Biogas energy is listed among the energies from renewable sources in DIRECTIVE (EU) 2018/2001 (Article 2(1)) which expressly promotes its use. This recast directive establishes, among other things, a stable and market-oriented European approach to renewable electricity and strengthens the EU’s sustainability criteria for bioenergy.
Biogas is also a sustainable energy source because it is obtained from agricultural biomass, agro-industrial waste and organic waste without producing further CO2 emissions, and as a source of renewable and sustainable energy, biogas can contribute to energy transition.
The ‘EUROPEAN GREEN DEAL’ (https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/priorities-2019-2024/european-green-deal) ( http://documenti.camera.it/leg18/dossier/pdf/AT031.pdf) also outlines the necessary steps for the transition towards environmental sustainability through (although not limited to) the development of renewable energy sources. The promotion of renewable forms of energy from various sectors is, in fact, one of the aims of the EU energy policy.
The ‘CLEAN ENERGY PACKAGE’ (https://ec.europa.eu/energy/topics/energy-strategy/clean-energy-all-europeans_en) establishes the regulatory framework for the governance of the European Union for energy and climate, functional to the achievement of the new 2030 objectives on the subject and the decarbonization process ‘LOW- CARBON ECONOMY ‘(https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/policy/themes/low-carbon-economy/) by 2050.
In this context, the increased use of energy obtained from renewable sources is a very important component of the package of measures necessary in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to respect the 2015 PARIS AGREEMENT on climate change (https://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/international/negotiations/paris).
