In brief

• Deputy Minister Jacek Karnowski assessed that EU funds and the RRP are accelerating the development of the biogas and biomethane market in Poland.
• The potential for biomethane production from locally available feedstocks, mainly agricultural waste, is estimated at at least 3.2 bn m³ per year.
• Billions of złoty will be allocated to installations and networks, and the sector's development depends on stable regulations and access to EU financing.

Biomethane and energy security

Deputy Minister Jacek Karnowski took part in a conference in Warsaw devoted to the role of PSG and INiG-PIB in the country's energy transformation. In a panel on financing changes in the biomethane sector, he said that EU funds and the National Recovery Plan (Krajowy Plan Odbudowy, KPO) are accelerating changes in the biogas and biomethane sector (Unijne inwestycje w rozwój biometanu przyspieszą transformację energetyczną w Polsce – Krajowy Plan Odbudowy). Regulatory changes introduced within the KPO reforms, as he assessed, are the basis for the development of this sector and will improve energy security and the competitiveness of the economy.

Agricultural feedstocks and multi-billion investments

According to estimates, at least 3.2 bn m³ per year can be produced from locally available feedstocks, primarily agricultural waste (MFiPR: Unijne inwestycje w rozwój biometanu przyspieszą transformację energetyczną w Polsce (komunikat) – portalsamorzadowy.pl). The Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy (Ministerstwo Funduszy i Polityki Regionalnej, MFiPR) states that EU investments in this sector are to accelerate Poland's energy transformation (MFiPR: Unijne inwestycje w rozwój biometanu przyspieszą transformację energetyczną w Polsce (komunikat) – wnp.pl). Billions of złoty will be allocated to installations and networks.

Conditions for market development

The pace of the sector's development depends on stable regulations, access to financing from EU funds, and the building of infrastructure enabling renewable gases to be fed into the grid (Unijne inwestycje w rozwój biometanu to szybsza transformacja energetyczna | ekoetos.pl – ekoetos.pl). For Polish enterprises, this means new investment opportunities, particularly in regions with resources for biogas and biomethane production.