Gasum to invest in biogas plant in Sweden

Finnish state-owned energy company Gasum has decided to invest in a new biogas plant in Borlänge, Sweden, said the company in a press release on Friday.

The investment decision is part of Gasum’s plan to build five large-scale biogas plants in Sweden.

It also promotes Gasum’s strategic goal of increasing Nordic biogas availability significantly in coming years.

Gasum continues its plan to increase the availability of biogas by investing over 62 million euros in the construction of a biogas plant in Borlänge, Sweden.

The project has been granted a subsidy of 15 million euros from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency’s Klimatklivet investment program.

Construction of the plant will begin during spring 2024. By using a feedstock mixture of regionally sourced organic household waste and manure the plant will produce 133 gigawatt hours (GWh) worth of liquefied biogas (LBG) per year from 2026 onwards.

The Borlänge plant will be using a total amount of 270,000 tons of feedstock per year. Household waste will be collected and processed by Gasum’s local partner Borlänge Energi, and manure will be sourced from farmers in the Borlänge area.

“The Borlänge plant is the northernmost of Gasum’s biogas plants in Sweden, and we are looking forward to our close cooperation with Borlänge Energi. This investment is the next step towards our goal to increase our own biogas production to two terawatt hours (TWh) a year by 2027,” said Erik Woode, Head of Production at Gasum.

In addition to liquefied biogas the Borlänge plant will produce 250,000 tons of high quality environmentally friendly fertilizers per year. Compared to fossil fertilizers, recycled fertilizers contain organic matter which is important in maintaining the growing conditions and weather resistance of farmlands.