The first million cubic meters of Ukrainian biomethane got to underground repositories

Vitagro and Gals Agro were pumped to underground gas storage facilities, the first million cubic meters of biomethane. According to the Chairman of the Board of the Bioenergy Association of Ukraine Georgy Geltukha, it is not export, but a small party. However, according to Interfax-Ukraine, buyers are waiting for large parties, so companies are currently accumulating in storage.

It is believed that the production of Ukrainian biomethane is a promising direction to enter the European Union. The EU is currently supporting Ukraine in harmonizing biomethane export legislation, which has great potential and is able to reduce Europe's dependence on natural gas.

We will remind, since the beginning of October Vitagro began to pump biomethane to the Ukrainian GTS. The daily volume of gas that gets to the timing is about 6 thousand cubic meters. The second Ukrainian company, which began to supply biomethane of its own production, was the "Gorodishche-Pusivarivka Agrarian Company" (Hopak), which is part of the Gals Agro agroholding. According to EXPRO, the company pumps about 2-3 thousand cubic meters of biomethane per day.

Recall that in February 2024 the production of biomethane in Ukraine actually stopped due to economic inappropriateness. Then even Gals Agro, one of the leading manufacturers of biomethane in Ukraine, suspended the production of the product. At that time, in Ukraine, the cost of production of biomethane was at best over 600 euros per 1000 cubic meters, and natural gas cost approximately 350 euros for a similar volume.

In general, based on the existing raw material base, Ukraine can produce 21.8 billion cubic meters of biogas or biomethane annually. In providing raw materials the most promising for the biogas industry are Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Poltava and Cherkasy regions. According to the report, under favorable conditions, the production of biomethane in Ukraine can reach 1 billion cubic meters per year in 2030, 4.5 billion cubic meters per year - in 2040 and 20 billion cubic meters per year in 2050. At the end of the forecast period, half of the biomethane produced can be consumed within the country. In order to achieve such indicators of biomethane production by 2050, the industry will require 40 billion euros of investment.