E.ON creates company to feed biogas into the natural gas grid

German energy giant E.ON AG, one of the major public utility companies in Europe and the world

…Earlier, Ulrich Schmack, an energy advisor to the German government, who also heads the world’s leading biogas plant manufacturer, projected that the biofuel can replace all natural gas imports from Russia by 2030.

…Because the biofuel will be fed into the main gas grid, natural gas capable cars (CNG) will utilize it without noticing it. E.ON says that of all current and future biofuels (including cellulosic ethanol), biogas is the most efficient when it comes to the total well-to-wheel energy balance: per hectare of biogas crops (such as dedicated maize), an average CNG passenger car can travel 100,000 kilometers. This unparalleled efficiency explains Europe’s growing interest in the fuel. The gas also has the lowest CO2 footprint of all biofuels.

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