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Brazil set to certify its biogas amid expansion plans [Gas in Transition]

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Brazil set to certify its biogas amid expansion plans [Gas in Transition]

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Brazil set to certify its biogas amid expansion plans [Gas in Transition]

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Brazil’s biogas market is on track to adopt a reliable standard for renewable energy certification ahead of a major production increase. [Gas in Transition, Volume 3, Issue 5] by: Jennifer DeLay

The International REC Standard Foundation, a non-profit organisation formed to provide reliable standards for renewable energy certificates, said on May 22 that it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a multi-national consortium including Instituto Totum, Brazil’s national environmental certification agency, to develop a new standard for biogas and biomethane consumption. In a statement, I-REC Standard said the MoU outlined plans for working with the consortium – which also includes Evident, a UK-based clean energy certifier, and US-based M-RETS, the largest voluntary registry of renewable energy certificates (RECs) in North America – to develop a biogas and biomethane product code. This code, which will be known as I-RE...

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