Le southern farms they can aspire to quickly have biogas and biomethane as an alternative resource to expensive energy. The prices of agricultural products have gone up in recent weeks, the markets discount the costs of raw materials and transport and alternatives with low environmental and economic impact must be encouraged as soon as possible. If the new government accelerates the application procedures envisaged by the Decree on biomethane the first tenders will start on 15 September and farmers will face 2023 in a less onerous way. The Decree signed by Draghi provides for total funding of 1,7 billion from the PNRR. In Puglia more than 150 farmers have accepted the invitation to Foggia del IPC (Italian Biogas Consortium) just to take stock of the implementation of a long overdue decree.
Puglia aspires to become the leading region of the South for biogas and biomethane
La Puglia it is among the Regions most capable of exploiting the biogas cycle. New investments are expected in all the provinces as demonstrated by the "Farming Tour" organized by the Consortium. “There is an important production basin for the development of agricultural biogas and biomethane that can make a substantial contribution to achieving the challenging decarbonisation and energy transition objectives”, he says Peter Gattoni President of the CIB. Traveling around Italy and concluding the thematic meetings here in Puglia, we came to the conclusion that the development of anaerobic digestion has helped the agricultural sector to renew itself and innovate. In the South it is helping to spread greater attention to environmental and climate sustainability. All the supply chains linked to the land - as envisaged by the Decree - are interested in growing. Energy self-sufficiency can be achieved within a few years.
The funding will help the economy with 2,5 billion cubic meters of clean energy
In the large expanses of the Capitanata, quality wheat is grown and excellent pasta is made, exported all over the world. The Apulian economy will also be able to benefit from biogas for transport, given that production forecasts by 2026 are close to 2,5 billion cubic metres. Consider that the funding will double the 50 plants already active today. Meanwhile, on the legislative level, the issue of the Fer2 decree remains open, which provides for other incentives for low-emission geothermal energy, offshore wind power, biomass and even biogas. In these realities, the future Decree would become an example of a circular economy, also making the national renewable electricity production grow. But the territories await the decisions of the new government also with regard to the other demanding project "Farming for Future”. 10 actions aimed at changing the physiognomy of our campaigns towards the agroecological transition have been implemented. Above all on biomethane and related effects there is a solid one approval also by the EU. If implemented - they say in CIB - those actions could lead to a 32% reduction in emissions from the agricultural sector. Emissions often contested by Municipalities and Associations.
