Biogas Distribution
Biogas is typically consumed at the point of production, such as with household-sized cooking and lighting systems, or distributed via pipeline. Different end uses require different levels of gas quality. Boilers, for example, can use relatively low-quality biogas, whereas biogas must be upgraded to a high standard for vehicle fuel and injection into the natural gas grid.
Once biogas has been upgraded to the required quality standard, it could be distributed via the same routes as conventional natural gas. Because the required technologies are not yet fully developed and tested, distributing upgraded biogas via the pipeline grid is not a common practice today.