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The French biogas
in the perspective of 2020
Pierre-Marie ABADIE
Directeur de l’Energie
12 février 2014
Ministère de l'Écologie, du Développement durable et de l’Énergie
www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr
The French biogas in the 2020 energy policy
The EU has set up objectives to cover 20% of its total energy
consumption with renewable energies by 2020
France has set up itself a target of 23%
The scheduled path for France has been presented in the national
action plan for renewable energies (plan national d’action (PNA) en
faveur des énergies renouvelables)
The French biogas in the energy perspective of 2020
The PNA for renewable energies has set up targets for biogas
cogeneration for 2020:
- For the electricity production: 3 700GWh (625MW
installed), or 2,4% of the electricity objective 2020
- For the production of heat: 555 ktep, or 2,8% of the heat
objective 2020
Electricity production from biogas: carried out and
target for 2020
4 000
3 500
3 000
GWh
2 500
2 000
1 500
1 000
500
0
1 284
1187
Production d'électricité
réalisable à partir de
biogaz, scénario actuel
(DGEC)
Trajectoire cible pour 2020
actuelle (Plan National
d'Action en faveur des
EnR)
Since 2009 the biogas sector is ahead of its targets
The French biogas in the energy perspective of 2020
Even though the PNA for renewable energies doesn’t set up any
targets for the production of injected biomethane, the developpement of
the sector seems promising
Since 2012 the gas grid operators have undertaken first studies for
connections to the gas grid for over 300 projects
The French biogas: a support for other energy
policies
The French biogas sector, besides its target for 2020, supports
different government policies:
- The climate policy: reduction of the green house gas impacts
thanks to the capture of methane
- The waste policy: reduction of organic waste in landfills according
to the EU rules of prioritization of the waste treatment
- The agricultural policy: treatment of the livestock manure and
agricultural waste, better management of the land application of the
digestates concerning the nitrogen issues. Income surplus for
farmers
The French biogas: the support tools
In view of the energy policy, the cogenerating equipents benefit from
fixed feed-in tariffs for 15 years (Order from May19, 2011)
Feed-in tariff for a methanization equipment
(01/01/2014)
20
18
c€/kWh
Tarif de base (1)
16
14
(1) + Valeur maximale de la
prime à l'efficacité énergétique
12
10
8
0
150
300
500
1000
2000
(1) + (2) + Valeur maximale de
la prime au traitement
d'effluents d'élevage
Puissance installée (kW)
In 2012, the biogas sector was supported with an amount of 55,7M€
(CRE numbers) through the CSPE for a production of 1284GWh
The French biogas: the support tools
In view of the energy policy, the biomethane injecting equipents
benefit from fixed feed-in tariffs for 15 years (Order from
November 21,2011)
Feed-in tariff for a biomethane equipment
(01/01/2014)
14,0
13,0
c€/kWh
/kWh
12,0
Tarif de base (1)
11,0
10,0
(1) + prime pour les déchets
des collectivités
(1) + prime pour les déchets
agricoles
9,0
8,0
7,0
6,0
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
600
Puissance installée (Nm3/h)
At the end of 2012, one biomethane installation was in service
(200 Nm3/h)
In view of the energy policy, the equipment which produce
electricity and inject biomethane can benefit from the feed-in tariff
« double upgrading » (double valorization) (Order from
May19, 2011, modified February 27, 2013)
The French biogas: the support tools
In view of the waste policy, the biogas production plants can
benefit from investment subsidies from the waste funds , which is
managed by the national energy agency (ADEME)
Amount of applications
Amount allocated to biogas projects (M€)
Estimated electricity production (GWh/year)
2010
2011
2012
24
62
96
7
26
35
66
178
195
In view of the agricultural policy, some biogas installations can
benefit from the FEADER investment subsidies
Le biogaz français: les outils de soutien
In view of the energy and agricultural policy, the plan Energie
Methanisation Autonomie Azote (EMAA) has been announced by
the MEDDE (Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and
energy) and the MAAF (Ministry of Agriculture) on March 29, 2013
This plan aims at:
- support the development of 1000 biogas plants in rural areas
until 2020;
- enhance the management of the nitrogen fertilizers produced by
farmers and reduce the use of synthetic fertilizers.
So far, the following measures have been implemented by
MEDDE :
- increase of the livestock manure bonus: Order published on
August 7, 2013;
- upward revision of the recording threshold from 50t/day of
treated waste to 60t/day: CSPRT declared decree on January 28,
2014
- Simplifying measures with a 3-year experimentation period of the
unique construction permit for biogas and wind power projects in 7
regions: texts submitted to the superior energy council on February
18, 2014
The French biogas: the main issues
For the cogenerating plants, the main issue until 2020 is the
reduction of production costs
The start of the biogas branch in France has been supported by an
adapted feed-in tariff and investment subsidies. Today the sector has
to reduce its production costs for an economically and socially
sustainable development.
For the biomethane injecting plants, the support of the development
is a major issue until 2020
END
Ministère de l'Écologie, du Développement durable et de l’Énergie
www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr