Do you want to be at the heart of the BIP? The BIP Support Group is looking for 8 additional biomethane value chain members!

Brussels, 20th of November, the BIP Support Group is looking for 8 additional members. The group currently consists of 12 companies + EBA, and represents the European biomethane value chain. The group plays a vital role in the partnership by contributing to the work and deliverables of the BIP, appointing members to the Governing Board and supporting their decision making, providing co-chairs for each Task Force, and financially supporting the secretariat. All companies active in the biomethane value chain can apply as a potential new member of the Support Group until December 20, 2022.

The value chain Support Group represents the biomethane value chain in the BIP and financially supports the Secretariat. The biomethane value chain is defined as all companies active in biomethane, including biomass producers, biogas and biomethane producers, gas infrastructure companies, technology providers, project developers and investors, and companies active in biomethane consumption.

Currently the Support Group consist of EBA and 12 companies: AB Impianti, CMA-CGM, EnviTec Biogas, Green Create, GRTgaz, Nature Energy, Nippon Gasses, Pietro Fiorentini, Scania, Snam/Iniziative Biometano, Total Energies and Yara. With 8 new members joining, the Support Group will reach 20 members by January 2023.

The group plays a vital role in the partnership by contributing and supporting to the governance, work and deliverables of the BIP. The Support group has three main tasks:

1. Supply two SG-members that will be member of the Governing Board for a one-year period to represent the full biomethane value chain;
2. Propose to the Governing Board SG-members as candidates to become Task Force co-chair, and;
3. Supporting company representatives in the Governing Board

The Support Group Membership and The Selection Process

When electing SG members the following criteria for membership and compostion will apply:

1. All applicants must support the objectives of REPowerEU and the mission statement of the BIP
2. All applicants must be willing to co-finance the BIP secretariat viaa fee to EBA. This fee will bedetermined annually based on a proposal by the BIP Secretariat
3. All applicants must be willing to be represented in the SG at senior board level and must be willing to commit significant time by a ‘sherpa’ to prepare and follow-up on SG meetings.
4. To ensure geographic diversity, each batch of new elected members should consist of companies headquartered in at least 5 EU MS and post-election, the SG should consist of companies headquarted in at least 10 EU MS
5. To ensure value chain diversity, the SG should at all times consist at least 5 companies active in production, at least 2 companies active in transport and distribution and at least 5 companies active in various biomethane end-uses.

The membership of the Support Group will rotate every two years, and the selection of SG members will take place through voting by all company members of the BIP Task Forces.

All companies active in the biomethane value chain can apply for the Support Group membership until December 20, 2022 by sending an email to secretariat@bip-europe.eu.