Gasum, a gas infrastructure company, has decided to invest in a new biogas plant in Borlänge, Sweden, as part of its plan to construct five large-scale biogas plants in the country. This investment supports Gasum’s strategic goal of significantly increasing the availability of Nordic biogas in the coming years.
The company will invest over 62 million euros in the construction of the biogas plant in Borlänge, which has received a subsidy of 15 million euros from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency’s Klimatklivet investment program. Construction is set to begin in spring 2024, with the plant producing 133 GWh of liquefied biogas (LBG) annually from 2026.
In its liquefied form, biogas can reduce lifecycle emissions by up to 90% compared to traditional fuels. The Borlänge plant will use a feedstock mixture of regionally sourced organic household waste and manure, processing 270,000 tons per year.
In addition to producing LBG, the plant will generate 250,000 tons of high-quality, environmentally friendly fertilizers annually. These fertilizers, made from recycled organic matter, help maintain growing conditions and weather resistance for farmlands.
The Borlänge plant is the second of five large-scale biogas plants Gasum plans to construct in Sweden. The first plant, in Götene, began construction in February 2023 and is expected to start producing biogas by the end of 2024. The remaining three plants will be located in Kalmar, Sjöbo, and Hörby. Gasum is also considering a biogas plant near Trondheim, Norway.
“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,” says Erik Woode, Head of Production at Gasum.
