Finland-headed gas and energy major Gasum Oy has opened its seventh liquefied natural gas (LNG) refuelling station in Sweden. The new station is in Mariestad and is the first Gasum station in the Västra Götaland region. Gasum plans to grow the Nordic gas filling station network to 50 stations by the early 2020s.
The new gas filling station in Mariestad, Sweden is part of the gas filling station network which offers liquefied natural gas (LNG) and liquefied biogas (LBG) to logistics companies in Sweden.
According to Gasum, this network plays a vital role in the transition to a cleaner future as it offers low-emission fuel to heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs). New stations are set up in central traffic hubs, making the transition to cleaner fuel solutions easy for logistics companies.
Gasum’s current filling station network in Sweden stretches from Östersund to Kristianstad and is expected to increase to 12 early 2020.
Swedish logistics companies invest in a greener future
Heavy-duty road transport represents around 30 percent of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the European Union’s road transport sector. In early 2019, the EU presented new emission performance standards which require the CO2 emissions of new HDVs to be reduced by 15 percent by 2025, and by 30 percent by 2030.
With the use of LNG, for example, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions can be reduced by approximately 20 percent compared to traditional fossil fuels, and with LBG by 85 percent. In addition, both fuels reduce particulate emissions, which has a positive impact on local air quality.
The national target in Sweden is to reduce road transport emissions by 70 percent by 2030, as compared to 2010 levels. In Lidköping, close to the new filling station in Mariestad, Gasum upgrades biogas that is later liquefied into LBG. The locally produced LBG can be used at the new filling station.
The filling station in Mariestad is geographically important to our transports. Our customers see great value in using LNG as a fuel since it reduces emissions significantly. Right now, we drive with a mix of 50 percent biogas and 50 percent natural gas provided by Gasum, said Tommy Breman, VD of Tommy Bremans Åkeri AB.
