Danish agriculture - and the pig sector in particular - has played a key role in this development.

Across Europe, low gas storage levels are raising concerns about higher gas prices this winter. EU authorities and market analysts have warned that lower-than-usual inventories, combined with increased competition for liquefied natural gas and uncertainty over global supplies, could push up energy costs for households and industry this winter. 

Denmark, however, is in a different position. As the Danish agricultural newspaper Landbrugsavisen recently reported, the country’s biogas production has reached a record level. According to the Danish Biogas Association, citing current figures from Energinet, Denmark’s national gas and electricity grid operator, biogas production in July 2026 almost matched the country’s total gas consumption.

Biogas production reached 708 gigawatt-hours in July, an increase of 23% compared with the same month in 2025. Gas consumption during the month rose by 7.5% to 710 GWh. 

In the first seven months of 2026, Denmark produced 4,544 GWh of biogas, an increase of 3.4% compared with the same period in 2025. Biogas production is expected to continue to increase as the demand from industry and the transport sector rises.

“This historic result shows that Denmark is a leading biogas nation and that, within a few years, we could be fully supplied with green, CO₂-neutral gas. At a time of geopolitical uncertainty, domestically produced biogas is not only sound climate policy, but also contributes to security of supply and reduces Europe’s dependence on fossil gas,” says Søren Pind, chair of the Danish Biogas Association, in a press release.

Pig sector plays a key role in biogas production 

Danish agriculture, and livestock farming in particular, makes a significant contribution to the country’s biogas production. Agricultural biogas plants, which primarily use livestock manure as feedstock, account for more than 90% of Denmark’s biogas production. 

Pig production plays an important role in this. Danish pig farms generate around 17.4 million tonnes of slurry each year, of which just under 4.7 million tonnes - or 27% - is currently used in biogas plants. Overall, the Danish biogas industry processes around 40% of all livestock manure in the country, a share that is among the highest in the world. The Danish pig sector has set an ambitious target of increasing the proportion of slurry used for biogas production to around 60% by 2030. In addition to livestock manure, biogas plants use other types of biomass, including bedding material and waste from food production and slaughterhouses. In total, more than 20 million tonnes of biomass are processed by Danish biogas plants each year.