Once again the Italian agricultural supply chain is proving crucial to the country’s energy future. This is the verdict emerging from two intense days’ work at Biogas Italy 2019 in Milan, where the contribution of agriculture and over 1200 existing biogas plants to the fight against climate change was underlined. The undisputed star of the debates was biomethane, which confirmed its status as a high-potential programmable source and attracted the attention of representatives from industry, energy distribution, transport and politics.