Biogas

LiU doctoral student awarded Gunnar Engström Scholarship

Giacomo Carraro, doctoral student at LiU, has been awarded the ABB Gunnar Engström Scholarship for his research into improving the production of biogas. The scholarship has a value of SEK 150,000.

LiU researchers spread international biogas expertise

A wide-ranging report from IEA Bioenergy has highlighted different perspectives on how biogas can be used in the transport sector. The report shows that well-designed biogas solutions are technically, economically and sustainably competitive.

“Squeezing every last bit out of the digestion residue”

Everything that passes through a biogas facility does not get decomposed. For this reason, researchers from the Biogas Research Center have studied what is actually left and how the decomposition process can be maximised.

Biofertilizer provides organic nutrition for the soil.

Domestic production is the key to reduced vulnerability in crisis

Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, fears of skyrocketing electricity and fuel prices is threatening Swedens capacity for food production. Investments in the country's own production systems could provide protection.

Tractor harvests energy crops for biogas production.

European lessons can generate value through the entire biogas chain

Researchers at LiU have studied how biogas development has been affected by political decisions. The results can provide helpful insights into how decision-makers can maximise value creation in the Swedish biogas chain.

Renahav presents its biogasplant during the Biogastour of 2021.

How Sweden's most sustainable industrial cluster was created

Sotenäs Municipality remedied the negative environmental impact of local industry with the help of a group of local entrepreneurs, enthusiastic municipal officials and research-based methods.

Shift to circular economy is slowed by traditional thinking

By communicating and collaborating, businesses can join forces to create greater social, economic and environmental value for society than what they do today, researchers at Linköping University have found.

Competence center for biogas receives grants in tough competition

The Swedish Energy Agency has approved the application for a new five-year period for the Biogas Research Center. Linköping University hosts the competence center.

The surprising breadth of biogas

A new dissertation from LiU tries to explain the advantages and disadvantages of biogas use and how decision supportcan be used to give decision-makers a more complete picture of the biogas' versatility.

Biogas facilities – the key to future industry

A biogas facility associated with the industrial site stimulates industrial symbiosis, which is considered to be crucial in the conversion to a circular economy.

Illustration of Händelö industrial park.

Circular economy in practice at Händelö

LiU is working to develop a biobased and circular economy in practice, in a symbiosis between Händelö Eco-Industrial Park and Norrköping municipality. The project is an example of how industry and the city can use their resources and waste.

Tractor spreading fertiliser in a field.

Biogas from excrement to reduce environmental impact

Researchers at LiU have shown that coordinated management of excrement from animals and humans could save nearly EUR 100 million each year. The key is to produce the biogas from the excrement before it is used as fertiliser.

Symbol for electric car on green background.

Clean fuels not always so green

A vehicle with zero emissions can have a large impact on the environment when the complete life cycle is considered. A study shows the significance of electricity production for the emission of greenhouse gases from fuels.

Biogas solves several environmental challenges

Biogas doesn’t solve just one or two of the world’s huge environmental challenges: it solves three! Or it would, if countries used the Nordic model. In fact, biogas can play a part in achieving all 17 sustainable development goals.

Biogas is always good – but not always best

Biogas has many positive sides – but it’s not best at everything. A source of energy should be analysed from several perspectives and compared with the alternatives. It is also important to determine which factors are most important.

Screenshot from BRC's digital conference.

BRC Conference: Biogas can change the world

Waste management, climate impact, a secure energy supply – there are many ways that biogas can make the world a bette place. Researchers from several countries took part in a digital seminar to discuss the opportunities and challenges of biogas.

Sustainable markets must be created and defended

Creating sustainable markets poses particular obstacles: a sustainable market must be continuously shaped and reshaped. This is the conclusion of three LiU researchers in business administration, who have used the Swedish biogas market as a case.

Biogas can increase the capacity of pulp and paper mills

The wastewater streams from kraft mills have been considered to be too difficult to digest for biogas production, despite containing large quantities of organic substances. Eva-Maria Ekstrand reveals a solution in her doctoral thesis.

Biogas production can be more efficient, with the right choice of organic material

Luka Šafarič doctoral thesis shows that the organic material that is fed into the reactor affects the thickness of the sludge, and ultimately, the reactor’s efficiency.

Food industry waste becomes profitable biogas

Huge gains can be made by using waste from the food industry for biogas production, no matter whether the biogas is used in vehicles or to produce electricity and heat. This is the conclusion of researchers from the Biogas Research Center.

The farmers’ wish: a mechanical cow

Vafab Miljö is responsible for waste management in 12 municipalities, 10 of them in Västmanland, together with Enköping and Heby. There’s a biogas story here worth telling that started with exclusive grain cultivation and a wish for a mechanical cow.

Global City Challenge Winner

Uppsala has produced biogas since 1996, through its municipality-owned company Uppsala Vatten och Avfall AB. Each year, around 30 GWh of energy is produced from household waste, and a further 15 GWh at the sewage treatment plant.

Linköping home to Sweden’s largest biogas facility

Production of biogas in Linköping started in 1997, and in 2017 Tekniska verken produced 120 GWh of energy from biogas, equivalent to 13 million litres of petrol, in the largest biogas facility in Sweden.

Three cities, three ways to handle biogas

Linköping, Uppsala and Västerås are three cities and regions around the same size, all of which have made long-term investments in biogas. But their reasons and the practical solutions they have chosen are completely different.