Söderenergi awarded SEK 75 million grant for Igelsta BECCS project

The Igelsta BECCS (aka BioCCS) project at Söderenergi aims to prevent carbon dioxide (CO₂) from reaching the atmosphere and create negative emissions by capturing, liquefying, and storing biogenic CO₂ from the Igelsta CHP plant in Södertälje.

The potential at the Igelsta CHP plant is to capture up to 500,000 tonnes of biogenic CO₂ annually from 2030 to be stored geologically. Negative emissions are necessary to reach the climate goals, in Sweden and globally.

The overall goal for this phase of the BioCCS project is to reach a final investment decision (FID) and start building a BioCCS plant with commissioning in 2030, said project owner Leif Bodinson, BioCCS Project Owner at Söderenergi

In addition to this, the logistical chain for the removed carbon dioxide needs to be contracted.

The Igelsta BECCS project at Söderenergi started in 2020 and the goal in the latest project phase was to begin procurement of engineering.

This was achieved in the summer of 2024 when procurement opened.

Furthermore, work has been carried out in the permitting process.

Söderenergi can and wants to make a difference. We know that the conditions at the Igelsta Plant in Södertälje are ideal for BioCCS. We use biomass fuel in our CHP plant, there is enough space and energy for the process and we have our own port facility on the Baltic Sea. This puts Söderenergi in a leading position within the area of negative emissions. While the support from the Swedish Energy Agency helps a great deal, half of the money needed in this phase of the project will be financed in other ways, said Leif Bodinson.

Söderenergi can remove half a million tonnes of CO₂ permanently every year. To reach Sweden’s 2045 climate goal, 10 million tonnes per year needs to be removed.