The installation and commissioning of the gas engine at Lithiuan Energy Institute (LEI) is in good progress.
LEI has started the gas engine on natural gas and will step by step move forward with low calorific gas and oxygen-enriched combustion air.
Gas engine operated on natural gas as a first step. Source: Rolandas Paulauskas, LEI
Within the LoCaGas project, University of Rostock (UROS) is developing a combined life cycle analysis (LCA) and tecno-economic analysis (TEA) tool for utilisation of landfill gas with low methane content.
Today, 14th of November 2025, Sven Mauch, who did the coding, presented the tool for Robert Aranowski (Gdansk Tech.), Jörgen Held (BEIC) and Ibrahim Rahmouni (UROS).
Realistic data obtained in the pilot testing will be introduced to the tool.
Within the LoCaGas project, Lithuanian Energy Institute (LEI) in collaboration with UAB Addeco is working on oxygen-enriched combustion of landfill gas with low methane content for green power production.
The testing will be done with a 30 kWel genset from TEDOM.
The genset, gas engine and generator, was received at the end of April, unpacked and moved to the lab and pilot testing container.
Unpacked genset. Photo: Rolandas Paulauskas
Installation of the genset in the container. Photo: Rolandas Paulauskas
The container has been equipped with electrical connections, gas supply, exhaust gas system and heat exchanger for the secondary circuit.
Ready for testing. Photo: Rolandas Paulauskas
The first tests with model gas at LEI will commence shortly. Later on the container will be moved to a landfill and tested with real landfill gas.
On the 29th October 2025, Jörgen Held, BEIC interviewed Linn Möller, NSR AB regarding the landfill gas extraction and utilisation at the Filborna landfill in Helsingborg as part of a Swedish case study.
Jörgen Held and Linn Möller. Photo: Johanna Kier, NSR AB.
One out of two Nissen 300 kWel gas engines running on landfill gas.
Photo: Jörgen Held
On the 30th of September 2025 the LoCaGas project consortium meeting took place as an online event.
Two upcoming deliverables were discussed in detail.
D2.1 Development of research procedures and technical documentation of laboratory installations
D4.1 Ex-ante evaluation of technical concept for technologies imvestigated in WP2 and WP3
Screenshot taken during the meeting.
On the 7th of August, Jörgen Held, BEIC visited Abdallah Nassour and co-workers at Fakultät für Agrar, Bau und Umwelt at University of Rostock.
The visit started with a nice, informative and valuable tour in the laboratory, guided by Cinthya Lara, Abdallah Nassour and Ibrahim Rahmouni.
Later on the development of an LCA tool and the techno-economic analysis (TEA) within WP4 were discussed in detail. The discussion also covered how the results from the LCA tool and the TEA will be integrated with recommendations for landfill gas operators and result in the development of a decision support tool (WP5).
From left: Sven Mauch, Ibrahim Rahmouni, Abdallah Nassour and Jörgen Held.
The visit ended with further discussions during a nice and pleasant dinner.
The 1st LoCaGas conference took place at RecoPark in Helsingborg, Sweden on the 26th of June.
Fredrika Stranne, Swedish Waste Management Association gave a nice presentation on Waste management and landfill gas in Sweden.
Photo: Jörgen Held
The presentations will be available at Project conferences | LoCaGas. Some of the presentations are already uploaded.
Just click on the title of the presentation you want to view.
A heartfelt thanks to NSR AB for hosting the event and taking care of the practical details.
The 2nd LoCaGas conference will take place at Lithuanian Energy Institute in Kaunas next year.
11th International Conference on Renewable Energy Gas Technology, REGATEC 2025 took place 20-21 May in Weimar, Germany.
LoCaGas participated with two visual presentations (posters).
Valorisation of Landfill Gas Using a Spinning Fluids Reactor by Robert Aranowski, Gdansk University of Technology.
LoCaGas – duel fuel engine technology by
Jörgen Held, Baltic Energy Innovation Centre
During the online meeting the reporting was discussed. Most of the project partners had participated in the webinar held by the JS just prior to the consortium meeting.
The deadline for reporting to the FLC (first level control) is on the 15th of January.
On the 27th of November 2024 Dr. Rolandas Paulauskas, LEI presented the LoCaGas project to the Turkish delegation.
Link to the event: https://www.lei.lt/en/turkish-delegation-visits-lei-to-discuss-climate-change-and-energy-efficiency/
Link to presentation: PowerPoint Presentation