Göteborg Energi AB

Göteborg, Sweden

Actively involved in production, upgrading to biomethane and distribution of biogas in Gothenburg and the surrounding area; also responsible for the GoBiGas project, producing biomethane from low grade biomass in the form of residues from forestry.

The GoBiGas facility was inaugurated on 12 March 2014. On 18 December 2012 it was announced that GoBiGas Phase 2, Sweden, had been selected to receive counterpart funding of €58.8m under the first call for proposals of the NER300 funding programme for innovative low-carbon technologies. The Project will demonstrate the large-scale conversion of low-quality wood into high quality synthetic natural gas (SNG) by indirect gasification at atmospheric pressure, gas cleaning, methane production (via nickel catalyst), pressurization and injecting the product into the regional gas network.