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.