The BIOMAPE project consortium is excited to announce significant progress on Deliverable 2.1, a comprehensive report providing updated guidelines for establishing national biomethane registries for certificate management across Europe. Building on earlier EU initiatives like BIOSURF and REGATRACE, this deliverable provides public authorities and market stakeholders with practical, actionable guidance.

To ensure robustness, the guidelines were developed through a collaborative, evidence-based approach. A dedicated BIOMAPE questionnaire was designed to gather data, circulated not only among the project’s eight partners (lead and focus countries: Hungary, Slovenia, Serbia, Portugal, Ukraine, Ireland, the UK, and Austria) but also via EBA and ERGaR networks. This effort yielded responses from 13 European countries, supplemented by desk research on all market leading countries.

The report is structured into three key sections:

  1. Policy Frameworks: A detailed analysis of requirements under Renewable Energy Directive (RED III), the ETS within the Monitoring and Reporting Regulation (MRR), the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), and the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), among others.
  2. Registry Establishment: Guidance on designing compliant, interoperable systems for managing Guarantees of Origin (GOs), Proofs of Sustainability (PoS), and Certificates of Origin (CoOs), covering functional, organisational, and technical aspects.
  3. Country Mapping: A snapshot of national markets, highlighting their strengths and challenges: Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Portugal, Servia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Ukraine, United Kingdom.

A standout feature of the report is its classification of seven distinct registry setups—Type 1 (GO Issuing Body), Type 2 (Biofuel Registry), Type 3 (Hybrid System), Type 4 (Parallel Systems), Type 5 (Production Database), Type 6 (Data Center), and Type 7 (Fully Integrated). This framework helps stakeholders understand diverse approaches across Europe and identify opportunities for harmonisation. The report also stresses the importance of cross-border trade and future-proofing registries for scalability with other renewable gases and new market pathways.

By mapping national registries and their certificate types, the deliverable provides a clear overview of the current landscape, pinpointing gaps and opportunities for interoperability. It will serve as a vital resource for policymakers, registry operators, and industry stakeholders, supporting the market uptake and registry establishment in BIOMAPE focus countries.

The final version of Deliverable 2.1 will be publicly available on the BIOMAPE website (WP2 Deliverable section) by mid-June 2026. We will invite you to a public online workshop in September. Stay tuned and share your feedback to help shape the future of renewable gas certification in Europe!