{"id":9202,"date":"2022-05-13T15:03:58","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T13:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dunkerquelenergiecreative.fr\/?page_id=9202"},"modified":"2025-11-13T09:21:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T08:21:53","slug":"gas-biogas-lng","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dunkerquelenergiecreative.fr\/en\/gas-biogas-lng\/","title":{"rendered":"GAS, BIOGAS, LNG"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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GAS AND BIOGAS: TWO MAJOR AVENUES OF TRANSITION<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t

According to French Agency for Ecological Transition ADEME, natural gas plays a key role in Dunkirk, accounting for one third of all industrial and residential energy requirements. The following comparison shows CO2 emissions by energy source:<\/p>\n

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  1. Natural gas (CH4): 227 grams of CO2 per KWh<\/li>\n
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  3. Biogas: 44 grams of CO2 per KWh<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    These figures highlight why biogas and other types of renewable gas from various sources such as agriculture, the food industry and waste collection offer such a significant alternative to fossil fuels. Renewable gas is being used to tackle both economic and<\/p>\n

    environmental challenges, producing energy from waste and providing low-carbon solutions for transportation and industry.<\/p>\n

    Going forward, the gradual replacement of fossil natural gas by biomethane (biogas that has been purified and treated so that it has the same characteristics as natural gas) could eventually cut CO2 emissions by as much as fivefold.<\/p>\n

    Dunkirk has many biogas production resources leveraging innovative methods: pyrogasification, hydrothermal gasification and anaerobic digestion are currently being industrialised, offering a potential 40 MW of green gas from Dunkirk and the surrounding area<\/strong> \u2013 a major step towards achieving France\u2019s ambitious aim of becoming carbon-neutral and thus strengthening the country\u2019s energy independence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n\n\n\n\n

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    Ch. Daudruy Van Cauwenberghe & fils<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

    Daudruy launched Nord-M\u00e9tha, an anaerobic digestion project, in July 2023. Drawing on oil refining and biodiesel production, the project can dispatch up to 875 Nm3\/hr of biomethane into France\u2019s national gas grid (operated by GRDF). That\u2019s the equivalent of the annual gas consumption of 12,000 households, with avoided emissions of up to 12,000 tonnes of CO2 per year. Research into energy recovery from biogenic CO2 is also underway.<\/p>\n

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    Read more about this anaerobic digestion project<\/a><\/p>\n

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    Flandre Biogaz has been producing biogas derived from livestock and crop waste from four local farmers since 2023, with an estimated 160-190 m3\/hr of biogas being dispatched into the GRDF network.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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    GRDF (which operates France\u2019s natural gas grid) and GRTgaz (the carrier) are working with stakeholders across the green gas industry in Hauts-de-France as part of the M\u00e9tha\u2019morphose REV3 scheme. Together, they are carrying out three major studies in the Dunkirk urban area:<\/p>\n