REGATRACE (REnewable GAs TRAde Centre in Europe) aims creating an efficient trade system based on issuing and trading biomethane/renewable gases Guarantees of Origin (GoO). This will strongly contribute to the uptake of the European common biomethane market. This objective will be achieved through the founding pillars: - European biomethane/renewable gases GoO system - Set-up of national GoO issuing bodies - Integration of GoO from different renewable gas technologies with electric and hydrogen GoO systems - Integrated assessment and sustainable feedstock mobilisation strategies and technology synergies - Support for biomethane market uptake - Transferability of results beyond the project’s countries. REGATRACE relates, within the H2020 Work Program 2018-2020 on Secure, clean and efficient energy, to the Call BUILDING A LOW-CARBON, CLIMATE RESILIENT FUTURE: SECURE, CLEAN and EFFICIENT ENERGY, with topic LC-SC3-RES-28-2018-2019-2020: Market Uptake support and to the specific issue: Development of cost-effective logistics, feedstock mobilisation strategies and trade-centres for intermediate bioenergy carriers. The intermediate bioenergy carrier is biomethane, a Europe-wide trade centre for biomethane and other renewable gases is necessary for enabling investments to supply the whole European market and for promoting cross-border biomethane trade. REGATRACE supports the mobilisation of biogas feedstocks, which otherwise would not be utilised. Efficient bioenergy logistics refers to biomass conversion and use of the gas grid as the logistic tool. A stable, reliable and common market for biomethane and other renewable gases in Europe plays an important role to achieve EU political targets and to decouple the energy systems from fossil fuels: biomethane/renewable gases can be produced from waste or residual streams of organic material and they can be transmitted and stored in existing infrastructures, so allowing to combine the European natural gas and electricity grids.

BIOMAPE (BIOmethane Market Acceleration and UPtake in Europe) aims to accelerate the production and use of biomethane across Europe, fostering market development and supporting EU’s energy transition. This objective will be achieved through three activity packages: Biomethane Certificates and Cross-border Trade; Biomethane Policy and Market Development; Biomethane Social Acceptability. BIOMAPE relates, within the Horizon Europe Work Programme 2023-2025 on Climate, Energy and Mobility, to the Call Sustainable, secure and competitive energy supply, addressing the topic HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-02-10: Market Uptake Measures of renewable energy systems. The project methodology is built around four pillars: Multi-level Geographical Dimension, Social Acceptance, Policy Dimension, and Comprehensive Support and Transferability. These pillars address technical, social and regulatory challenges to drive biomethane market growth. Throughout these pillars, the project emphasises multistakeholder and multidisciplinary approaches as cross-cutting themes that ensure robust stakeholder engagement and the integration of diverse expertise at every stage. BIOMAPE will help to create biomethane registries for certificate management in five countries and facilitate cross-border trade, enhancing the transparency and efficiency of biomethane trade. By fostering improved and holistic biomethane policies, the project will contribute to increasing the share of renewable energy in final energy consumption by 2030 and beyond. A strong focus on stakeholder engagement will include participatory activities, such as workshops, site visits, and the establishment of Biomethane Social Acceptability Groups in 8 countries, to address public concerns and improve community acceptance of biomethane technologies. In this way, BIOMAPE will lay the groundwork for a robust biomethane market across Europe, fostering international cooperation and knowledge transfer with non-European countries.