Motala
Facts
Country
Sweden
Electricity Capacity
3.7 MWe
Heat Capacity
109 MWth
Technology
Combined heat and power (CHP)
Main Fuel
Biomass
Vattenfall ownership share
100 %
Status
In Operation
The district heating plant in Motala was commissioned in 1998. The addition of a second unit in 2006 – a combined heat and power plant – further increased the plant's biofuel capacity.
Vattenfall supplies much of Motala with district heating and electricity. The Motala plant primarily uses biofuel in the form of residual products from the forestry industry, purchased from local suppliers. In order to make the most of the biofuel, a flue gas condenser has been installed to convert the heat from the flue gases into district heating. Flue gas condensation enables the recovery of energy that would otherwise be wasted.
The last fossil fuel was phased out in autumn 2025. This means that all of Vattenfall's electricity and district heating in Motala is now produced using fossil-free biofuels.