Biogas production in Finland

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Biogas production in Finland

• Simo Leinonen, Chairman
• Finnish Biogas Association
• www.biokaasuyhdistys.net
• hsimo.leinonen_at_pp.inet.fi
• simo.leinonen_at_bioste.fi
• Biogas Markets
• Vienna Austria

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Foreword

• In 1996 a decision was made to create a register
  of all biogas plants and landfill gas collection
  stations in Finland. To contribute to the use of
  biogas, the Finnish Biogas Association and the
  University of Joensuu as a joint work have
  gathered statistical data of the biogas
  production and landfill gas recovery in Finland.
  The results of the studies have been published
  annually as Suomen biokaasulaitosrekisteri
  (Finnish Biogas Plant Register) starting from
  1998. Until now there are 9 registers published,
  the 9th one was published in June 2006.
  Preparation of the annual reports and collection
  of the data has been carried out by Ville
  Kuittinen, Markku J. Huttunen and Simo Leinonen.
  The ongoing project has been financed previously
  by the Finnish Ministry of the Environment,
  Ministry of Trade and Industry, the Finnish
  Biogas Association as well as many enterprises
  working with biogas and biogas plants. Presently,
  the project is mainly financed by the Finnish
  Environment Institute.

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Biogas plants in Finland
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Biogas plants in Finland

• Municipal wastewater treatment plants (15)
• Industrial wastewater treatment plants (3)
• Farm plants (7)
• Co-digestion plants (Biovakka, Laihia,
  Stormossen)
• Landfills (33)

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Largest Biogas Producers(2005)
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Surlplus combustion ( of production)

• Reactor plants (11,9 )
• Biogas recovery plants at landfills (50,1 )
• At Ämmässuo landfill 14,1 million m3 of methane
• about 20,2 million kilometres for municipal buses
  with gas engines
• 2/3 of the annual bus operation of the City
  of Helsinki (31,1 million kilometres)

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• The most efficient utilizers
• Forssa wastewater treatment plant
• Hämeenlinna wastewater treatment plant
• Riihimäki wastewater treatment plant
• Chips industrial wastewater treatment plant
• Hyvinkää landfill
• Lahti landfill
• Oulu landfill

• The biggest wasters
• Maarianhamina wastewater treatment plant
• Espoo Ämmässuo landfill
• Pori landfill
• Espoo Mankkaa landfill Hämeenlinna landfill
• Helsinki Vuosaari landfill
• Tampere landfill

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Haapavesi Biogas plant at Virtaala farm reactor
capasity 200 m3 and gas storage of the same
volume is at the top of the concrete tank,
atarted first time in autumn 2004.
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Orivesi Biogas plant at Salmela farm reactor
capasity 280 m3 and gas storage is 400 m3 will be
completed and test feeding will start end of 2006.
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Halsua, Biogas plant at Kotimäki farm, reactor
capasity 250 m3Started in autumn 2003 at 37 oC
and were changed to 55 oC in 2005.
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Vehmaa, Biovakka Ltd Started in March 2005,
reactor capasity is 6 300 m3