the transfer of more than 2TWh in biomethane certificates between the participants, with most being exported to Germany. ERGaR facilitates such transfers of biomethane through its ExtraVert platform, currently covering six European countries.
ERGaR’s key role in cross-border trade and sector collaboration
LATEST NEWS
ERGaR part of the EU Project SUPREMAS
Brussels, July 2024 As of May this year, ERGaR is part of an additional EU funded project called SUPREMAS (Syngas modular Units Providing Renewable Energy from Multiple wAstes and for different useS) ♻️ What’s the project about? Many EU countries are net importers of oil and gas (in 2022 the EU’s natural gas import dependency…
Biogenic CO2 Certification workshop
Brussels, July 2024 On 26 June, we held the kick-off meeting for the Biogenic CO2 Certification topic, co-organised with several other European associations interested in advancing this topic on the European agenda. Although the topic might be relatively new, it was great to see a high level of participation and engagement during the panel discussions…
2023 ERGaR Statistical Report Release
Brussels, June 2024 We are delighted to announce the release of our inaugural statistical report, featuring data on the cross-border transfer of biomethane certificates (imports/exports). The report also includes country-specific data, such as the number of accounts, issued and retired certificates, and market and pricing analysis provided by Argus Media and OLYX. As shown in…
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