Sweden
Recent press releases from Greenlane Biogas are clear indicators of a growing desire to harness biogas for fuel:
- Raw biogas processing plant for Korea
- Affordable municipal waste treatment systems for Swedish communities
- Germany turns raw biogas into pipeline quality gas
- France’s largest biogas plant upgraded
Raw biogas processing plant for Korea
On May 26th, 2008, Greenlane Biogas received a purchase order for a
Compression-Scrubbing-Flash-Recovery (CSFR) 150 from Korean partner,
Eco Energy Holdings Co Limited that will process 200 Nm3 of raw biogas
per hour. This follows the establishment of a Memorandum of
Understanding signed in December 2007 between the Seoul Metropolitan
Government, Greenlane Biogas and Eco Energy Holdings Co Ltd. “This
marks the beginning of what is expected to be the world’s largest
facility for producing biogas for vehicle fuel”, says Steve Broadbent,
Group Managing Director of Greenlane Biogas”.
The biogas upgrading system takes biogas from sludge digesters and
turns an environmental problem into clean, reliable energy
(bio-methane) at modest cost. This will allow the City of Seoul to make
biogas from waste streams, providing large volumes of renewable,
environmentally friendly fuel to replace gasoline and diesel. The
public transport infrastructure of Seoul will thus be powered by fuel
extracted from the wastewater treatment processes and municipal refuse.
Affordable municpal waste treatment systems for Swedish communities
Greenlane Biogas has developed standardised “MICRO” systems to make
them affordable to communities in Sweden: Following two contracts
signed on April 1st, 2008, Motala and Katrineholm will be the first to
experience this latest Greenlane upgrading concept.
The Katrineholm and Motala projects are based on the entry-level
“MICRO” systems (25-80 Nm3/h), turning sludge from municipal wastewater
treatment into biomethane for vehicle fuel. While the Greenlane® MICRO
design is based on Greenlane Biogas’s long-proven
Compression-Scrubbing-Flash-Recovery (CSFR) technology, it contains
several patent pending innovations, giving high energy efficiency from
a low cost simplified process. MICRO was conceptualised in March 2007;
prototype development commenced in early 2008 and the first plants will
be in commercial operation during spring 2009.
Germany turns raw biogas into pipeline quality gas
Following a $US65 million (approx) deal signed by EnviTec Biogas AG in
November 2007, Greenlane Biogas has been contracted to build what they
state is the world’s largest biogas upgrading system. The facility in
Güstrow, Germany will transform raw biogas from biomass digesters into
pipeline quality gas.
Greenlane Biogas will deliver 3 x CSFR 2000 units with 2,000 Nm3/h
each, for a total capacity of 6,000 cubic metres of gas per hour. Over
99% of the upgraded methane gas will be injected into the German
national natural gas grid. The plant will be 50% larger than the
Greenlane upgrading system Greenlane Biogas has installed in Madrid
City, Spain – so far considered being the world’s largest biogas plant.
Project execution began in February 2008 and the first processed biogas
will be fed into natural gas network in the fall of 2008. The project
is due for completion in April 2009.
France’s largest biogas plant upgraded
Greenlane Biogas has recently completed commissioning of the largest
biogas upgrading plant in France that was officially opened in Lille in
September 2007. The two Compression-Scrubbing-Flash-Recovery (CSFR) 600
units supplied by Greenlane Biogas produce four million cubic metres of
biomethane annually and supply 180 buses with fuel. The raw material
for gas production is biomass from household waste. (Also reported in NGV Global article in May 2008).
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