Wärtsilä further commits to biogas

The market for advanced biofuels is growing whilst efforts are being made in both Europe and the US to de-carbonise the natural gas grid. Wärtsilä’s biogas technology removes carbon from the waste cycle, thereby lowering greenhouse gas effects and reducing the level of carbon intensity. Furthermore, fossil driven natural gas grids may see an expansion towards transporting bio-related gases, such as biomethane or even synthetic methane, in the near future.

“Wärtsilä Biogas Solutions offers products for biogas upgrading to biomethane, and the liquefaction of biomethane into bioLNG,” explained Arne Jakobsen, general manager, Wärtsilä Biogas Solutions.

“Currently, our market share in this field is almost 60% and we expect this to continue to grow as we further develop our capabilities,” he added.

Wärtsilä has earlier provided the turnkey installation for the world’s largest bioLNG facility located in Skogn, Norway and will, by the end of the year, deliver two more bio-LNG plants to customers in Scandinavia.

Wärtsilä’s biogas upgrading plants use the company’s in-house Puregas CA technology, a process that is claimed to remove more than 99.9% of the biomethane present in raw biogas. The process separates the CO2 from the biogas through chemical adsorption and is highly tolerant of variations in the raw gas composition resulting from changes in the feedstock.

Wärtsilä Biogas Solutions supports the company’s vision for a 100% renewables future.