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Biogas R egister Germany – Catalogue of Criteria.

1 Overview

No. (type) Designation

1 (b) Biomass within the meaning of the Bio-mass Ordinance [Biomasseverordnung, BiomasseV]

2 (b) Exclusivity

3 (b) Other biomass (Electricity Tax Act [Strom-steuergesetz, StromStG])

4 (b) Quantity structure is plausible

5 (b) Record of the substances used

6 (b) Feed-in quantity into the natural gas net-work

7 (b) Natural gas quality for the entire quantity

8 1(b) Maximum methane emission (Renewable Energy Sources Act [Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz, EEG] 2009)

9 (b) Maximum electricity consumption (EEG 2009/2012 and Renewable Energies Heat Act [Erneuerbare-Energien-Wärmegesetz, EEWärmeG] 2009/2011)

10 (b) Regenerative process heat (EEG 2009/2012)

11 (a) Capacity up to 350Nm³/h

12 (a) Capacity 350-700Nm³/h

13 (a) Linking of gas processing plants did not exist

14 (b) Renewable raw materials [Nachwachsen-de Rohstoffe, Nawaro]/manure

15 (b, U) Possibly by-products

161 (a) One plant/ company premises

17 (b) Fermentation residues cover/gas flare

18 (b, U) Landscape conservation

19 (b) Landfill gas exclusively


20 (b) Sewage treatment gas exclusively

21 (b) Methane emission (EEWärmeG 2009)

22 (b) Process heat/ waste heat (EEWärmeG 2009)

23 (b) DIN 51624

243 (c) Mass balance system (Federal Office for Agriculture and Food [Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung, BLE])

253 (a) Proof of sustainability for the interface

261 (b) Proof of sustainability (transitional solu-tion)

27 (b) Mass balancing up to the feeding into the natural gas network

28 (b,U2) Substance tariff class 0

29 (b, U2) Substance tariff class 1

30 (b, U2) Substance tariff class 2a

31 (b, U2) Substance tariff class 2b (manure)

32 (a) Rated output 0-700Nm³/h

33 (a) Rated output 700-1,000Nm³/h

34 (a) Rated output 1,000-1,400Nm³/h

35 (b) Storage facility for fermentation residues, retention time, gas consumption facility

36 (b) Composting facility for fermentation residues

37 (b) Maize lid (max. 60%)

38 (b) Max. methane emission (EEG 2012 and EEWärmeG 2011)

39 (b) Biowaste (min. 90%)

40 (b) Recycling of the fermentation residues

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41 (b) Biomass within the meaning of the EEWärmeG

42 (b) Biomass within the meaning of the Sec-tion 7 of the 36th Federal Immission Con-trol Ordinance [Bundes-Immissionsschutzverordnung, BlmschV]

43 (b) Biomass within the meaning of the Moni-toring Ordinance [Monitoring-Verordnung, MVO]


44 (b) Gas exclusively from renewables-based electricity.

45 (a) Temporary storage prior to the network

46 (b)

47 (b)

No deliberate generation of CO/CO2

H2/CH4 predominantly from RE accord-ing to RL 2009/28/EG

2 Notes.

Type of verification

a: plant-related criterion, part of the plant audit (is documented in advance)

b: operational criterion, prerequisite for the company audit (is documented at a later date)

c: batch-related criterion, must again be evidenced by the user in the event of a division/change of

ownership, complete chain of evidence is necessary.

U: This examination has to be performed by an environmental expert.

Footnotes

1. Criteria 8, 16 and 26 do no longer apply and/or the expiry of their applicability is foreseeable. More

details can be found in the explanations regarding the individual criteria.

2. The documentation of mixed substance tariff classes may only be made by environmental verifier.

3. Mass balancing according to the statutory requirements via the web application nabisy of the Fed-

eral Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE).

Legal notice:

The following explanations concerning the catalogue of criteria of the biogas register were prepared to the

best of the registrar's knowledge. However, the registrar does not assume any responsibility as to whether or

not the information provided is complete, accurate and up-to-date. The registrar intends to provide a helpful

overview of the essential criteria by means of this explanation.

Please note that the registrar does not and/or must not make any legally binding or consulting statements.

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3 Explanations of the criteria

No.

(Type)

Criterion Explanation Legal references

1 (b) Biomass within the

meaning of the Biomass

Ordinance

When producing biogas, only biomass with-

in the meaning of the Biomass Ordinance

was used (Example: Plants and parts of

plants , Section 2 Para. 2 No. 1 BiomasseV).

If necessary, it shall also be examined in this

case as to whether or not biomass outside

the definition of the Biomass Ordinance was

used on a pro rata basis. For example, the use

of specific animal by-products would be

admissible as, even though it is biomass, it is

outside the Biomass Ordinance, as shown in

Section 3 No. 9 BiomassV. The auditor then

examines as to whether or not the other bi-

omass used was actually other biomass only

(and not another fermentable substance

such as paper, cardboard, etc.) Moreover, it is

checked if the specified portion of the other

biomass was observed (record of the sub-

stances used).

Cf. Section 27 Para. 1 EEG

2009/2012;

Section 8 Para. 1 EEG 2004;

Section 3 No. 1 EEWärmeG

Baden Wuerttemberg (BW);

Section 2 Para.1 Biofuel

Sustainability Ordinance

[Biokraftstoff-

Nachhaltigkeitsverord-

nung, Biokraft-NachV]

Possibly Section 27 Para. 3

No.2 EEG 2009, Art. 2 Letter

e Renewables Directive

2 (b) Exclusivity Documentary evidence that no other sub-

stances than biomass within the meaning of

the Biomass Ordinance were used for the

portion subject to compensation (for the

compensation pursuant to Section 8 Para. 1

EEG 2004 for the entire electricity genera-

tion (Example: documentary evidence that,

for example, no peat was used, Section 3 No.

2 BiomasseV).

Section 16 Para. 1 EEG

2009/2012,

Section 27 Para. 1 EEG

2009/2012;


Other biomass:

Cf. Section 27 Para. 3 EEG

2009,

Section 2 No. 7 StromStG

3 (b) Other biomass (StromStG) Use of biomass within the meaning of Sec-

tion 2 No. 7 Strom StG.

Cf. Section 2 No. 7 StromStG

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4 (b) Quantity structure is

plausible

Documentary evidence that the quantity of

biomass used for the generation was suffi-

cient for the produced quantity of biomass.

With regard to storage gas, the documen-

tary evidence that the electricity used for the

generation of the storage gas exclusively on

the basis of renewable energy sources was

sufficient for the quantity of storage gas

produced.

Examination performed by

an expert

5 (b) Record of the substances

used

The raw materials used for the production of

biogas were documented in the record of

substances used in a comprehensible and

complete manner.

Cf. Section 27 Para. 3 No. 2

and Item I No. 1.b Annex 2

EEG 2009;

Section 27 Para. 5 (b) and

Para. 6 No. 4 EEG 2012;

Section 8 Para. 2 No. 2 EEG

2004

6 (b) Feed-in quantity into the

natural gas network

Documentary evidence that the quantity of

biogas/quantity of storage gas was actually

fed into the natural gas network (by way of

checking the meter readings).

Cf. Sections 27 Para. 2 EEG

2009,

25 Para. 2, 24 Para. 2 EEG

2009/2012,


Section 8 Para. 1 S. 3 EEG

2004;

Item II.1.b) EEWärmeG

2009;

Item II.1.c)aa) EEWärmeG

2011;

Section 3 No. 2 EEWärmeG

BW;

Section 50 Para. 1 No. 4

Energy Tax Act [Energies-

teuergesetz, EnergieStG]

Section 37a Para. 4 Federal

Immission Control Act

[Bundes-

Immissionsschutzgesetz,

BImSchG]

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7 (b) Natural gas quality for

the entire quantity

The entire biogas fed in was processed into

natural gas quality; therefore, the prerequi-

sites for the criterion of the natural gas qual-

ity were met for the entire feed-in quantity.


Annex 1 Item I No. 1 EEG

2009/2012;


Item II.1.b) EEWärmeG

2009;

Item II.1.c) EEWärmeG 2011;

Section50 Para. 1 No. 4 Ener-

gieStG;

Section 37a Para. 4 BImSchG

81 (b) Max. methane emission

(EEG 2009)

The maximum methane emission into the

atmosphere of 0.5% permitted for the pro-

cessing was not exceeded.

Criterion 8 expired on 30 April 2012, cf. Sec-

tion 66 Para. 1 No. 7 EEG 2012. Since 1 May

2012, the so-called methane slip is also 0.2%

(instead of 0.5%) for existing plants, see crite-

rion 38.

Annex 1 Item I No. 1.a EEG

2009

9 (b) Max. electricity con-

sumption (EEG 2009/2012

and EEWärmeG

2009/2011)

During the processing, a maximum electrici-

ty consumption of 0.5kWh per Nm³ of crude

gas was not exceeded.

Annex 1 Item I No. 1.b EEG

2009/2012;

Annex Item II.1.b)bb)

EEWärmeG 2009;

Annex Item II No. 1.c) aa)

EEWärmeG 2011

10 (b) Regenerative process

heat (EEG 2009/2012)

The process heat required for the generation

and processing was entirely made available

on the basis of renewable energy sources,

mines gas or on the basis of the waste heat of

the gas processing or feed-in plant without

using any additional fossil fuels.

Annex 1 Item I No. 1.c EEG

2009/2012;

11 (a) Capacity up to 350Nm³/h

The production capacity of the plant is less

than 350Nm³/h (output quantity from the

gas processing process).

350Nm³: Cf. Annex1 Item I

No. 2.a EEG 2009

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12 (a) Capacity 350-700Nm³/h The production capacity of the plant is be-

tween 350Nm³/h and 700Nm³/h (output

quantity from the gas processing process).

700Nm³: Cf. Annex 1 Item I

No. 2.b EEG 2009

13 (a) Linking of gas processing

plants did not exist

No linking of several processing plants due

to the location on one property or otherwise

in the immediate vicinity.

Annex 1 Item I.2. in connec-

tion with Section 19 Para. 1

EEG 2009/2012

14 (b) Renewable raw materials

[Nawaro]/manure

All raw materials for the production of bio-

gas actually meet the requirements for re-

newable raw materials or manure, unless

admissible plant-based by-products are

used. In this case, the quantity of gas pro-

duced from the plant-based by-products falls

within the scope of criterion 15.

Annex 2. Item I. No. 1a) Items

II.-IV. EEG 2009

15 (b,U) Possibly by-products Make sure that only admissible plant-based

by-products, such as vegetable waste, are

used alongside renewable raw materials and

manure.

This criterion serves to define the partial gas

quantities from the renewable raw materi-

als, the manure and the plant-based by-

products.

Annex 2 Item I No. 3, Item V

EEG 2009

161 (a) One plant/ company

premises

Only one plant on the company premises.

Since 1 January 2012, criterion 16 does also

apply to the electricity generation in exist-

ing plants.

Annex 2 Item I No. 1.c EEG

2009

17 (b) Fermentation residues

cover/gas flare

Confirmation that the storage for fermenta-

tion residues was gas proof and that an addi-

tional gas consumption facility was used for

an incident or for an overproduction, only

applies to plants which are subject to ap-

proval according to the Federal Immission

Control Act.

Annex 2 Item I No. 4 EEG

2009

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18 (b,U) Landscape conservation Mainly raw materials from residues from

landscape conservation were used (incl.

proof of the quantity).

Annex 2 Item VI No. 2.c EEG

2009

19 (b) Landfill gas exclusively It only concerns landfill gas. Section 24 Para. 1 EEG

2009/2012;

Section 2 No. 4 c)

EEWärmeG,


20 (b) Sewage treatment gas

exclusively

It only concerns sewage treatment gas. Section 25 Para. 1 EEG

2009/2012;

Section 2 Para. 1 No. 4 d)

EEWärmeG;


21 (b) Methane emission

(EEWärmeG 2009)

Methane emissions and electricity consump-

tion were reduced according to the best

available technology in each case (require-

ments of the EEWärmeG 2009).

Annex Item II No. 1.c) aa)

EEWärmeG 2009

22 (b) Regenerative process

heat/ waste heat

(EEWärmeG 2009)

The process heat requirements were met on

the basis of renewable energy sources or

waste heat.

Annex Item II No. 1.b) bb)

EEWärmeG 2009

23 (b) DIN 51624 Biogas meets the requirements of DIN 51624. Cf. Section 6 of the 10th BIm-

SchV in connection with

Section 50 Para. 1 No. 4 En-

ergieStG and/or in connec-

tion with Section 37a Para. 4

BImSchG

24 (c) Mass balance system

(Federal Office for Agri-

culture and Food)

Comprehensive documentary evidence for

the origin of the sustainable biomass via a

mass balance system pursuant to the Biofuel

Sustainability Ordinance, e.g. "nabisy" from

the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food.

Sections 16 Para. 2, 17 Para 2

Biokraft-NachV

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25 (a) Proof of sustainability The biogas processing plant may issue

proofs of sustainability as a valid interface

certificate is available for the plant. Hence,

the documentary evidence was furnished in

advance, that is, that sustainable biomass

was used.

Sections 11, 20 Para. 1 No. 3

BioKraftNachV

261 (b,

U)

Proof of sustainability

(transitional solution)

If biofuel was brought into circulation by 31

December 2011, it may – as an alternative to

criterion 25 – also be evidenced at a later

date by way of a certificate of an environ-

mental expert that the quantity met the

requirements of the Biofuel Sustainability

Ordinance at the date of the feed-in into the

natural gas network.

The transitional solution for the proof con-

cerning the quantity of biofuel brought into

circulation expires for 2011 with retroactive

effect on 15 April 2012. The transitional solu-

tion for the energy tax relief of biofuels ex-

pires for 2011 with retroactive effect on 31

December 2012.

Section 58 BioKraftNachV,

Section 37c Para. 1 S. 1 BIm-

SchG

Section 50 EnergieStG,

Section 94 Para. 1 Ener-

gieStV;

27 (b) Mass balancing up to the

feeding into the natural

gas network

From the production of the bio me-

thane/storage gas (and/or with regard to the

processing of raw biogas from several fer-

menters in the same processing plant: rec-

ommended as from the production of the

raw biogas) up to the feeding into the natu-

ral gas network, the prescribed mass balanc-

ing was carried out by the auditor. The quan-

tity transferred to the operator of the natural

gas network was passed to the Biogas Regis-

ter Germany.

This provision has been applying for new

and existing plants since 1 January 2013.

Section 27c Para. 1 No. 2 EEG

2012 in connection with

Section 66 Para. 10 EEG 2012,

Section 5 Para. 2

EEWärmeG;

Item II. No 1. c) bb) Annex

EEWärmeG 2011,

Aid of interpretation re-

garding the mass balancing

pursuant to Section 27c Pa-

ra. 1 No. 2 EEG 2012 of the

Federal Ministry for the En-

vironment, Nature Conser-

vation and Nuclear Safety

[BMU] dated 29 June 2012

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28 (b2) Substance tariff class 0 Biomass was used as a substrate within the

meaning of the Biomass Ordinance which

does not justify a claim for a substance-

related compensation.


Annex 1 BiomasseV

29

(b,U2)

Substance tariff class 1 Substances of substance tariff class 1 pursu-

ant to Annex 2 of the Biomass Ordinance

were used as a substrate.

Section 27 Para. 2 No. 1 EEG

2012; Annex 2 BiomasseV

30

(b,U2)

Substance tariff class 2a Substances of substance tariff class 2 pursu-

ant to Annex 3 of the Biomass Ordinance

were used as a substrate; this did not apply to

manure.

Section 27 Para. 2 a) EEG

2012;

Annex 3 BiomasseV

31 (b,U2) Substance tariff class 2b

(manure)

Manure was used as a substrate which is

deemed to be a substance of the substance

class 2 pursuant to Annex 3 of the Biomass

Ordinance

Section 27 Para. 2 No. 2 b)

EEG 2012;

Annex 3 BiomasseV

32 (a) Rated output 0-

700Nm³/h

The rated output of the plant is less than

700Nm³/h (output quantity from the gas

processing process).

Annex 1 No. 2 EEG 2012

33 (a) Rated output 700-

1,000Nm³/h

The rated output of the plant is between 700

and 1,000Nm³/h (output quantity from the

gas processing process).


34 (a) Rated output 1,000-

1,400Nm³/h

The rated output of the plant is between

1,000 and 1,400Nm³/h (output quantity from

the gas processing process).


35 (b) Storage facility for fer-

mentation residues, re-

tention time, gas con-

sumption facility

Any new storage facility for fermentation

residues constructed at a location of biogas

generation after 1 January 2012 is gas proof.

The minimum hydraulic retention time in

the system is 150 days. It was connected to a

gas utilisation facility. Additional gas utilisa-

tion facilities are used to avoid any release of

biogas.

Section 6 Para. 4 EEG 2012

36 (b) Composting facility for

fermentation residues

The fermenter is directly linked to the com-

posting facility for fermentation residues.

Only concerns the fermentation of biowaste.

Section 27a Para. 3 EEG 2012

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37 (b) Maize ceiling (max. 60%) The share of maize (whole crop) and grain

kernels, including corn-cob mixes and grain

maize as well as ground ear maize in the

calendar year amounted to no more than 60

mass percent ("maize ceiling").

For plants which use biogas produced by

biogas production plants that already pro-

duced biogas prior to 1 January 2012, this

provision does not apply (Section 66 Para. 4

EEG 2012).

Section 27 Para. 5 Sentence 1

EEG 2012

38 (b) Maximum methane

emission (EEG 2012 and

EEWärmeG 2011)

During processing, the methane emission is

less than 0.2%.

Section 27 c Para. 1 (possibly

in connection with Section

66 Para. 1 No. 7) EEG 2012;

Annex 1 No. 1 EEG 2012; Sec-

tion 5 Para. 2 EEWärmeG

2011;

Annex Item II. No. 1 c) aa)

EEWärmeG 2011

39 (b) Biowaste (min. 90%) As a substrate, biomass within the meaning

of the Biomass Ordinance was used with a

share of separately recorded biowaste (bio-

degradable waste, mixed municipal waste,

market waste) of at least 90 mass percent on

average.

Section 27 a Para. 1 (possibly

in connection with Section

66 Para. 1 No. 13) EEG 2012;

Annex 1 No. 1 Column 2 Bio-

waste Ordinance [Bioab-

fallverordnung, BioabfallV]

40 (b) Recycling of the fermen-

tation residues

The composted material was recovered.

Only affects the fermentation of biowaste.

Section 27a Para. 3 EEG 2012

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meaning of the

EEWärmeG 2009/2011

For the production of the biogas, substrates

were used that correspond to the require-

ments from the EEWärmeG (biodegradable

shares of private household and industrial

waste, landfill gas, sewage treatment gas,

sewage sludge within the meaning of the

Sewage Sludge Ordinance [Klä-

rschlammverordnung, KlärschlammV],

plant methyl ester).

This criterion describes a wider biomass

term than in criterion 1.

Section 2 Para. 1 No. 4

EEWärmeG (2009/2011)


meaning of the Section 7

of the 36th Federal Im-

mission Control Ordi-

nance

The biogas was physically produced from

substrates (on a pro rata basis) which meet

the requirements pursuant to Section 7 of

the 36th Federal Immission Control Ordi-

nance

Section 7 of the 36th Federal

Immission Control Ordi-

nance

43 (b) Biogas within the mean-

ing of Monitoring Ordi-

nance (min. 97%)

The biogas was produced on the basis of

biomass within the meaning of the Monitor-

ing Ordinance.

Section 7 of the 36th Federal

Immission Control Ordi-

nance

44 (b) Gas exclusively from re-

newables-based electrici-

ty.

The gas meet the requirements of storage

gas. It is generated for the purpose of tempo-

rarily storing electricity generated from

renewable energy sources by exclusively

using electricity generated from renewable

energy sources. Renewable energy sources

are hydropower, including wave power, tidal

power, salt gradient and flow energy, wind

energy, solar radiation, geothermal energy,

energy from biomass, including biogas, bi-

omethane, landfill gas and sewage treat-

ment gas, as well as the biodegradable share

of municipal waste and industrial waste.

Section 3 No. 9a,2 No. 3 EEG

2012

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45 (a) Temporary storage prior

to the network

The electricity must have had to temporarily

be stored before being fed into the network

of general supply (by way of the generation

of storage gas). The apparatus for storing the

electricity – in case of production of storage

gas regularly the elektrolyzer – may not be

supplied by the EEG-power generation plant

through the network of general supply,

whose energy is going to be stored.

Section 16 Para. 2 Sentence 1

EEG 2012

46 (b) No deliberate genera-

tion of CO/CO2

Carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide is not

exclusively generated for the purpose of

methanisation of hydrogen.

Section 3 Para. 9a EEG

2012;

47 (b) H2/CH4 predominantly

from RE according to RL

2009/28/EG

It is hydrogen from water electrolysis or

synthetic generated methane, on which the

for the hydrolysis deployed electricity and

the for methanisation deployed carbondi-

oxide or carbonmonoxide each demon-

strably predominantly according to RL

2009/28/EG, , § 3 Nr. 10c EnWG.

Predominantly is meant to be an amount of

minimum 80 percent (Bundestagsdruck-

sache 17/6072, S. 50).

Under compliance of this criterion, hydro-

gen/methane can be considered as biogas

in terms of EnWG, from which especially at

the injection into the gas grid present some

advantages. But not only from the compli-

ance of this requirement results in a claim

on reimbursement according to EEG – for

being storage gas according to Section 3,

Para 9a EEG, the gas has to be exclusively

generated using renewable energy accord-

ing to EEG.

Section 3 Para. 10c EnWG

Bundestagsdrucksache

17/6072, S.50

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