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Of BiOgAs
Thanks to its new innovation,
Arc Aroma Pure,
based in Lund, Sweden,
has succeeded in achieving
production increases of 15 to 28
percent in biogas plants.
The company announced that
the method also opens up the way
for the use of new types of raw materials,
such as seaweed and forest
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The Swedish Institute of
Agricultural and Environmental
Engineering ( JTI)
recently began a collaborative
project with Russian authorities.
The project aims to export expertise
and experience gained during Swedish
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waste in these plants. Arc Aroma
Pure even goes so far as to claim that
Sweden could become a net exporter
of biogas, thanks to the technique.
The new technique is based on
high-voltage pulses that kill microorganisms
by destroying cells inside
the waste, which breaks the raw
material down at the cellular level,
releasing nutrients.
biogas production. JTI has established
a partnership with the Russian
Engineering Academy of Management
and Agribusiness (RIAMA) and the
Russian Energy Agency (REA). The
Swedish Energy Agency is responsible
for financing JTI’s part of the project.
The method is currently undergoing
large-scale testing at an industrial
biogas plant in Skåne, southern
Sweden.
Arc Aroma Pure is also arranging
a new share issue prior to listing on
the stock market in order to raise
capital for the commercialization of
its innovation.
In concrete terms, the project may
involve building and exporting mobile
biogas plants for pilot studies, for
example. It may also open doors to the
Russian market for Swedish technology
companies and assist them with
networking building.