Waste to Energy

Denmark is one of the leading countries in the development of combined heat and power plants (shortly as CHPs), where biological waste can be transformed into sustainable energy through combustion or various types of processing to produce several end-products: biomass, biofuel and biogas.

In 2021, Denmark covered 32.4% of its natural gas needs from biomethane, and by 2030, has the potential to eliminate any requirements for natural gas imports by replacing it with domestically produced biomethane. In addition, approximately 70% of Danish renewable energy consumption was of bio-energy origin in 2020, where items like straw, wood chips, pellets and other types of waste are utilized.

At the moment, the present industrial and agricultural materials help Denmark increase its biogas production from 20 petajoules (PJ) in 2020 to 94 petajoules in 2040, which would be essential for Danish objectives to reach 100% biogas consumption.

Considering how Denmark already has 48 active biogas plants, 10 in construction, and Danish Energy Agency expects the production to reach 42 petajoules already by 2030, total transition into biogas seems ever more likely!

Sources:

Biomethane_fiche_DK_web.pdf (europa.eu)          

Go green with the strong bioenergy industry in Denmark (investindk.com)

Facts about bioenergy in Denmark | The Danish Energy Agency (ens.dk)

Insights into Danish bioenergy solution | Get the white paper (stateofgreen.com)