Why Biomethane Trading Just Quietly Entered a New Phase

Most energy market shifts announce themselves loudly. New subsidies. New targets. New technologies. The latest turning point in Europe’s biomethane market did none of that. It arrived quietly, just before Christmas, in the form of a few additional pages in a certification guidance document. Yet the implications are anything but minor. With a subtle update to its Mass Balance Guidance, ISCC has fundamentally raised the bar for how biomethane is expected to be traded, evidenced and claimed across...