Urban Waste for Biomethane Grid Injection and Transport in Urban Areas (URBANBIOGAS)

The objective of UrbanBiogas was to promote the use of the untapped fraction of organic urban waste for biogas production in order to inject biomethane in the natural gas grid and to use it in transport within European cities. The objective was to prepare 5 European cities for the production of biomethane from waste which is fed into the natural gas grids and optionally used for transport: City of Zagreb (Croatia), Municipality of Abrantes (Portugal), City of Graz (Austria), City of Rzeszów (Poland), and North Vidzeme Region including the City of Valmiera (Latvia). A well defined set of support activities were organised: city Task-Force meetings, training courses, promotional campaigns, study tours and consultation events. The results of these concepts will be used to be included in the official city development plans. Business agreements and investment were stimulated as first step towards real biogas project implementation. Finally, the large existing network of official partner cities was used to promote the WtB concept beyond the target cities.