Industry leaders return to Brussels for 2024 International Biogas Congress & Expo

Bioenergy Insight unpicks key themes from this year’s International Biogas Congress & Expo
In June, Delegates descended upon Hotel Le Plaza in Brussels, Belgium for the 2024 edition of the International Biogas Congress & Expo, for another two days of networking and knowledge-sharing.
The event was the best-attended yet – perhaps as a result of the world-class agenda, which was replete with industry leaders keen to share their perspectives, insights and expertise.
The financial frontier
Giulia Cancian, secretary general of the European Biogas Association (EBA) observed that, today, Europe's biogases production (combined biogas and biomethane) in 2022 amounted to 21 bcm. This is more than Poland's entire inland natural gas demand, and it represents 6% of the EU's natural gas consumption in 2022. Biomethane production grew from 3.5 bcm in 2021 to 4.2 bcm in 2022 – a 20% increase.
Cancian noted that end uses of biomethane is dependent on the country: “We cannot say that we have the same situation across Europe, this depends on the nation’s schemes, internal legislation and priorities...