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More Biogas started as a simple study group, and has become a profitable biogas facility that supplies vehicle fuel throughout the Kalmar region, and KRAV-labelled fertiliser to farmers. The latter are also joint-owners in the company.

Alyssa Blumenthal came to LiU in September 2015 on a Fulbright scholarship. Now she is full of enthusiasm about the Biogas Research Center (BRC), LiU, Sweden and energy-related issues. However she is leaving academia for a job in her hometown.

South Africa’s largest city, Johannesburg, wants to reduce its impact on the climate, solve its problems with waste and become an environmentally sensitive city.

Sverige klarar att tredubbla sin inhemska produktion av biogas på bara några år, bland annat genom organiskt avfall som inte används i dag. Det säger BSRC-forskare i en policy brief.

They have a mountain of waste and a burning need for green energy. A delegation from Nigeria visited Linköping and there was great interest. They are seeking partners and want to learn more about Sweden's waste management and biogas production.

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.

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.

“We could be using fossil-free cars, freight and air travel, but so far there’s been a lot of talk and very little action. And most people have completely unrealistic expectations for how rapidly we can achieve a transition”, Mats Eklund says.

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.

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.