REA: Biomethane to replace UK’s 45 LNG cargoes per year by 2035

Renewable Energy Association, UK’s renewable energy trade body reveals that Britain could be producing an equivalent of more than 45 LNG tankers’ worth of renewable natural gas (biomethane) per year by 2035. 

According to the report, UK’s biomethane industry could be producing the equivalent of four LNG tankers worth of gas per year by the end of 2016.

Before the end of last year, 15 biomethane projects were completed with an additional 15 projects to be finished in 2016.

“By the end of 2016, the UK will be domestically producing more green gas than LNG imported at the Dragon (Milford Haven) terminal in 2014,” the reports shows.

With the expected growth rate by 2035, the UK’s production of biomethane will be 2.4 times greater than the volume of LNG that was imported by both the Dragon (Milford Haven) and Isle of Grain terminals in 2014.

This could mean that the United Kingdom could reduce its LNG imports by over a quarter compared to 2014 levels, the report shows.

LNG World News Staff