Journal
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
Volume 73, Issue -, Pages 1366-1379Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2017.01.132
Keywords
Biogas promotion; Renewable energies; Feed-in tariffs; Premium tariffs; Tenders; National Renewable Energy Action Plans
Funding
- Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness [ECO2014-56399-R]
- Catedra de Economia de la Energia y del Medio Ambiente (Chair of Energy and Environmental Economics) of the University of Seville
- Fundacio Roger Tonle
- SEJ-132 Research Group
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The EU has assumed objectives for energy sustainability and the fight against climate change. In this regard, the generation of biogas allows contributions to the 2020 established targets. The EU is leader in the production of biogas, representing 60% of total global production in 2011. The estimates of the contribution of biogas to electricity generation for 2020 in the EU-28 represent 1.5% within the total energy mix. This paper analyzes the measures implemented in the EU-28 to promote biogas, relating them to the country targets established in their National Renewable Energy Action Plans. Currently, 19 countries apply some measure of price and/or amount: 14 use Feed-in Tariffs, 6 Premium Tariffs and 1 uses tenders. A trend has been observed to reduce public financial support to promote biogas, linked to the reduction of the cost of this technology, and to the attempt to increasingly link it to the markets. However, excessive linking to the market binders its development, putting the attainment of 2020 targets at risk. Consequently, the Feed-in Tariff or Premium Tariff systems, used in each country, must be designed in agreement with the peculiarities of the development of their markets, to be able to guarantee suitable development.
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