Organic fertilizers and biogas from biowaste in the Helsinki region – commercial use of the Lohja biogas plant started up
Gasum’s biogas plant on the site of Munkkaa waste center in Lohja will turn biowaste from the Helsinki region into renewable biogas for transport and industry as well as organic fertilizers for agriculture. The plant will process around 60,000 tonnes of biodegradable feedstocks into 40 GWh of biogas and 50,000 tonnes of organic fertilizers a year. The biogas will be injected from the plant straight into the gas network. The plant entered commercial service to plan in January 2021.Gasum strives actively to increase biogas production capacity by building new biogas plants and also by