{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2018-2001/annex-VI/division-D/division-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2018-2001/annex-VI/division-D/division-4.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2018/2001",
  "legislation_title": "Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (recast) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2018-2001",
  "path": "annex/VI/division/D/division/4",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Typical and default values – biogas for electricity",
  "text": "Open storage of digestate accounts for additional emissions of methane which change with the weather, the substrate and the digestion efficiency. In these calculations the amounts are taken to be equal to 0,05 MJ CH4/MJ biogas for manure, 0,035 MJ CH4/MJ biogas for maize and 0,01 MJ CH4/MJ biogas for biowaste.\nClose storage means that the digestate resulting from the digestion process is stored in a gas tight tank and the additional biogas released during storage is considered to be recovered for production of additional electricity or biomethane.\nBiogas production system\nTechnological option\nTypical value\nDefault value\nGreenhouse gas emissions(g CO2eq/MJ)\nGreenhouse gas emissions(g CO2eq/MJ)\nBiogas for electricity from wet manure\nCase 1\nOpen digestate\n– 28\n3\nClose digestate\n– 88\n– 84\nCase 2\nOpen digestate\n– 23\n10\nClose digestate\n– 84\n– 78\nCase 3\nOpen digestate\n– 28\n9\nClose digestate\n– 94\n– 89\nBiogas for electricity from maize whole plant\nCase 1\nOpen digestate\n38\n47\nClose digestate\n24\n28\nCase 2\nOpen digestate\n43\n54\nClose digestate\n29\n35\nCase 3\nOpen digestate\n47\n59\nClose digestate\n32\n38\nBiogas for electricity from biowaste\nCase 1\nOpen digestate\n31\n44\nClose digestate\n9\n13\nCase 2\nOpen digestate\n37\n52\nClose digestate\n15\n21\nCase 3\nOpen digestate\n41\n57\nClose digestate\n16\n22",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Open storage of digestate accounts for additional emissions of methane which change with the weather, the substrate and the digestion efficiency. In these calculations the amounts are taken to be equal to 0,05 MJ CH4/MJ biogas for manure, 0,035 MJ CH4/MJ biogas for maize and 0,01 MJ CH4/MJ biogas for biowaste."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Close storage means that the digestate resulting from the digestion process is stored in a gas tight tank and the additional biogas released during storage is considered to be recovered for production of additional electricity or biomethane."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2018/2001/annex/VI/division/D/division/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:28.979999+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}