In Sweden, biogas plant and renewable natural gas (RNG) developer Biokraft International AB (Biokraft) formerly Scandinavian Biogas Fuels International AB, has announced that Perstorp municipality has approved a land allocation agreement on municipal, industrial land for a proposed anaerobic digestion (AD) plant. As such the company can begin the environmental permitting process.
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Biokraft intends to expand its current annual production capacity of 440 GWh to at least 3 TWh by 2030. The growth will be incremental; by 2026, the company aims to have 1.2 TWh of production capacity.
The increase in capacity will primarily result from the building of several new large-scale production facilities in northern Europe. The land allocation agreement in Perstorp, Sweden is a significant milestone.
Strategic location
Biokraft International can now continue the project and start an environmental permit process estimated to take 9 to 12 months.
Biokraft has identified Perstorp, located in northern Skåne, as a suitable site for a large-scale liquid biogas plant. It is close to Northern Europe, has excellent road connections, and is in a landscape with plentiful supplies of manure and organic waste from surrounding agriculture.
The plant is planned to be the same type the company is currently building in Mönsterås and has also been planned in Kalmar and Skånes Fagerhult, where environmental permit processes are already underway.
Like in Mönsterås, these facilities will be based on manure as feedstock and be built in collaboration with local farmers who are also offered a stake in the project.
The planned facility in Perstrop, which will create approximately 15 new jobs, will have a production capacity of 130 GWh bioLNG annually. This corresponds to 400 heavy trucks’ annual diesel consumption.
Demand for liquefied biomethane is booming in Sweden and the continent. Production in Sweden is needed to satisfy the domestic market and utilize synergies with our other facilities in Sweden. We are grateful that the municipality of Perstorp is positive about us establishing ourselves there, said Matti Vikkula, CEO of Biokraft.
The plant in Perstorp is expected to start production approximately 18 months after environmental permit approval, subject to permitting approval, funding being obtained, and other administrative requirements being met.
