Ukraine ready to export biomethane to Germany after aligning EU legislation – Economy Ministry
Ukraine is ready to begin supplying biomethane produced from agricultural raw materials to Germany as soon as the relevant EU database is launched and German legislation on "green" gas quotas is implemented, according to a statement by Ukraine’s Ministry of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture.
The ministry said the issue was discussed during a meeting between Ukraine’s Minister of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture Oleksiy Sobolev and Germany’s Federal Minister for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Carsten Schneider, as well as Federal Minister of Research and Technology Dorothee Bär.
During the talks, the parties agreed that German experts would assist Ukraine in certifying national emissions verifiers (ETS) to unlock exports.
Another topic discussed with Minister Schneider was the application of the CBAM carbon adjustment mechanism. Sobolev said that Ukraine’s metallurgy sector is already incurring losses due to this mechanism.
"Since Ukrainian steel is produced in part from scrap using electricity without coal-based generation, the EU’s CO₂ emissions assessment may be overstated. We expect that German expertise will help accelerate the resolution of this issue and unlock exports," Sobolev was quoted as saying.
During the meeting with Minister Dorothee Bär, the sides discussed Ukraine’s involvement in high-tech projects in artificial intelligence (AI), quantum technologies, and biotechnology. The Ukrainian side proposed cooperation in dual-use technologies, the space sector, and energy.
The ministers also considered the creation of startup accelerators and the implementation of pilot projects for workforce retraining. The agreements are expected to be formalized through the signing of a bilateral document at the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC-2026), which will be held in Gdańsk.