In Sweden, Nordic energy company Gasum Oy has announced that it will supply 250 tonnes of liquefied biogas (LBG or bioLNG) to Uddeholms AB, part of Austria-headed voestalpine AG, a leading global manufacturer of steel for industrial tools as part of Uddeholm's sustainability week in mid-December. The biogas will be delivered to Uddeholms’ plant in Hagfors.
Steel production in Hagfors requires a significant amount of energy which comes from a mix of different sources such as liquefied natural gas (LNG), electricity, and other sources. During Uddeholms sustainability week, both the electricity and the gas will be switched to even more sustainable options. The LNG will be replaced with 250 tonnes LBG from Gasum, equalling approximately 3.8 GWh.
We are very happy to provide LBG to an energy-intensive industry’s forerunner like Uddeholms AB. It is crucial to keep the biogas production on an industrial scale and increase the production further for companies to invest in renewable energy alternatives, such as biogas, said Tommy Mattila, VP Industry, Gasum.
This is not the first time biogas has been used in the production of steel in Hagfors. In 2018 Gasum supplied bioLNG to the plant for one day as a sustainability pilot project. Now the company has expanded the pilot to a week of bioLNG with reductions in carbon emissions.
Uddeholms has already lowered its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 46 percent compared to 1990. Now they are ready for the next step starting by using bioLNG during their sustainability week to reduce CO2 emissions by up to 90 percent compared to using LNG.
