[Gasification] Metso to deliver gasification technology to GoBiGas20MW

[Tom Miles]

METSO Press Release:

Metso to deliver gasification technology 

 

Metso Corporation's press release on February 8, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. local
time

 

Metso will supply a gasifier to sustain new gasification technology to
Göteborg

Energi AB's innovative project GoBiGas20MW. The value of the order is

approximately EUR 30 million, and the order was already included in Energy
and

Environmental Technology's Q4/2010 orders received. The gasification demo
plant

will be operational in early 2013.

 

The project GoBiGas20MW is focusing on producing biogas by gasification of

biofuels and waste from forestry. A demo gasification plant is scheduled to
be

built in two stages to demonstrate the technology of the green gas concept.

Ownership and responsibility for operating the plant will be transferred to

GoBiGas AB (Gothenburg Biomass Gasification Project), mainly owned by
Göteborg

Energi AB. Metso will be involved in the first stage when the gasification
plant

(20MW gas) is built on the existing premises of Rya Värmecentral in
Gothenburg,

Sweden, during 2011-2013. On a commercial scale the final plant will have a

capacity of approximately 100 MW biogas with an operating period of 8 000

hours/year.

 

The Metso gasification solution is based on new licensed technology for
indirect

gasification developed by Austrian company REPOTEC. With forest residue and
wood

pellets as main fuels, the gasification system, together with the subsequent

methanation and up-grading system, will produce high-calorific gas,
biomethane,

for distribution in the existing gas grid.

 

"We see a huge market potential for biogas in replacing fossil alternatives
and

our mission is to show that gasification can play an important role in
biogas

supply", says Åsa Burman, CEO of the GoBiGas project. "The quality of the

gasification is essential for the success of the project and with the
equipment

from Metso together with the selected methanation and gas-upgrading
technology

we are now able to proceed to the next step, building the plant in order to
meet

our targets to replace natural gas by synthetic natural gas - from fossil
energy

to renewable energy".

 

Metso is a global supplier of sustainable technology and services for
mining,

construction, power generation, automation, recycling and the pulp and paper

industries. We have about 28,500 employees in more than 50 countries.

www.metso.com

 

For further information for the press, please contact:

 

Martin Ridderheim, Vice President, Service, Power business line, Metso, tel

+46 706 541 237

Hasse Storm, Project Manager, Service Project Execution, Power business
line,

Metso, +46 705 119 498

 

 

http://www.investegate.co.uk/article.aspx?id=20110208090000H6468

 

 

 

 

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