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Mexico’s Ministry of Energy (Sener) is to create an official standard for its biomethane market.
The move will help establish supply chain traceability and strict grid injection protocols.
Standards are urgently needed to inject biomethane into national distribution networks like Sistrangas, according to Mexico Business News.
The framework directly impacts private project developers, network distributors, and industrial consumers by providing the bankability and contractual certainty needed to lock in financing and advance commercial-scale waste-to-energy operations.
Certification will create an accountability chain that lenders and industrial buyers require before committing to offtake agreements.
Mexico published a Biofuels law in October 2025 which expanded the scope of the framework to include biogas, biomethane, and biojet fuel.
Municipal waste is the largest revenue-generating source and fastest-growing segment, and additional feedstocks include agricultural waste, animal manure, wastewater sludge and energy crops.
Mexico’s biomethane market faces two primary hurdles. Alongside a lack of direct financial incentive mechanisms (such as feed-in tariffs or tradable compliance certificates) compared with mature markets like Germany or the US, the country also requires significant infrastructure upgrades for waste segregation, collection logistics, and grid connection networks.
