Sweden’s Nordion Energi has begun construction of a liquefied biogas (bio-LNG) facility at the port of Gothenburg.
Port of Gothenburg announced in a statement on Tuesday that the bio-LNG plant is expected to play a “central role” in making Swedish biogas available to more sectors, not least shipping.
The purpose of the facility is to enable biogas producers connected to the gas grid to reach new markets.
By liquefying the gas, it can be transported and used in sectors such as shipping, heavy transport, and industry, including areas beyond the reach of the existing gas grid, the port said.
According to the statement, producers and users are already in place at the port, ready to make use of the liquefaction facility once it is operational.
Several shipping companies calling at the port regularly are already using biogas to power their vessels. They will be able to scale up that use once the facility is completed, the port said.
On the production side, St1 Biokraft is among the companies that have already signed an agreement to secure part of the facility’s capacity.
According to Nordion Energy’s website, the firm owned by Igneo Infrastructure Partners appointed Finnish tech firm Wartsila to build the facility in 2025.
The new facility is expected to be completed in early 2027 and is scheduled to become operational before the end of the year.
Once fully operational, it will have a capacity of around 50 tonnes of bio-LNG per day, the port said.