The project is expected come online next year, and represents another interesting turn for the tiny city that boasts a population approaching 16,000.
In the 12th Century, it was an early pilgrimage site with a church dedicated to Saint Olaf, and it was actually burnt to the ground by the Danish during the Northern Seven Year’s War.
Bioenergy is to be used to heat and power a town in southern Sweden, following a deal between and a local power company.
More recently it has been largely a service-oriented community.
Falbygden Energi is a subsidiary of west Sweden’s leading energy company Göteborg Energi, and the deal results from an allocation decision its parent company recently made.
The cogeneration plant has a heat generation capacity of 12 MW and can generate 2.4 MW of electricity.
Opcon said in a statement the deal marked a major milestone for its subsidiary Opcon Bioenergy.
“This is the largest ever order for Opcon Bionergy so far,” said Claes Scheibe, CEO of Opcon Bioenergy.
“Combining generation of electricity with production of district heating in this way is now profitable even for a small plant like this,” he said.
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