June 9, 2023. Gasum has inaugurated a new biogas filling station in Ålesund municipality, on the western coast of Norway. Gasum has collaborated with Posten, the Norwegian postal service, and ÅRIM, a waste management company, to open the new gas filling station. The station is Gasum’s fourth LBG filling station in Norway, and part of the ever-expanding filling station network.
The new station caters to logistics companies operating in the region as well as to long-haul traffic from Ålesund through Trondheim or Oslo all the way to Sweden. It is situated in the Digerneset Næringspark logistics hub and is a crucial component in Gasum’s expanding Nordic gas filling station network, which is already supporting the growth of biogas in the heavy-duty segment. The Ålesund station is Gasum’s fourth LBG filling station in Norway, with several new filling stations to be established in coming years.
Gasum has collaborated with the Norwegian postal service Posten and the waste management company ÅRIM to open the new gas filling station. Posten’s and ÅRIM’s investments in biogas trucks gave Gasum the necessary base load volume to invest in the filling station. Using biogas will allow Posten and ÅRIM to reduce their emissions from heavy-duty transport. The station is open to all logistics actors and to the public.
“Reducing CO2 emissions and minimizing local pollutions is an important part of Posten’s sustainability targets. We have set ourselves ambitious targets and biogas is one of the renewable sources used by our fleet. Gasum opening in Ålesund is most welcomed,” says Margrethe Aamodt, SVP People and Sustainability Nordic, Posten Norge AS.
“The core of ÅRIM’s business is caring for the environment. Choosing biogas for our transports is as natural as it can be. Biogas supports local production of biogas and enables us to be part of the circular economy,” says Øystein Solevåg, CEO of ÅRIM and Bingsa Gjenvinning.”
