Nordic energy company Gasum Oy has announced that it has opened a new biomethane filling station in the City of Raseborg, Finland, with both liquefied (bioLNG) and compressed biomethane (bioCNG) alternatives serving both automobiles and heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs).
The new refuelling station in Raseborg will support low-emission cargo traffic through the Port of Hanko, the third-largest commercial port in Finland and one of the most significant Finnish hubs for international maritime transport.
About 1,000 heavy-duty vehicles pass through the port every day, exporting forest industry products and importing cars.
The station responds to the wishes of customers and partners and strengthens Gasum’s long-term work to build a Nordic biogas filling network. The Raseborg station will support the busy cargo traffic of the Port of Hanko in particular, enabling low-emission transports on important routes, said Juho Kurra, Head of Business, Traffic Finland, Gasum.
Carbon-neutral operations
The Port of Hanko is the third-largest commercial port in Finland and one of the most significant Finnish hubs for international maritime transport. About 1,000 heavy vehicles pass through the port every day, exporting forest industry products and importing cars, for example.
The Port of Hanko also offers the fastest route to Europe, which is important for Finland’s security of supply.
As the first port in Finland, the Port of Hanko’s own operations are carbon-neutral, and its ambitious emission reductions also encourage other logistics operators in the area to reduce emissions.
It is essential for the port that vehicles using all different fuels can easily get to Hanko, including gas trucks. The biogas filling station in the vicinity of the port is important for competitiveness and promoting the green transition, said Anders Ahlvik, CEO, Port of Hanko.
RNG for low-emission transport by road and sea
According to Gasum, its biomethane – aka renewable natural gas (RNG) – distribution enables the efficient reduction of road transport emissions by offering a cleaner fuel alternative.
The emissions of RNG, when produced from various waste streams, are on average 90 percent lower than those of conventional fossil transport fuels.
Gasum’s expanding filling station network enables the use of RNG on an increasing number of road routes in Finland, Sweden, and Norway. Thanks to the Nordic refuelling network, low-emission transportation is possible for cross-border transport.
RNG can now also be used on certain shipping routes, enabling so-called green freight corridors between the Nordic countries.
