LNG station for trucks opens in Malmö

Gasum opened today its first heavy-duty gas filling station in Malmö, Sweden. These are the first liquefied natural gas station in the Malmö region and Gasum's 16th filling station in Sweden. The station is part of Gasum's plan to build a network of a total of 50 filling stations in the Nordic countries in the early 2020s.

Gasum's new filling station in Malmö has been built in connection with Volvo's Truck Center office, and the station has a direct connection to Volvo's premises. The location in an industrial area where there is a lot of heavy vehicle traffic is excellent for the new filling station, which offers both liquefied natural gas (LNG) and liquefied biogas (LBG) for heavy duty vehicles.

“We are really pleased to be working with a partner such as Volvo Trucks, one of the leading gas truck manufacturers, and the opportunity to offer our own solution to its customers. Interest in gas as a fuel solution is growing steadily, and thanks to clean-air state subsidies such as the Klimatklivet program, more than 800 gas trucks are already running on Swedish roads, ”says Mikael Antonsson , Director of Traffic, Sweden, Gasum.

The station has been a much-needed addition to the area’s network of filling stations, and its location at a key transport hub has attracted the interest of several logistics companies.

“Most of our customers cover the whole of Sweden, so Malmö's station is a welcome addition to the existing filling station network. The location of the station in Sunnanå near the junction of the E6 and Highway 11 has aroused widespread interest among logistics companies. Of course, we want to offer liquefied natural gas and biogas to anyone who wants to reduce their own CO2 emissions. It is great that we are able to continue to strengthen the gas infrastructure in southern Sweden, ”says Antonsson.

“We appreciate our close cooperation with Gasum. As a result, Malmö has now received the first liquefied gas filling station. We are also really pleased that the station operates in conjunction with our own Volvo Truck Center. This is an important investment for us. All shippers on the main roads in the vicinity can now easily refuel their vehicles with liquefied natural gas or biogas and reduce their environmental impact, ”says Stefan Strand, CEO of Volvo Trucks Sweden .

With the EU's emissions targets announced in 2019, CO2 emissions from heavy transport must be reduced by 30% by 2030. This means that significantly less environmentally harmful road transport and LNG vehicles are being developed almost everywhere in Europe, and demand for LNG-powered equipment continues to grow. Sweden's national target is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from road transport by 70% from 2010 levels by 2030. LNG and LBG are attractive fuels that can be used to achieve direct CO2 reductions.

“As the logistics industry pursues both EU-level and national emissions targets, LBG and LNG are very attractive fuel options,” says Antonsson.

From a life cycle perspective, the use of liquefied biogas (LBG) can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 90% compared to conventional diesel. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) CO2 emissions are more than 20 percent lower than diesel. The same infrastructure can be used for LNG and LBG, making the transition to biogas both easy and cost-effective.

Source: GASUM

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