UABIO, the Bioenergy Association of Ukraine, has appealed to President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other officials to legislate the export of biomethane.
After all, the Ukrainian market, unlike the European market, has no legislative incentives to buy biomethane, UABIO reports on Facebook.
UABIO calls for:
- to adopt the law "On amendments to the Customs Code of Ukraine regarding the customs clearance of biomethane" (draft law No. 9456);
- to make changes to the order of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine dated May 30, 2012 No. 629 "On customs formalities for pipeline transport and power transmission lines";
- to make changes to the order of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine dated 04/20/2015 No. 448 "On approval of the List of goods, the customs clearance of which is carried out by the Energy Customs of the State Customs Service of Ukraine".
The association emphasized that in 2021 Ukraine adopted the law "On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine Regarding the Development of Biomethane Production" and since then the construction of biomethane plants has begun. Currently, two such factories have already been built, several are still under construction. During 2024-2025, the opening of 10 new facilities with a capacity of 1.5 million m3 of biomethane per year is planned.
The message emphasized that Ukraine can become a full-fledged partner of the EU, because it has a reliable gas transportation network and an almost inexhaustible raw material base as an agrarian state. By 2030, Ukraine can achieve production of up to 1 billion m3 of biomethane per year, and by 2050 – up to 20 billion m3.
"The development of the industry is impossible without accelerating the work of state authorities in terms of legislative regulation of the biomethane production industry in Ukraine. At the legislative level, the problem with the possibility of delivering this product to the European market has not been resolved," UABIO explained.
The association added that factories built with the funds of investors are forced to stop their work only because there is no way to sell their products.
Earlier, EcoPolitic wrote, that Adviser to the Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Oleksiy Ryabchyn stated that resolving the issue regarding development of the biomethane industry will help Ukraine receive a higher rating from the European Commission.
As EcoPolitic previously reported, the main representative of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Ukraine, Jako Silje, said that the country should give priority to investments in biogas, biomass, solar and wind energy.
