A new avenue for sustainable growth and circular bioeconomy development in Ukraine.
🌱 Bioenergy Association of Ukraine presents New Analytical Note: Advanced Biomethane Production from Intermediate and Cover Crops in Ukraine - a comprehensive analytical document developed by UABIO experts — a deep dive into the cultivation and use of intermediate and cover crops for biomethane production in Ukraine.
🔍 Analytical note explores:
- Growing, harvesting, and logistics of intermediate/cover crops
- Soil impact and sustainability aspects
- International experience and European/US potential
- Regional opportunities across Ukraine
- Economic feasibility and production potential
- A catalog of typical crops used globally and their additional uses.
📌 Why this matters: Ukraine traditionally grows intermediate and cover crops as green manure or animal feed. But their use for advanced biomethane production represents an innovative and sustainable solution — both for domestic energy security and the growing European biomethane market.
📊 The potential is massive:
🔹 Ukraine could produce over 20 bcm of biomethane annually
🔹 Up to 9.2 bcm/y (≈46%) could come from intermediate and cover crops
🔹 The sector could attract €40 billion in investments
We strongly encourage all stakeholders, from farmers to investors and policymakers, to explore this new avenue for sustainable growth and circular bioeconomy development.
📥 Download the Analytical Note “Advanced biomethane production from intermediate and cover crops”:
👉 In English - Analytical Note 2025
🖊️ Authors: Georgii Geletukha, Tetiana Zheliezna, Semeon Drahniev, Petro Kucheruk, Volodymyr Kramar.
📌 Developed under the “Ukrainian Biomethane Sector Development” project, funded by the Energy Community with support from the UK FCDO, and implemented by the Bioenergy Association of Ukraine.
👉 Two more analytical notes on lignocellulosic raw materials and microalgae as sources of biomethane are coming soon, follow updates from Bioenergy Association of Ukraine and in socila media UABio on LinkedIn
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