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Biogas Go Global 

Biogas Go Global (BGG) is a 3-year effort funded by Denmark’s Industriens Fond to advance biogas plants globally, allowing additional methane capture and use and nutrient recycling. The program provides a platform for the accelerated growth of the biogas industry in the United States and other BGG partner countries by establishing collaboration between government, academia, and the private sector. The goal of BGG is to increase the biogas sector through partnerships between Danish and BGG partner country stakeholders.

BGG gathers industry experts, regulators, and academia into one partnership to share information, easing the workflow for all parties involved while increasing transparency within the industry.



Biogas Go Global ‘Triple Helix’ approach to advancing biogas: Authority, Knowledge, and Companies

The BGG Partnership

  • Agro Business Park (ABP) has 17 years of experience with international project management, partnerships, business development, innovation, and bioenergy. ABP is the operator of the Danish Innovation Network for Bioresources (INBIOM), which for 12 years has completed more than 25 international network-creating activities within the biogas sector. The consortium behind INBIOM includes Aarhus University, Aalborg Universities, the Technical University of Denmark, and The Danish Technological Institute. INBIOM has more than 100 business members from the biogas industry and is represented in more than 10 project consortia on the development of new knowledge-based biogas technologies.

  • The Danish Trade Council in North America is the governmental export and investment promotion organization under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark. The Trade Council helps small and large companies to start exporting and expanding their activities to new markets. The Waste, Recycling & Biogas Advisory (WBA) of the Trade Council is a dedicated sector platform that offers specialized knowledge on key aspects of the biogas value chain. The WBA aims to facilitate solutions sharing between Danish biogas companies and their counterparts in the United States to help unlock commercial opportunities and accelerate sustainable waste management projects, including biogas. Through alliance-based collaboration, WBA acts as a full solutions provider to the U.S. market covering key competencies for biogas production, including pre-treatment of organics, project development and investment, design, engineering and construction, gas conditioning, and nutrient recovery.

  • The Danish Energy Agency handles Denmark's interests in the energy and supply sectors in the EU and seeks to disseminate the Danish experience with the energy transition for the benefit of Danish export companies. The Danish Energy Agency's Center for Global Counseling has established regulatory cooperation in 11 countries in addition to the United States. The Danish Energy Agency’s advice enables the countries to prepare for greater energy requirements in the future by making energy systems more efficient and by producing energy with more renewable energy sources.

Barriers to Biogas Production

With Denmark’s knowledge of biogas production, BGG aims to break down the following barriers:

Federal and State Policy / Funding Parity

Biogas should be subject to the same conditions as those that apply to other forms of renewable energy, such as solar and wind. Comprehensive energy and climate policies need to be in place to acknowledge the additional environmental benefits of biogas production.

Feedstock Aggregation and New Models for Manure Management

Contractual visibility is a key issue for investors and project developers. An evaluation of various alternatives and best practices to address this issue can create model rules and model frameworks and lead to new business models and approaches that support more flexible and economically viable ways to handle distinct organic fractions, including manures.

Not in My Back Yard

Investors, neighbors, and other stakeholders are somewhat reluctant to support biogas production due to a lack of knowledge and experience with best-of-class operational management of biogas plants as well as the important environmental advantages of biogas production. Through knowledge sharing, this alliance can demonstrate successful biogas projects supported by local communities.

Financial Risk and Uncertainty

The barriers to biogas production create financial risk and uncertainty, which makes it hard to attract financing from public and private investors. The alliance will evaluate how financial risk has been addressed in Denmark and the United States and make prioritized recommendations to further mitigate such risk in different areas.

Ambassador Wisborg welcomes the American Biogas Council Board to the Danish Embassy in Washington, DC.


For more information on the benefits of Biogas Go Global, please contact Claus Mortensen from Agro Business Park, cm@agropark.dk.