"Enerstena" will develop a biofuel gas plant
From the beginning of 2018, UAB 'Enerstena', together with the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and 8 other partners from Lithuania, Finland, Germany and the United Kingdom, will launch a new bio-plant project for biofuel conversion to gas.
'The new bio-plant will not burn wood chips, sawdust or other biomass, but will convert it to gas, from which it will produce necessary product for that time, for example - heat and electricityin winter, or liquid hydrocarbons that can be recycled to the second-generation biofuel for cars in summer. In addition, such power plants can be 'fed' with the most various, not even the best quality wood industry, agriculture, or even household waste', - Innovation Director of UAB “Enerstenosgrupė” Mr. Ralfas Lukoševičius is quoted in a published report.
In the projectLithuanians are responsible for designing the project, automating the technology and improving either testing the gasification unit itself, as well as analyzing the markets and searching for new equipment.
'The coordinating VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has chosen our company because we are one of the few medium power plant manufacturers in the Nordic countries, which can turn the technology into a functioning power plant and sell it - says Mr. Lukoševičius. In addition, the VTT has already workedsuccessfully on same direction project financed by the Finnish government'.
If gasification technologies succeed in proper development, Kaunas residents expect to significantly expand their export markets. This type cogeneration power plants with an electric power range from 0.5 to 5 MW and a price significantly lower than usual, are particularly interesting in a number of countries in Asia and Africa, where shortage of electricity is a growing and where are no central supply conditions (only in Africa 700 million people have no access to electricity), while there is a lot of poor-quality biofuel.
In addition, gasification technology can also utilize excess energy from renewable resources such as the sun and wind and thus 'preserve' it in the form of synthetic hydrocarbons when it is needed.
According to the General Director of UAB 'Enerstenosgrupė' Mr. Virginijus Ramanauskas, 'the fact that Lithuanian scientists and companies successfully participate in this and others international projects clearly shows gathered sufficient experience and knowledge in consolidating energy independence'.
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