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Lahti

  • Location Lahti, Kymijärvi
  • e-methane production Fuel for up to 1000 trucks
  • District heating Up to the annual heat consumption of 70,000 apartment buildings with two rooms
  • e-methane production capacity 50 MW
  • Hydrogen production capacity 100 MW
  • Carbon dioxide 80,000 tons per year
  • Production start 2028
  • Support Hydrogen Bank Auction green hydrogen production support for 10 years, totaling approximately 45 MEUR, 28 MEUR investment support for carbon dioxide capture and e-methane production from the Ministry of Employment and the Economy
     

Pre-study
2021

EIA
2022

Permitting
2023-

Construction
2025-2028

Production
2028

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

Nordic Ren-Gas Oy is developing a record size Power-to-Gas project in Lahti. 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 e-methane plant will be located close to the Kymijärvi power plant. Construction is planned to take place between 2025-2028.

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: Project development manager
Antti Ruismäki, p. 040 764 1331

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.