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Construction has begun on a liquefied biogas facility at the Port of Gothenburg with operations slated to start before the end of 2027.
Owned and developed by Nordion Energi, the plant is expected to play a central role in making Swedish biogas available to more sectors, particularly shipping, and will have a capacity of around 50 tonnes per day.
The purpose of the facility is to enable biogas producers connected to the gas grid to reach new markets. By liquefying the gas, it can be transported and used in sectors such as shipping, heavy transport and industry, including areas beyond the reach of the existing gas grid.
Carolina Wistén, Head of Customer and Market Gas Grid at Nordion Energi, said its goal is to help drive the transition of the gas grid to 100% renewable gas, and the facility will play a key role in that shift. “It will also support the transition of shipping, heavy transport and industries located further away from the gas grid,” she said.
Therese Jällbrink, Head of Renewable Energy at the Port of Gothenburg, said for shipping’s transition to gain real momentum, the entire value chain needs to be in place and working together. The port is also positioning itself as the primary Nordic gateway for intermediate carbon dioxide storage and export.
“This facility strengthens the port’s position in renewable bunker fuels and will make it possible to offer liquefied biogas to shipping on a larger scale,” she said.
Producers and users are already in place at the port, ready to make use of the liquefaction facility once it is operational. Several shipping companies calling at the port regularly are already using biogas to power their vessels. They will be able to scale up that use once the facility is completed.
On the production side, St1 Biokraft has signed an agreement to secure part of the site’s capacity.
Ted Gustavsson, Head of Value Chain at St1 Biokraft, said it was a strategic step towards its goal of scaling up and offering competitive liquefied biogas to the shipping sector.
