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Biogas and biomethane
Sia Partners supports market players in the development of these renewable gases by covering a range of issues across the entire value chain.
Biogas is a renewable gas that is mainly obtained from anaerobic digestion, a process based on the decomposition of waste or organic matter in an oxygen-deprived environment. Biomethane is the purified form of biogas, with characteristics similar to natural gas, which means it can be injected into gas networks for use in everyday applications: heating, cooking, industrial processes and even transport, thanks to BioNGV (or biomethane fuel).
Around the world, the biogas and biomethane sector is expanding, and many countries are investing in production facilities to diversify their energy mix and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. However, major regulatory, technical, and economic challenges remain. Sia Partners supports market players in the development of these renewable gases by covering a range of issues across the entire value chain.
Our vision
Faced with the growing challenges of decarbonization and the need to find alternatives to fossil fuels, biogas and biomethane are emerging as reliable, sustainable, and already accessible solutions. Supported by a favorable regulatory environment and growing investment, these renewable gases emerge as an answer to the need for regional energy sovereignty, thanks to the relocation of production that they enable.
The production of biogas by the anaerobic digestion process is also part of the development of the circular economy, providing a virtuous alternative to the treatment of organic agricultural, industrial, and urban waste.
Against this fast-changing backdrop for the biogas and biomethane industry, it is essential to highlight the emergence of new challenges. Whether of a technical, economic, or regulatory nature, they concern all players in the value chain.
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Supporting industrialization and ensuring production scale-up. Facilitate standardization and remove technical barriers.
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Optimizing the costs of the biogas industry, making production and infrastructure more competitive to accelerate the integration of renewable gases.
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Developing the regulatory framework and support measures (feed-in tariffs, Guarantees of Origin, and production certificates, etc.).
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Supporting uses to structure the market and generate demand for green gas to decarbonize uses in industry, the residential sector and mobility.
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Developing innovative processes such as pyrogasification, hydrothermal gasification and power-to-methane, to complete the portfolio of solutions.
Beyond these common issues, the different types of players, depending on their role, face more specific challenges and have their own objectives:
Publications from our experts
- Each year, Sia Partners publishes the French Biomethane Observatory, which provides an overview of key figures and regulations of the year, as well as an assessment of the current and future challenges facing the French biomethane industry.
- At the European level, the trends and results of the sector are analyzed and reported every year in our European Biomethane Benchmark.
- In 2021, Sia Partners analyzed the impact of setting up a BioNGV regional railway network in France: What Impacts Could a BioNGV Train Network Have?
What our experts say
Supporting our customers
For over 15 years, Sia Partners has been committed to offering a diverse range of support services to players in the biogas and biomethane sector. Our experience and expertise have developed over the years to meet the specific needs of this constantly evolving industry.
Our support spans the entire biogas and biomethane value chain, covering technical, economic, and regulatory issues. Our approach is based on the diversity of the issues we tackle, offering support tailored to the specific needs of our customers.
- Market and business model studies for the biogas sector
- Deciphering value chains
- Overview of sectors
- Review of regulatory frameworks
- Assessment of the competitive landscape
- Analysis of market structure
- Support for adapting gas infrastructures to biomethane
- Project management support
- Strategic planning
- Analysis of technical issues
- Data and IS management
- Model development
- Roadmap, framework and management of biogas activities
- Roadmap definition and implementation
- Market integration strategy
- Project portfolio management
- Integration into existing assets
- Study of biomass resources and analysis of feedstock sectors
- Study of production potential
- Assessment of accessible deposits
- Biomass mapping
- Top-down and bottom-up methodology
- Characterization of materials
- Development of tools and models based on our Heka.ai platform
- Gas network optimization model for biomethane injection
- Optimization of feedstock supplies
- Development of BI and GIS tools
- Support for analysis of investment opportunities
- Strategic, commercial and technical due diligence
- Definition of partnership strategies and identification of M&A opportunities
- Business plan review
- Support for the development of bio-NGV mobility
- Market research and business models
- Opportunity studies
- Study of decarbonization alternatives
- Technical and economic models
- Evaluation of externalities and levers for plant optimization
- Sale of biogenic CO2 and digestate
- Waste treatment fees
- Deconditioning of biowaste
- Optimization of O&M
- Electricity sourcing
- Certificate valuation (GoO, etc.) and contractualization (Offers, BPA, etc.)
- Deciphering obligations and opportunities
- Impact forecasting and analysis
- Sourcing or sales strategy
- Analysis of commercial opportunities Taking account of the EU-ETS
Samples of our work
- A study on the outlook for the bioNGV railway in France, carried out for ADEME and GDRF.
- Data and economic model for a local biomass market: only available in French
- A guide to best practices for conducting studies to estimate methane biomass deposits: only available in French
- Market research in various countries, worldwide.
- Adaptation of gas networks for the injection of biomethane.
- Development of an AI tool for network planning.
