Each year the plant takes in 400,000 tons of manure and other agricultural waste from neighboring farms and turns it into renewable energy as well as recycled fertilizers. The renewable fertilizers are then returned to the farms in the area for reuse in agriculture.
The plant produces 120 gigawatt hours (GWh) of liquefied biogas a year, making it one of the largest liquefied biogas producing facilities in Sweden. The plant’s biogas helps Gasum’s customers in the transport and industry sectors reduce their carbon footprints by over 30,000 tons of CO2 in total.
The facility is a significant investment for Gasum at 58 million euros and has in part been made possible by a 15 million euro grant from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency’s Klimatklivet investment program.
Gasum aims to increase its production of biogas through strategic investments. The company’s next biogas plant is currently under construction in the Swedish town of Borlänge.
Gasum’s strategic goal is to provide its customers with 7 TWh of renewable gas yearly by 2027. That’s approximately three times more than today and would reduce Gasum’s customers’ carbon footprints by 1.8 million tons in total.
The recycled fertilizers and other nutrients that are additionally produced in the process are better for soil health than traditional fossil fertilizers. They also improve local food security as they reduce dependency on imported mineral or chemical fertilizers.
