By Brazil Stock Guide — Brazil’s oil and gas regulator ANP has approved the country’s first three biomethane producer certifications, marking a step toward establishing a market for environmental certificates designed to encourage renewable gas production and reduce carbon emissions in the natural gas industry.
The certified companies are SPE Central de Tratamento Integrado Resíduo Zero, based in Triunfo, in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul; Biometano Verde Paulínia, in Paulínia, São Paulo state; and CRI Geo Biogás, in Elias Fausto, also in São Paulo state. The approvals confirm compliance with regulatory requirements and make the facilities eligible to issue Biomethane Guarantees of Origin Certificates, known by their Portuguese acronym CGOB.
Among the approved producers is Biometano Verde Paulínia, associated with Onebio, a joint venture between Edge, part of Brazilian conglomerate Cosan, and waste management company Orizon Valorização de Resíduos. The facility has a projected production capacity of 225,000 cubic meters of biomethane per day and secured approval for approximately R$450 million ($85 million) in financing from Brazilian development bank BNDES. The other certified facilities are operated by Bioo, in Rio Grande do Sul, and CRI Geo Biogás, a partnership between Crivellaro Ambiental and Geo Biogás & Carbon, in São Paulo state.
Established under Brazil’s 2024 Fuel of the Future Law, the certificates verify the renewable origin and environmental attributes of biomethane, a natural gas substitute produced by processing biogas derived from organic waste. The system is intended to allow natural gas producers and importers to demonstrate compliance with mandatory decarbonization targets set by Brazil’s National Energy Policy Council (CNPE) and allocated to individual companies by ANP.
Trading the certificates could provide biomethane producers with an additional revenue stream beyond physical gas sales, potentially supporting investment in renewable gas projects using municipal, agricultural and industrial waste. The economic potential of the new market, however, will depend on certificate demand, trading prices and the implementation of the regulatory framework.
Certificate issuance cannot begin until a dedicated digital platform developed by Serpro, Brazil’s federal government technology company, becomes operational. No launch date has been announced. According to ANP, producers certified in 2026 will be eligible to issue certificates covering qualifying biomethane sales dating back to January 2026, subject to regulatory requirements. The regulator said it continues to review additional applications and conduct on-site audits of production facilities.
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