GoBiGas – Gothenburg Biomass Gasification Plant
Göteborg Energi plans to build a gasification plant that is intended to transform 140 MW of low grade biomass such as forestry residues into biogas, with an efficiency of 60-70%.
The biogas will primarily be distributed to end consumers via the natural gas grid, and used for a variety of applications including vehicles, industrial purposes and electricity production. It may also be used in the adjacent CHP plant directly for high efficiency combined heat and power production.
The high methane yield makes the process a good example of extraordinary economization of natural resources. In addition, most of the waste heat from the gasification process will be used for district heating. Thus, the total efficiency of the plant will be approximately 90 %.
The choice of technology will determine the exact pecifications of the plant. There are different technical solutions available, although none have been tested for this particular application in this large scale. Therefore there is a technical risk involved. The investment for this project is estimated to 170 million euros. According to plan the plant shall be ready by 2012.
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