Finnish state-owned energy company Gasum has begun construction work on three new liquefied biogas (LBG) or bio-LNG filling stations in Finland.
Gasum said on Monday that it will build an LBG filling station in Ylivieska to serve heavy-duty transport.
The Raseborg station, on the other hand, will offer both liquefied and compressed biogas (CBG), which means that all kinds of gas cars can be refueled at the station, according to Gasum.
Until now, the Gasum station in Joensuu has only provided lighter vehicles with CBG, but with the construction work, LBG for heavy-duty vehicles will also be available at the station.
Construction work at all three sites began at the beginning of October, and the stations are expected to open during the beginning of next year, Gasum said.
After completion, Gasum will have a total of 23 stations in the LBG refuelling network for heavy-duty vehicles in Finland.
The company said that the stations currently being built are also based on “customers’ wishes to increase the availability of biogas on important routes.”
The Raseborg station is located along the route to Finland’s southernmost port in Hanko.
Moreover, the Ylivieska station will be built along the road to the City of Oulu to support traffic throughout the Ostrobothnia region, while the Joensuu station improves the relatively sparse station network in Eastern Finland.
Gasum’s long-term infrastructure investments have enabled heavy-duty vehicles to switch to renewable biogas in Finland.
The market share of biogas of all registrations of new trucks is almost eight percent this year, and the share is expected to grow “significantly” in the next few years, Gasum said.
