Östersund

QUICK FACTS

Facility owner: Uniper
Developer: Liquid Wind
CO₂ partner: Jämtkraft
Production capacity: 100,000 t eMethanol / year
Captured CO₂: 150,000 t / year

A Collaborative Approach

NorthStarH2 is developed through a partnership-driven approach. By working together Uniper, Jämtkraft and Liquid Wind each contribute with their expertise, strengths, and technologies to the project.

As the project owner, global energy company Uniper is committed to accelerating the energy transition. This project plays a crucial role in transforming the transport and chemical sectors, contributing to Sweden’s net-zero goals. Uniper has secured the land and electricity grid connections to enable the project.

The utility company Jämtkraft will supply biogenic CO₂ from its cogeneration plant in Lugnvik, a key feedstock for eMethanol production.

Liquid Wind has been selected to develop the project, due to its unique expertise in eFuel facility development and will apply its standardised design and digital platform to facilitate efficient replication of the facility.

The NorthStarH2 eFuel project aims to provide fossil-free eFuel for the aviation, shipping and chemical industries. The location of the eFuel facility, next to Jämtkraft’s combined heat and power plant in Lugnvik, Östersund, offers abundant access to renewable electricity, biogenic CO₂, and excellent infrastructure, including road and rail connections which will allow the fuel to be transported to the rest of Sweden and Europe. Once operational, it will produce 100,000 tons of eMethanol annually.

“One of the main sectors to decarbonise is the transportation sector, land-based, air-based and maritime. This is a vital part of Uniper’s strategy. The Swedish power system is basically fossil-free; now, we are taking steps to make the whole Swedish energy system less dependent on fossil fuels. Sweden has excellent opportunities for leading this development and our partnership with Liquid Wind puts us right at the forefront.”

Johan Svenningsson | Country Chairman Uniper Sweden