Jacobs Wins a $19M Contract for Biomass Gasification and Methanation Plant in Sweden

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. JEC announced today that it has received a contract from Goteborg Energi AB for the GoBiGas-project, a 20 megawatt biomass gasification and methanation project in Goteborg, Sweden. Officials estimate the contract value at $19 million (EUR 13.7 million). Jacobs is executing the engineering, procurement and construction management services from its offices in Leiden, The Netherlands. Under the terms of the contract, Jacobs is providing the local construction management services for and on behalf of GoBiGas for the new demonstration plant. The plant will produce biomethane from biomass, which is to be distributed in the existing Goteborg gas grid. The gasification technology is provided by Metso Power in cooperation with Repotec, and Haldor Topsoe is providing the methanation technology. The plant is planned to come on line in 2013.