What we know about the biogas accident in Flemløse
Af Camilla Buus Poulsen
Updated at 09:36 with information.
At 18:00 yesterday, the Emergency Management Agency received the first emergency call about a work-related accident at Flemløse Biogas in Glamsbjerg, Assens Municipality.
The call was described as "rescue, collapse," according to the Emergency Management Agency's online data and reporting system.
According to the police, preliminary investigations suggest that the accident occurred in connection with work near a silo.
A neighbor to the biogas plant reported to TV2 Fyn that about twenty emergency vehicles were at the site, as well as a rescue helicopter.
At 22:00, the police announced that two people had died and several others had been seriously injured. At that time, the police were still working to notify next of kin and therefore did not wish to disclose the identities of the deceased.
It is still unclear how many other people were injured and their conditions.
The police and emergency services worked at the accident site throughout the night, and the work continues this morning. Additionally, the Danish Working Environment Authority has been involved in the case, as it involves a work-related accident.
At 9:30, the police will hold a press conference on the matter.
Flemløse Biogas
Flemløse Biogas was established in 2020 by three local farmers, and the plant was constructed by Envitec Biogas.
In a reference video from Envitec Biogas, a full walkthrough of the existing facility is shown. At full capacity, it can produce seven million cubic meters of gas for the natural gas network, according to the company's website.
This is equivalent to heating 3,500 detached houses or driving 112 million kilometers in a car.
In the summer of 2021, Flemløse Biogas announced plans to double the size of its existing facility. The expansion would increase the amount of biomass processed by 99 tons per day, elevating the plant's current biomass throughput from 90,000 tons per year to 126,500 tons per year.
The expansion includes an additional upgrading plant, an extra reactor tank, and several smaller buildings around the facility. Additionally, at that time, the owners planned to install heat pumps to utilize the excess heat from the degassed biomass.
The application for the expansion was published on Assens Municipality's website on October 15.
Nordic Green Engineering, the consulting firm for the biogas company, informed DR that the expansion has not yet been approved.
