Sucros sugar beet factory is replacing oil and coal with natural gas and biogas from Gasum to reduce emissions
Finnish sugar company Sucros Oy, part of Nordzucker AG, has decided to switch from using heavy fuel oil and coal to using liquefied natural gas (LNG) and liquefied biogas (LBG) supplied by Gasum in its existing three boilers to significantly reduce emissions of the sugar beet factory in Säkylä. Promoting the circular economy, Gasum already receives wastewater sludge and biosludge from Sucros subsidiary Suomen Sokeri for use as raw materials in Gasum’s biogas plants.The LNG and LBG supply agreement between Gasum and Sucros will commence during the autumn of 2022, when the terminal, which