Gasum to invest in second biogas plant in Sweden
Finland’s state-owned energy company Gasum will build this biogas plant in Borlänge, Sweden and invest over €62 million ($66.7 million).
PHOTO: Gasum's biogas plant in Sweden. Gasum
Construction of the plant will start later this year. It is expected to produce 133 gigawatt hours/year of liquefied biogas (LBG) from 2026 “by using a feedstock mixture of regionally sourced organic household waste and manure.”
In a liquefied state, the produced biogas can be used as a viable alternative fuel for ships and other outlets, according to the energy firm.
The new plant will use 270,000 mt/year of feedstock, Gasum said. The company will collect household waste and process it at Borlänge Energi. Gasum will source manure from farmers in the Borlänge area.
This project has been granted an additional subsidy of €15 million ($16.1 million) by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency’s Klimatklivet investment programme.
This plant is Gasum’s second project in a series of five large-scale biogas plants in Sweden. The first plant in Götene, Sweden is expected to start producing biogas at the end of 2024.
“The remaining three plants will be located in Kalmar, Sjöbo, and Hörby,” Gasum said.
Gasum is also planning to build a biogas plant near Trondheim in Norway. The energy firm aims to bring 7 terawatt hours/year of renewable gas by 2027.
By Aparupa Mazumder
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