Between 2021 and 2024, as many as 40 new biogas plants were built in Finland. Despite this, domestic biogas production has declined in recent years. What explains this contradiction? And above all: how can we achieve the target set already in 2020, which requires quadrupling production from the current level of approximately one terawatt-hour?
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Doranova is building a highly innovative biogas plant for Vesilahti–Lempäälä Biopower Oy
In early autumn 2025, Doranova began construction of the Vesilahti–Lempäälä Biopower Oy biogas plant as a EPC (turnkey) contractor.
Pielisen Bio Oy’s biogas plant was handed over to the client in August
The biogas plant of Pielisen Bio Oy, completed in Lieksa, is a concrete example of the green transition in regional industry. However, the journey to a successful outcome was not entirely smooth, as the project had previously been halted by unexpected challenges: the bankruptcy of the previous contractor stopped construction, financing had to be rearranged, […]
Suomen Lantakaasu Biogas Projects in Lapinlahti and Nurmes Advancing Well
The satellite biogas plants related to Suomen Lantakaasu Oy’s Ylä-Savo biogas project, built by Doranova, have progressed according to schedule. The project has now entered the process installation phase, which will be completed during the winter. Commissioning of the plants will begin in early summer 2026. Doranova Oy is involved in delivering one of the […]
Doranova is building the Wetferm biogas plant in Lieksa.
Doranova is delivering a biogas plant to Pielisen Bio Oy in Lieksa as a turnkey contract. Once completed, the plant will utilize agricultural and food industry by-products to produce biogas for the needs of local industries. The biogas will be efficiently transported to users through an approximately 2.5 km pipeline network constructed as part of […]
The biogas plant project by Vesilahti-Lempäälä Biopower Oy is moving closer to initiation
The long-planned biogas plant project on the border of Vesilahti and Lempäälä municipalities is taking concrete steps toward realization. In the project, Doranova will build a biogas plant that will produce 16 GWh of biomethane annually. This biogas will be purified and fed into the gas network as biomethane. A key feature of the project […]
Doranova Oy and Sauter Biogas GmbH Collaborate on the Sale and Construction of Biogas Plants
Doranova Oy has entered into a significant agreement with the German company Sauter Biogas GmbH, under which Doranova will manage the sales, construction, and maintenance services of Sauter’s biogas plants in the Finnish market. This collaboration brings a substantial addition to Doranova’s biogas plant portfolio and strengthens the company’s position as a leading technology provider […]
Doranova is building a modern Hardferm biogas plant in Juuka
The series of Hardferm biogas plants for the processing of challenging feedstocks will continue when Doranova builds a biogas plant for Nevel Oy in the municipality of Juuka, North Karelia, to process food production side streams and agricultural residues. At the plant under construction, Nevel Oy will process the side streams of Puljonki Oy, which […]

