Gasum To Develop Swedish LBG Unit
Finnish utility Gasum said October 9 it plans a mini Liquefied Biogas (LBG) plant in southern Sweden.
It and Finnish pulp and paper manufacturer Stora Enso have signed a contract to build a biogas production and liquefaction plant at the latter’s Nymolla paper mill (see photo, courtesy of Stora Enso). The LBG unit will be built and operated by Gasum.
The plant is expected to start up in 2020 and its expected LBG production of the plant is 220 MWh (20,500 m3 gas equivalent, or 15 tons LNG) per day. Total cost is expected to be around €45mn ($51mn), of which Gasum will invest some €27mn and Stora Enso €5mn, in addition to which Gasum will receive a subsidy of Swedish krona 121.5mn (€12.7mn) from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency’s Klimatklivet programme.
Gasum says heavy-duty vehicles that use LBG have up to 85% fewer emissions compared to fossil fuels; it is expanding use of LNG and LBG as a fuel for trucks and marine bunkers in Scandinavia.