Methanation tests have now started at the new pilot site at More Biogas
In 2025, our project partner Cortus AB declared bankruptcy, which resulted in the immediate stop of syngas production on-site in Höganäs. This development led to a complete shutdown of our operations for syngas biomethanation using trickle-bed reactors as the facility was entirely dependent on this supply.
Following this disruption, efforts were initiated to identify alternative pathways for biomethane production and utilization of the existing pilot facilities. As a result, approval was granted to relocate the pilot plant to Kalmar, which is now completed. The pilot will be hosted at More Biogas – a co-digestion biogas plant producing approximately 25 GWh of biogas per year from food waste, manure and other organic waste.
In connection with the relocation, a hydrogen (H₂) production unit (placed in a mobile container) was also shipped to the new facility. This unit (14.5 kW) is capable of producing up to 72 m3 of H₂ per day, which is going to be used to upgrade the produced biogas (60 % CH4, 40% CO2) in the pilot trickle-bed reactor (TBR) to achieve biomethane quality.
Operations at the new site commenced on April 16 and are currently in the acclimatization phase, with gradual gas production underway. The TBR has been inoculated with fresh and filtrated digestate originating from the thermophilic More Biogas digester. The plan is to steadily increase the methane production, aiming to fully utilize the hydrogen production unit’s capacity of 72 m3 per day. At full operation, this is expected to result in a daily methane production rate of approximately 7 m3 per m3 reactor volume, while having one TBR of 2.5 m3 in operation.
Further updates will be shared as the ramp-up progresses.
Installation of the pilot (trickle-bed reactor and hydrogen system) at More Biogas in Kalmar in south-east of Sweden. Photo: Florian Gabler April 2026
