March 14, 2023. Nordic energy company Gasum has opened a new liquefied gas filling station in Luleå in northern Sweden. It can now offer both compressed and liquefied gas to transport companies operating locally in the northernmost part of Sweden. Since it has full control and ownership over the whole value chain, Gasum can extend the corridor of stations by another 250 km. The company now has 23 liquefied gas filling stations across Sweden and a total of more than 50 across the Nordics. Some of these filling stations are operated by Gasum’s partners.
Sandahls Logistik is a family-owned logistics company with an ambitious sustainability goal of being fossil free by 2025. To reach this goal, the company will phase out fossil-fueled transports and predominantly invest in biogas-powered vehicles for their road transport. The filling station in Luleå is Gasum’s second station built in conjunction with Sandahls Logistik’s terminals. The first filling station was recently opened in Vårgårda, in western Sweden.
“This new station is very special to us because it shows Gasum’s capability to equip Sweden with gas filling stations from head to foot, from Luleå in the north to Malmö in the south. This is particularly important logistically in northern Sweden. By strengthening our filling station capacity in the Norrbotten region, we are helping growing numbers of logistics operators to reach their emission ambitions by allowing them to switch to cleaner and more cost-effective fuels. From day one of the new station’s operation, companies have placed trucks in the region to test the Gasum-built corridor, which exemplifies the magnitude of what we have been able to create for emission reductions in Sweden,” says Sharareh Edström, Head of Business Sweden, Traffic at Gasum.
