Naturgy Group, through its gas distributor Nedgia, has announced the signing of 45 contracts for connection to biomethane plants last August.
With this action, the company hopes to be able inject more than 2,400 gigawatt hours (GWh) per year of renewable gas into its networkwhich would mean an amount equivalent to the consumption of half a million families in our country.
The projects will be distributed as follows: Castile and León It is the community that takes the most, with 13 contracts; 10 will be in Castile-La Mancha; 8 in Catalonia; Galicia will take 5; Andalusia will have 4; 3 will be in Navarre; and 2 in the Valencian Community. The combination of the 2 Castiles with Catalonia will account for 70% of the volume of biomethane injection.
These requests They add to the facilities that Nedgia already haswhich already operate about 200Gwh/year and the 14 that are in the construction or processing phase.
An example of this is the opening of your 3rd biomethane plant last June, located in the municipality of Vila-Sana in Lleida. The facility will annually produce around 12 GWh/year of renewable gas that will be injected into the Nedgia network for direct consumption by homes and businesses. Only this plant, moreover, will avoid the equivalent of 2,450 tons of CO2 emissions to the atmosphere.
Betting on the energy transition
Biomethane is a renewable gas which is obtained from the treatment of urban, agricultural, livestock and agri-food industry waste, as well as from the purification of wastewater.
The decarbonizationone of the main objectives of all the strategic sectors of the European Union, involves biomethane. This is a fundamental element to meet the objectives of the green transformation, since it allows circulate through the existing gas distribution network and is compatible with home boilersbeing used for the same uses as natural gas.
In addition, it is a great decarbonizing agent also in rural environmentsas it helps reduce emissions from the primary sector and meet reduction and recycling objectives. Also, in its production process a digestate is generated that can be given a second life as organic fertilizer.