Sobacken - Energy and Environment Center in Borås
Skara - Borås 2017-2019
Borås Energi och Miljö is now creating an Energy and Environment Center at Sobacken, which is about a mile outside the city. In the future, there will be a wastewater treatment and combined heat and power plant, biogas plant and waste management at Sobacken. The City of Borås is making this future investment to secure important infrastructure that matches the modern and growing city that Borås is. The Energy and Environment Center project currently employs about 400 contractor employees in a variety of professional categories.
Sobacken belongs to the City of Borås Energy and Environment Centre and is located about one mile outside the city. In the future, it will contain a waste plant, treatment plant, biogas plant and an energy and heating plant. Borå municipality is making a future investment where they are moving away from fossil fuels and adapting for a growing municipality. Sobacken currently employs around 400 contractor employees in various work categories.
Illustration of the future Sobacken. Borås Energi och Miljö AB.
Our mission
As a subcontractor to Purac AB, Provektor has the task of performing automation for a contracted anaerobic digestion plant. The digestion plant is the part of the total plant that converts and digests sludge from the purification process and turns it into biogas, which is then used as an energy source for heating and fuel for vehicles. The task includes installation, construction of cabinets, programming and commissioning.
May 2018
Final sprint and homeward bound for most of Provektor's force in Borås. Cleaning, tidying up and labeling.
Cleaning, tidying up and labeling. Bengt and Carl have maintenance work left and will fine-tune automation-related equipment before process start-up.
During week 21, the plant will be started up with trial operation and during the summer months the entire digestion plant will be tested to be put into operation for real just before the turn of the year 2019. There is a lot to get right and Provektor has priority to assist Purac during this start-up period.
It is a cool feeling when everything falls into place and we are now operating the plant gradually. At the turn of the month, the installation will be completed and we begin to turn home.
It will now only be programmers and commissioning staff from Provektor who continue to commission the plant together with Purac. An ongoing activity that continues until January 2019, when the plant is handed over to Borås Energi.
March 2018
The last bread roll of the season slips down for breakfast. The installation continues with long days and we are now beginning to see the end even though there is a lot to be done before we are finished. We have had good help from our colleagues from Dalenbergs El och maskin. We have also reinforced with additional manpower from Provektor now last weeks.
It is a cool feeling when everything falls into place and we are now operating the plant gradually. At the turn of the month, the installation should be completed and we start turning home.
February 2018
Scaffolding and power are in place and commissioned. The installation is proceeding with other parts, we have a lot to do in total is behind schedule. We are from Provektor 8 people on site in Borås. To meet up, we have taken the help of local company on site "Dalenbergs El and machine" which contributes with 4 electricians. The project has come into a compressed situation where many actors must act simultaneously.
November 2017
The second and third deliveries of frequency converter racks with mounted frequency converter are going to Sobacen. The racks are put in place during the week and the actuators are getting ready.
October 2017
We now have 6 employees on site at Sobacken. The switchgear is assembled and in place. Now the electrical connection of the switchgear remains. The canalization is starting to get in place and cabling is in full swing.
Our design department, which has had a huge job, is now approaching the final stage of construction documentation and will soon start work on the final documentation.
At the same time in our workshop
In our workshop in Skara, work is in full swing to build all the cabinets, junction boxes and control panels. The cabinets are built within a limited time frame, which places great demands on logistics. Cabinets are delivered monthly to Sobacken. Great activity in the workshop now in November with the completion of the frequency converter stands.
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