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  • Location Tarastenjärvi circular economy area
  • e-methane production Fuel for up to 500 trucks
  • District heating Up to the annual heat consumption of 35,000 apartment buildings with two rooms
  • e-methane production capacity 25 MW
  • Hydrogen production capacity 50 MW
  • Carbon dioxide 40,000 tons per year
  • Production start 2027
  • Expansion phase Doubling production capacity
  • Support 46 MEUR investment support from the Ministry of Employment and the Economy
     

Pre-study
2021

EIA
2022

Permitting
2023

Construction
2025-2027

Production
2027-

Clean Power-to-Gas fuel production and CO2-free district heating plant planned in Tampere Tarastenjärvi

 

Nordic Ren-Gas Oy is developing a record size Power-to-Gas project in Tampere. The goal of the project is to build a production facility that produces renewable e-methane, hydrogen, and district heating from excess heat from the process. The planned location of the plant is next to the Tarastenjärvi power plant, which enables efficient CO2 delivery and district heating integration.

The project is developed in a close co-operation with Tampereen Energia. The project will be executed in phases. The construction of the first phase will take place between 2025-2028. In the extension phase, the production capacity of the plant will be doubled.

The production of the renewable e-methane, hydrogen and district heating produced from process waste heat, is based on a carbon neutral fuel cycle. The project consists of a technology complex that includes hydrogen production, methane production, further processing of methane, as well as heat production with auxiliary equipment, integrations and buildings.

Ren-Gas is the leading hydrogen economy developer in Finland, promoting the establishment of a decentralized renewable e-methane production network throughout the country. The renewable fuels produced by Ren-Gas will significantly reduce the reliance on fossil fuels in heavy road and maritime transportation, saving up to 250 million litres fossil fuel use annually. Ren-Gas’ projects will reduce carbon dioxide emissions within the transportation and energy sectors in total by over one million tons annually.

To achieve this goal, Ren-Gas is actively developing a production portfolio capable of producing e-methane for up to 8000 trucks. Ren-Gas will source Finnish wind power for the e-methane production, which will significantly support the expansion of wind power in Finland. Furthermore, thanks to its flexibility, the portfolio’s approximately 800 MW of electrolyzer capacity will adapt to the needs of the electricity system, increasing demand flexibility in the Finnish electricity grid.

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More information:

Nordic Ren-Gas Oy: Head of Project Development
Lauri Puro, p. +358 50 300 6043

Nordic Ren-Gas Oy is a Finnish power-to-gas developer accelerating the cost-effective decarbonisation of the traffic and energy sector by developing a sector coupled clean power-to-gas production network in Finland. The renewable fuels produced by Ren-Gas will cut the use of fossil-based diesel fuel in the heavy duty traffic by some 250 million litres a year, which represents approximately a fifth of the fuel consumption of heavy duty traffic. The renewable power-to-gas fuel will reduce carbon dioxide emission in the transport and energy sectors by more than a million tonnes per annum. Ren-Gas’s energy source for its power-to-gas fuels is new Finnish wind power.