Last week, some of the state's biggest utilities pledged their support for the measure after changes were made that would allow them more flexibility in buying electricity generated by sources such as solar and wind.
In 2012, the percentage of electrical energy produced by biogas was 6% of the EU-28 electricity generated through renewable sources while, in 2013, the almost 830 biogas units produced 7448 GWh which corresponds to 14% of EU-28 gross electricity production.
Electricity generated by renewable sources played a critical role, having accounted for around 90% of new electricity generation in 2015.
It forces them to meet some of their energy needs with electricity generated from renewable sources.
Qatar's proportion of electricity generated from renewable sources was 0.0 percent in 2010, according to a report from the International Renewable Energy Agency.
That drawback has focused minds on the question of how to store electricity generated by intermittent sources.
Just over 40percentnt generated some form of renewable energy with company-owned or controlled resources, while 68percentnt purchase some amount of electricity generated from renewable sources.
Professor Maximilian Fleischer of Siemens says: "On windy and sunny days, Germany already has more electricity generated from renewable sources than it needs.
In government, we have more than doubled the amount of electricity generated from renewable sources and legislated for the world's first low carbon energy market.
Electricity generated from renewable sources such as wind, marine and solar helps to cut carbon emissions by reducing the need for fossil fuel power generation.
