Italy 's Snam and US - owned Baker Hughes have begun to assess the possibility of developing four micro - liquefaction plants across Italy by the end of this year , for making bio - LNG for transportation . Bio - LNG is liquefied biomethane made from the organic fraction of refuse or from agricultural and agro - industrial biomass . The potential overall investment will be between € 50m-€80 m ( $ 59m-$94 m ) , with the exact sum to be determined depending on results of the study . Each almost the size of a football field, these would be the first micro-LNG plants in Italy and among the first of their kind in Europe. The intended output of the four plants is approximately 500 tonnes per year .
Italy 's Snam and US - owned Baker Hughes have begun to assess the possibility of developing four micro - liquefaction plants across Italy by the end of this year , for making bio - LNG for transportation . Bio - LNG is liquefied biomethane made from the organic fraction of refuse or from agricultural and agro - industrial biomass . The potential overall investment will be between € 50m-€80 m ( $ 59m-$94 m ) , with the exact sum to be determined depending on results of the study . The intended output of the four plants is approximately 500 tonnes per year .