Finnish energy company Gasum has opened its 13th liquefied biogas filling station in Norway, expanding access to renewable fuel for heavy-duty transport in the Trøndelag region and along the E6 corridor towards northern Norway, Renewable Energy Magazine reported.
The new station is located at Pier II 6 in the Port of Trondheim, close to the E6 highway. The port is an important and expanding logistics hub, and the facility will serve both local and national transport operators.
Gasum opened its first biogas filling station in Trondheim at Tiller in 2021. The company said rising demand for renewable fuels has increased the need for additional capacity and improved supply security in the region.
The new facility forms part of Gasum’s expanding national network of filling stations along major transport routes in Norway. Its location is particularly suited to heavy vehicles travelling north from Trondheim.
The company said the development is part of its efforts to expand biogas infrastructure along key transport corridors, with wider fuel availability considered important for encouraging more transport operators to adopt biogas.
Biogas is produced from feedstocks including food waste, biological waste and manure, helping convert waste resources into fuel. When produced from manure, biogas can deliver particularly high greenhouse gas emission reductions compared with fossil fuels.
According to Gasum, biogas can reduce lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions by an average of 95% compared with fossil fuels. Biogas-powered vehicles can also help improve local air quality by producing lower nitrogen oxide emissions than vehicles using conventional fuels.
The newly opened station provides both compressed biogas and liquefied biogas, allowing it to serve different types of biogas-powered vehicles.
Norway has set a target of reducing national greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030 and 70–75% by 2035. Transport accounts for about one-third of the country’s CO2 emissions, with road transport responsible for around half of those emissions.
Reducing emissions from road transport is therefore considered important to Norway’s efforts to meet its climate targets.
