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The week in brief · Week 42 · 12–18 October
The week of 12–18 October was dominated by Brussels, where European Biomethane Week turned energy security into the sector's main argument and a new study put a number on industrial demand. Around it, the project news told a consistent story: most of the new capacity announced came from converting existing biogas engines to grid injection or from processing municipal and industrial waste. Poland, meanwhile, became the latest country to give larger plants a long-term auction framework.
The European Biogas Association (EBA) held its flagship week in Brussels from 12 to 16 October. Speaking at the plenary conference, the EU Energy Commissioner, Dan Jørgensen, was unambiguous: "There is nothing more relevant than security." Independence, he said, "needs to be the priority", and Europe "will still need molecules", of which biogas and biomethane are part (EBA, 2026a).
The figures presented during the week show how far the sector has come. Europe's biomethane production capacity has passed 8 bcm, backed by €36 billion of announced investment. Biogas and biomethane together supplied about 22 bcm of gaseous energy in 2024, roughly 7% of European gas demand, from more than 20,000 biogas plants and nearly 1,700 upgrading facilities. A technical assessment cited by the EBA puts 35 bcm a year within reach by 2030, provided permitting speeds up and the investment framework stabilises.
