Biogas is a regenerative storage technology. Why do we use it as a green baseload?

Germany has the largest share of biogas plants worldwide. Production is very flexible, and biogas is easily stored, making it the right technology to run on dark, windless days. Instead, evidence shows that it’s run as a kind of green baseload. That contributes to

* wind/solar potentially being disconnected from the grid during peak production conditions
* less revenue for asset owners as they produce regardless of price developments

Interesting how subsidies have a way of freezing a business model even when market conditions have clearly changed. [More here](https://open.substack.com/pub/renewably/p/we-are-using-biogas-completely-wrong?r=awhq4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=reddit)

Source: vauss