DigiBiogasHubs – Flexible and scalable biogas business through digitally connected biogas Hubs

The DigiBiogasHubs project aims to develop and pilot a system-level solution based on a digital platform and tools that promote the development and interaction of biogas hubs located in different regions and the development of the biogas market.

The project will be implemented in Ostrobothnia, South Ostrobothnia, and Central Ostrobothnia. The primary target groups of the project are raw material/biomass owners and producers operating in the area, biogas producers and distributors, current and potential biogas users, logistics operators, and suppliers of technical solutions.  The concrete results of the project are:  

• Digital platform concept and piloting of the platform and selected platform services 
• Cooperation and interaction model, platform service descriptions, and platform operational model   
• Analytical descriptions of three biogas hubs with different profiles and synergy analysis between them   
• Process model for developing biogas hubs and analysis methods toolkit. 
• Analysis of legal framework conditions and policy review

The project results support and accelerate the development and growth of the biogas market and regional biogas ecosystems, reduce carbon dioxide emissions and waste, increase the amount of renewable energy in the energy system, and improve regional energy self-sufficiency and security of supply. In addition, the project creates new information for actors about biogas-related opportunities in the region.

Publications

WP2 Analysis of biogas production and use potential, and emission calculation of biogas production and use – Ostrobothnia region (Executive summary available in English, full text in Finnish)

WP2 Techno-economic analysis of the production and use of LBG and the utilisation of biogas by-products – Ostrobothnia region (Executive summary available in English, full text in Finnish)

WP2 Analysis of biogas production and use potential, and emission calculation of biogas production and use – Central Ostrobothnia region (Executive summary available in English, full text in Finnish)

WP2 Techno-economic analysis of the production and use of CBG and the utilisation of biogas by-products – Central Ostrobothnia region (Executive summary available in English, full text in Finnish)

WP2 Analysis of biogas production and use potential, and emission calculation of biogas production and use – South Ostrobothnia region (Executive summary available in English, full text in Finnish) (Report figures updated throughout 6.6.2025)

WP2 Techno-economic analysis of biogas and CBG production – farm scale and medium scale co-digester modelling – South Ostrobothnia region (Executive summary available in English, full text in Finnish)

WP5 Legal framework for the DigiBiogasHubs-project (Text available in Finnish)

WP1 Development of the platform ecosystem’s cooperation model and description of platform services

WP2 Synergy analysis: key findings of the Hub-specific analyses, added value of cross-border cooperation and synergies for regional actors (Executive summary available in English, full text in Finnish)

WP5 Policy review (Text available in Finnish)