Subsidy
SDE++ subsidies for biomethane / anaerobic digestion
SDE++ — biomethaan / vergisting
Two-framework evaluation · independent scoring
CRCF (certification)Partial
EU Biomass Strategy (allocation)Not aligned
↯ Two-framework dissonance — CRCF assessment differs from EU Biomass Strategy assessment. The asymmetry is the signal, not a defect.
Type: SUBSIDY
Scope: NATIONAL · NL
Status: ACTIVE
Responsible agency: RVO · Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland
Dutch SDE++ scheme tops up the price of renewable energy production — including biomethane from anaerobic digestion of agricultural biomass. CRCF-adjacent (biomethane substitution can be accounted as avoided emissions in some frameworks) but misaligned with the cascading-use principle in RED II Article 3(3) where the same straw, manure, or perennial-crop feedstock could be cascaded into bio-materials or long-life products first.
Sources
- BEuropean Commission (forthcoming). EU Biomass Strategy. Announced under the Clean Industrial Deal / 2040 Climate Target Plan (COM(2024) 63 final). NOT YET ADOPTED as of 2026-05. ABCDEX uses RED II Article 3(3) as the binding cascading-use anchor until this Strategy is formally adopted with a stable COM number; this row is the watch reference only.
- ADirective (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). OJ L 328, 21.12.2018. Article 3(3) and recital 16 establish the EU cascading-use principle for biomass. This is the legally binding anchor against which ABCDEX scores biomassStrategyAlignment until the forthcoming EU Biomass Strategy is formally adopted.