Eni and the Italian Biogas Consortium sign an agreement to promote the production of advanced biomethane
Type of post: NEWS IN BRIEF.
Eni and the Italian Biogas Consortium (CIB) have
signed an agreement to promote the production of advanced biomethane from
animal waste, agro-industrial byproducts and dedicated winter crops for use in
the transport sector. Inter alia, the benefits will be lower atmospheric
emissions and a more competitive primary sector. For Eni, it represents another
step forward in the production of advanced biofuels and aligns with the
transformation of the Venice and Gela biorefineries.
Press release: “Eni
signs agreement with Italian Biogas Consortium to promote Italian advanced
biomethane”, 29/3/2019.
Figure 1. The agreement was signed at Eni’s
Sannazzaro de’ Burgondi Refinery in the Province of Pavia by Giuseppe Ricci (Eni
Chief Refining & Marketing Officer) and Piero Gattoni (President of the
Italian Biogas Association)
Agreement highlights:
- Through commercial and industrial
collaboration with the Consortium’s member companies, Eni will put advanced
biomethane into its service stations. It is targeting the collection and distribution
of no fewer than 200 million cubic metres of biomethane by 2022, which can be
produced by CIB members.
- It will generate new opportunities for
Consortium member companies by launching business initiatives which will be
developed in partnership. A taskforce will be established and will meet
periodically to assess and define the most efficient and appropriate
opportunities for collaboration.
- It will involve the development of a system that
refines the biogas, currently used for producing electricity and heat, to make
it usable as transport fuel in the form of liquefied natural gas.