{"id":9249,"date":"2025-07-28T14:53:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T12:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.fichtner.de\/?p=9249"},"modified":"2025-10-21T12:35:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T10:35:43","slug":"site-search-for-green-gas-plants-in-a-public-web-gis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.fichtner.de\/en\/site-search-for-green-gas-plants-in-a-public-web-gis\/","title":{"rendered":"Site Search for Green Gas Plants in a Public Web GIS"},"content":{"rendered":"

User-Friendly, Interactive Map for Austrian Gas Grid Management AG<\/p><\/h2><\/div>

Site Search for Green Gas Plants in a Public Web GIS<\/p>\n<\/div>

Where is it worth building a biomethane plant? How efficiently can the green gas be fed into the grid? Until now, answering such questions required extensive research. However, in Austria, the freely accessible web application \u201cinGRID\u201d simplifies the process by providing an initial overview of good feed-in points for biomethane and the production potential in the surrounding area. The digital map application developed by Fichtner IT Consulting GmbH also shows Austria\u2019s future hydrogen pipelines and scenarios for a possible CO2<\/sub> collection and transport grid. What\u2019s more, information on the potential of other renewable energy sources can also be accessed.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Biomass and biogas are already important pillars of Austria\u2019s energy production. But the potential is far from being fully exploited. At many sites, it is worthwhile to produce biogas from moist or solid biomass and to purify it. After all, once the accompanying carbon dioxide gas and other unwanted components have been removed, biogas can achieve a calorific value comparable to natural gas and be fed into the gas grid as \u201cbiomethane\u201d \u2013 an important contribution to the substitution of fossil fuels.<\/p>\n

Finding Optimal and Efficient Feed-In Points in inGRID<\/h3>\n

To provide initial guidance for those who wish to connect a new or existing biomethane plant to the natural gas grid and to help investors find good and efficient feed-in points for green gas, AGGM (Austrian Gas Grid Management AG<\/a>) offers \u201cinGRID<\/a>\u201d \u2013 an interactive web map that is publicly accessible on the internet. The map also shows the approximate local biomass yield, and the application enables users to estimate the biomethane potential in a circular catchment area that they can define themselves.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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To estimate the potential for biomethane production within a location radius of your choice in inGRID, all you need to do is select the substances (bottom left) and draw a circle around the respective location.<\/em><\/p>\n

(Picture source: Austrian Gas Grid Management AG; basemap.at; Umweltbundesamt GmbH, Vienna)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

The calculated potential takes into account the zones of potential that the circle cuts through and thus provides initial guidance.<\/em><\/p>\n

(Picture source: Austrian Gas Grid Management AG; basemap.at; Umweltbundesamt GmbH, Vienna)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Future Scenarios for Austria\u2019s H2<\/sub> and CO2<\/sub> Grids<\/h3>\n

In addition to the digital twin of Austria\u2019s gas grid, which is relevant for biomethane feed-in, the Web GIS also contains two other grids:<\/p>\n