Gasum’s filling station network has expanded significantly in recent years, as new stations have been opened based on customer wishes. As a result of long-term investments, low-emission transports are already possible in almost all of Finland.

Gasum has started construction work on three new biogas filling stations in Finland.

A liquefied biogas (LBG) filling station will be built 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.

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. After completion, Gasum will have a total of 23 stations in the LBG refuelling network for heavy-duty vehicles in Finland.

Gasum has been building a filling station network for heavy-duty vehicles for almost ten years now. The goal has been to enable low-emission transport on all main transport routes in the Finnish road network.

“We have listened carefully to our customers’ wishes so that we have been able to build a station network that is as comprehensive as possible and serves them in the best possible way. As a result of Gasum’s persistent work, the network has grown so much over the past few years that we can say that we are very close to our goal of enabling low-emission transports on all main routes,” says Juho Kurra, Head of Business, Traffic Finland, Gasum.

Towards emission reduction targets with renewable gas

The stations now 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. The Ylivieska station will be built along the road to the City of Oulu to support traffic throughout the Ostrobothnia region. The Joensuu station, on the other hand, 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 per cent this year, and the share is expected to grow significantly in the next few years.

Logistics companies and transport purchasers play an important role in achieving both company-specific and national emission reduction targets when making propulsion choices.

The use of biogas is an effective way to reduce emissions from heavy road transport, as the lifecycle emissions of biogas are on average 90 per cent lower than those of traditional fossil fuels. Biogas is a completely renewable fuel, as it is produced from various waste streams, such as sewage sludge and biowaste, as well as industrial side streams.

Gasum’s goal is to offer increasingly more renewable gas to the Nordic market and thus help a growing number of companies reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.