Germany’s BEHG: what fuel suppliers actually have to prove

Certified biomethane can bring a BEHG obligation to zero. The difficulty isn’t sourcing the gas — it’s assembling proof an auditor will accept.

Regulation & compliance
BEHG, Biomethane market

If you place gaseous fuels on the German market, the BEHG already applies to you — and the part that catches people out isn’t the carbon price. It’s the paperwork.

Certified biomethane can reduce a BEHG obligation to zero on the volumes it covers. But only if the chain holds: an ISCC or REDcert certificate, an unbroken mass balance from plant to point of sale, and a Nabisy entry that matches the volume you claim. Miss one link and the volume counts as fossil, whatever its physical origin.

That is where most of the effort sits. Sourcing certified gas is the easy half. Assembling documentation that survives an audit is the half that decides whether the claim stands.

We handle both. bGX sources BEHG-eligible biomethane across Europe and delivers it with the proof already assembled — Nabisy-linked, audit-ready, traceable end to end.

Read the full guide: BEHG-compliant biomethane supply in Germany

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