Ukraine reaffirms biogas and biomethane roll-out plans

Ukraine continues to embrace the energy transition despite Russia’s invasion. It has now made fresh commitments to grow it nascent bioenergy and biomethane sectors.

Three more plants are finishing the conversion of equipment from biogas production to biomethane and will start production soon.

Vitaliy Golovnya, Ukraine’s Deputy Minister for Agrarian Policy and Food, said, “We are building a bioenergy hub where there will be production of biogas, bioethanol, as well as a CHP [combine heat and power] plant using sunflower husks. We can collect bio-CO2 from the bioethanol plant and use it to produce other products.”

Ukraine’s biomethane scene is a niche with plenty of future potential but some commentators argue operators need to move swifty as international competition rises.