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The Czech government's first biomethane support auction drew bids for more than four times the expected capacity, pushing down the price of the winning offers.
According to the latest map from EBA and GIE, the continent's biomethane production grew by 17% in a year, but 95% of capacity is still concentrated in just five countries.
Within a single week, the European Investment Fund launched one of Europe's largest biomethane infrastructure funds with a €200 million investment, while the EU's Fertiliser Action Plan declared digestate a key resource for circular agriculture.
Two new industry documents – the IGU's 2026 assessment and the Joint Biomethane Declaration – agree: biomethane is Europe's only immediate, scalable domestic alternative to imported gas.