Renera confirms that the first delivery has successfully taken place in May 2024. The agreement with biomethane plants in Lombardy and Veneto, encompasses the full offtake of the expected production of an estimated 100 GWh per year.
The contracts cover both the ecological added value and the off-take of the physical gas. With the plants located 300km from the Swiss border, the execution of such contracts entails a number of challenges. Thanks to Renera’s extensive experience in the field of BPA, an innovative solution was found. “To respect ISCC requirements, specificities of the production plant as well as our clients’ needs simultaneously and in a way that allows for flexible adjustment, if any of these factors should change during the offtake period, we developed a shipping and balancing mechanism with our partners.” explains Tamino Weggler, Associate Project Manager Operations at Renera.
Operating from Switzerland, Renera actively bridges the gap between buyers and producers across Europe. These contracts mark Reneras first long-term BPAs in Italy.
As the leading independent biomethane supplier in Switzerland, Renera boasts extensive experience from numerous biomethane purchase agreements in what is now a total of 11 countries.
Georg Meier
Head of Trading
and Biomethane Development Renera
Georg Meier, Head of Trading and Biomethane Development Renera
georg.meier@renera.energy
About Renera
Renera is a Swiss group of companies operating throughout Europe and headquartered in Basel. Its main activities include development, energy services and trading in the field of renewable energies and energy efficiency. Renera supports energy suppliers, stakeholders in the real estate industry, authorities and private individuals in implementing the energy transition. The team currently has around 200 employees at locations in Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Romania and Spain.
About Biomethane
Biomethane is a sustainable energy source that does not require any adaptation in industries or transport networks. Produced through the anaerobic digestion of organic materials such as agricultural residues and food waste it can be used for heating, electricity generation, and as a vehicle fuel.
