The Irish Green Gas Certification Scheme

In 2018, the RGFI, along with a consortium of industry partners, designed and published a blueprint for a Green Gas Certification Scheme in Ireland. The blueprint outlined a scheme to certify biomethane produced in Ireland, comply with the sustainability criteria set out in the Renewable Energy Directive , and is in line with best practice, carbon accounting principles.

The Irish Green Gas Certification Scheme demonstrated how confidence and assurance can be provided to gas consumers, in validating and verifying, in a fully accountable and transparent manner, that biomethane is sustainably produced.

The Scheme is fully compliant with RED II, the Conference of the Parties 21 (Paris Agreement) and associated IPCC processes and guidelines, providing reassurance and confidence to the consumer, regulator and Government.

This blueprint was developed in 2018 by the German agencies DENA and DBFZ, both seen as world leaders in this field, co-ordinated by the International Energy Research Centre (2017) and supported by the Centre for Marine and Renewable Energy Research, University College Cork, GNI and RGFI.

Gas Networks Ireland now operates a Renewable Gas Registry.

In 2020, Gas Networks Ireland launched a ‘pilot’ Renewable Gas Registry, issuing certificates to Producers injecting biomethane into the Irish Gas Grid.

In 2022, Gas Networks Ireland was appointed as the Issuing Body for Guarantees of Origin for gas from renewable sources.

Detailed information can be found on the Gas Networks Ireland website: Renewable gas certification | Gas Networks Ireland