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March 4 (LNGJ) - Gasum, Finland’s state-owned supplier to the Nordic region of LNG and biogas made from waste, has expanded its LNG, compressed natural gas and biogas filling stations network in Sweden. Gasum’s partner in the build-out is logistics company Centralen combining 70 transporters with a combined fleet of 220 heavy-duty vehicles.

   Gasum said it opened a station at Vänersborg, taking the Swedish gas fuel network for trucks and cars to 23 in total. “The new station in Vänersborg is at a traffic hub on the European route E45 connecting both to the E6 in the west and the E20 in the east. This means that the new station greatly improves the connectivity between the inland and west coast traffic routes to Norway,” said Sharareh Edström, Director of Traffic Sweden at Gasum.

Gasum, the Finnish state-run natural gas company and leading Nordic LNG supplier, has entered a partnership with Swedish truck manufacturer Scania for more gas-fuelled access in the region and a filling station at the Scania logistics centre.

Gasum is building a new filling station offering liquefied natural gas and compressed gas in Södertälje in Sweden.

The new station is located near the Södertälje Syd road junction in direct connection with Scania’s production plant and will open in the first half of 2024. 

“The partnership between Gasum and Scania enables the station to be built at this logistics hub and so marks a significant development in promoting a more sustainable transport system in the region,” said the Finnish company.

Gasum, which is also Sweden’s largest biogas producer, said it was continuing to expand gas infrastructure in Sweden by opening the new gas filling station in Södertälje. 

Both trucks and ordinary vehicles will be able to refuel with LNG or CNG at the Södertälje-Syd road junction. 

Gasum noted that the partnership with Scania enabled the filling station to be built in this strategic location where access to land would otherwise have been challenging.

”The partnership with Scania is perfect from all perspectives. They are at the forefront of gas-powered truck development and the fact that they provided land for this project demonstrates the strength of a shared focus on sustainable solutions and secure energy supply in this growing area,” explained Sharareh Edström, Head of Business Traffic Sweden at Gasum.

Gasum said that the new filling station in Södertälje provided improved access to better technology compared with the older existing stations in Järna and Älvsjö, which will be decommissioned. 

The company said that there would be LNG dispensers and two CNG dispensers from the outset. 

This is more than the standard design and would allow faster refuelling and “considerably greater capacity” compared to older stations.

Jonas Strömberg, Sustainable Transport Solutions Manager at Scania, said he was very happy to be able to contribute to the expansion of biogas and LNG infrastructure in Sweden.

“The strategic location of the new station between the E20 and E4 means that it will play an important role in the transition to a sustainable transport system,” explained  Strömberg.

“Building the station also comes at a good time for Scania since there is rapidly increasing demand for flexible transport solutions,” he added.