(Bioenergy Insight) Gasum has received €30 million from Klimatklivet to establish two new biogas plants in Sweden. Klimatklivet, or Climate Leap, is a programme for investment grants from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency. The two biogas plants will be built in Dalarna and Kalmar Counties.
The Borlänge, Dalarna plant will produce liquefied biogas (LBG) mainly from manure and food waste slurry, with an annual capacity of 120 GWh. The plant’s location is convenient, as Gasum is also building a new LBG station for heavy-duty vehicles in Borlänge.
The new facility will also allow Gasum to use local feedstock for biogas production. Municipal energy and waste management company Aktiebolaget Borlänge Energi has operated a pre-treatment plant for food waste since 2017. Currently, the slurry produced by the firm is being transported out of the area. By establishing a plant near Borlänge Energi’s pre-treatment plant at Fågelmyra landfill and recycling centre, around 47
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Gasum has received a grant of €30 million from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency’s Klimatklivet (Climate Leap) investment program to build two new biogas plants in Sweden. Each plant received a funding of €15 million, which is the maximum an initiative can receive. The planned plants are to be located in Borlänge, Dalarna County, and Kalmar County. Courtesy of Gasum
“The grant from Klimatklivet makes it possible for us to consider expanding our production capacity in Sweden with not just one, but two plants. This is an important step in making biogas more available and thus helping us play our part in realizing Sweden’s and EU’s climate goals,” says