BioGTS to build a vehicle biomethane plant in Finland
BioGTS is
a Finnish company that provides scalable biorefinering solutions based on
patented biogas and biodiesel technologies. Such solutions have been designed
for the treatment of organic biodegradable wastes from municipalities,
industries and farms. The firm has just signed a purchase agreement with BioSairila
concerning the delivery of a biorefinery to the City of Mikkeli in Eastern
Finland (see press
release).
The plant will utilize municipal and
agricultural biomass for the production of biogas and fertilizer products. At
the moment, the waste management center of Metsäsairila
Oy (local waste management company) treats biowaste and sewage sludge at a composting
plant to obtain soil improvement products utilized in landscaping. In a close future,
vehicle fuel and recycled nutrients will be generated from those residues in the
BioSairila plant. The production of vehicle biomethane will offer an opportunity
for car owners to switch to a low emission driving in the area of Mikkeli.
Figure 1. Model of the biogas plant that BioGTS
will deliver to BioSairila (extracted from BioGTS web page)
Project datasheet:
Location
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Site of Metsäsairila
in Mikkeli (Finland).
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Owner
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BioSairila.
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Biorefinery
provider
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BioGTS.
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Technologies
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Anaerobic
digestion and biogas upgrading.
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Feedstock
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Municipal
and agricultural biomass.
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Products
and production capacity
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- Biogas that
will be upgraded to biomethane and mainly utilized and sold as transportation
fuel. The full production capacity will correspond to the annual fuel
consumption of approximately 1,400 passenger cars. Part of the biogas will be
liquefied.
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Fertilizers.
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Investment
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Total
investment equals to about 9.7 M€.
It has
received the investment grant from the Ministry of Employment and the Economy
of Finland in the amount of 3.4 M€.
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Timeline
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The construction work will begin during
autumn 2017 and the plant will start its operation at the beginning of 2019.
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