Sweden: Gasum opens new LNG station

The opening is part of Gasum’s plan to build a network of 50 gas filling stations for HDV’s by the early 2020s in the Nordics.

Gasum opened its 11th gas filling station in Sweden. The Ljungby station is the first station for liquefied gas in Kronoberg County and will serve heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) in southern Sweden, where biogas production is already widely established.

Gasum’s new Ljungby station offers liquefied natural gas (LNG) and liquefied biogas (LBG) for heavy duty vehicles. The station is located in a logistic hub area, which means that the area already has a large existing customer base.

“We are very happy to be in Ljungby. Enabling clean road cargo transport in the Nordics by replacing diesel with low emission fuel solutions such as liquefied gas is becoming more important. As most of our customers have operations throughout Sweden, the Ljungby station is a welcomed addition to the gas filling station network for them as well. Interest towards gas as a fuel solution is steadily increasing and, thanks to governmental climate subsidy programs such as Klimatklivet, more than 800 gas trucks are now operating on Swedish roads. The new station furthers our objective to build a network of 50 gas filling stations in the Nordics by the beginning of the 2020s,” says Mikael Antonsson, Director of Traffic at Gasum in Sweden.

Gasum’s latest addition in Ljungby has been built in Småländska bränslen’s site, which already offered compressed gas to distribution and passenger vehicles.

“We value our cooperation with Gasum to enable the first station for liquefied gas in Kronoberg County on our site. By adding Gasum’s liquefied gas capacity, the site will be an important refueling point in the area. We have a good connection with local haulers, which is beneficial for all parties,” says Stefan Hermansson, CEO at Småländska bränslen.

In February, Gasum opened a gas filling station in Kalmar which is located east of Ljungby. In an area 100 km south of Ljungby, Gasum is also building a biogas plant in conjunction with Stora Enso’s Nymölla pulp and paper mill in Kristianstad, where Gasum already has a filling station.