Calling EU Leaders to Accelerate Biomethane Rollout

Joint Biomethane Declaration Calling EU Leaders to Accelerate Biomethane Rollout

2026-04-06 Source: Press release Cefic 2 min Reading Time

Leading European industry associations have signed a joint biomethane declaration that outlines 10 priority actions to accelerate biomethane rollout. They believe that biomethane is a means to keep the EU industry competitive while enabling decarbonization.

The signatories of the Joint Biomethane Declaration, leading European industry associations, are calling to scale biomethane as an important building block of the EU’s reindustrialization, energy security, and transition to climate neutrality.(Source: Pixabay) — The signatories of the Joint Biomethane Declaration, leading European industry associations, are calling to scale biomethane as an important building block of the EU’s reindustrialization, energy security, and transition to climate neutrality.
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Brussels/Belgium – The signatories of the Joint Biomethane Declaration, leading European industry associations, are calling to scale biomethane as an important building block of the EU’s reindustrialization, energy security, and transition to climate neutrality. The Declaration signals strong demand-side interest in biomethane as a means to keep EU industry competitive while enabling decarbonization.

“European industry is under pressure from high energy and carbon costs, and we need solutions that strengthen competitiveness while accelerating our industrial transition.

Biomethane is one of the few renewable and low-carbon energy and feedstock sources that we can use in our existing infrastructure today.

For the chemical industry, biomethane can help maintain industrial activity and innovation in Europe. But to fully deploy it at scale and bridge the current cost gap with natural gas, we need targeted EU-level support and a coherent regulatory framework.

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With the Joint Biomethane Declaration, the industry is sending a clear demand signal: policymakers must help unlock its full potential across Europe,” said Nicola Rega, Executive Director Climate Change & Energy, Cefic.

Biomethane can support essential chemical building blocks, reduce reliance on imported natural gas, and contribute to Europe’s circularity goals through co products such as biogenic Carbon dioxide and nutrient rich digestate. Scaling biomethane will help safeguard Europe’s industrial base, support innovation, and retain investment at a time when competitiveness is under strain.

The Declaration outlines 10 priority actions to accelerate biomethane rollout. To support economies of scale, key demands focus on: EU funding to scale the technology and close the cost cap with gas, incentives for low-carbon and circular products produced with or from biomethane and support to prioritize off-take in energy-intensive and hard-to-abate sectors.

“We stand ready to work with European and national policymakers, regulators, and stakeholders to turn this potential into reality,” the Declaration states.

The Joint Declaration is available here.

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