Methane in the tank

Methane is flammable and can be used as a fuel in combustion engines, among other things. If you take out the 40 percent with carbon dioxide, you are left with what is called “biomethane”.

In Norway, approximately 350 buses ran on biomethane in 2016. Given that they drove a total of 70,000 kilometers each year, this alone gave a climate benefit of over 30,000 tons of CO2. This is not insignificant, as road traffic is one of Norway’s largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions today. Trondheim has had 122 biogas buses in operation since 2019, and Tide will start operating 125 newly purchased biogas buses in Bergen in the fall of 2020.

In 2016, Avfall Norge mapped out that in the long term, biogas could cover 20 percent of today’s road transport. The industry could contribute 20,000 new jobs and 25 billion kroner in annual value creation if we invest.