Gasum’s biogas reduces carbon footprint of paperboard manufactured by Metsä Group
Metsä Group aims to make all of its mills fossil-free by 2030, and using biogas is one way to reach this target.Gasum has entered into an agreement with Metsä Board, a Metsä Group company manufacturing paperboard, on the delivery of biogas for the company’s paperboard mills. Metsä Board is Europe’s leading manufacturer of folding boxboard. Its folding boxboards are used in high-quality packaging for segments including food, beauty care and healthcare products.
The annual folding boxboard production capacity of Metsä Board’s Finnish mills is around 750,000 tonnes.
Metsä Board recently
Nordic energy company Gasum is delivering a cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the Inkoo floating storage regasification unit (FSRU). The cargo arrived on Sunday 5 November and unloading has been started. At the FSRU the LNG is regasified and fed into the Finnish gas pipeline grid.
This is the second LNG cargo Gasum has delivered to the Inkoo FRSU since the Balticconnector gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia suffered a rupture and was shut down in early October. Repair of the pipeline is expected to take at least five months. In the meantime, all Finnish natural gas demand must
Finnish sugar company Sucros Oy, part of Nordzucker AG, has decided to switch from using heavy fuel oil and coal to using liquefied natural gas (LNG) and liquefied biogas (LBG) supplied by Gasum in its existing three boilers to significantly reduce emissions of the sugar beet factory in Säkylä. Promoting the circular economy, Gasum already receives wastewater sludge and biosludge from Sucros subsidiary Suomen Sokeri for use as raw materials in Gasum’s biogas plants.The LNG and LBG supply agreement between Gasum and Sucros will commence during the autumn of 2022, when the terminal, which
The Nordic gas infrastructure expands in Sweden as Gasum opens a new gas filling station in Tuve, Gothenburg. The new station serves heavy-duty vehicles by providing liquefied natural gas (LNG) and liquefied biogas (LBG) as low-emission fuels. Developed in cooperation with Volvo, the station further enables the transition to cleaner energy sources in the road transport sector.Energy company Gasum opens a new gas filling station in Tuve, Gothenburg. The new station is located at a major heavy transport hub near the Volvo truck plant and close to the Port of Gothenburg. Inauguration of the
The Nordic energy company Gasum will open a gas filling station in Arlanda in the end of 2020. The station is Gasum's first in the Stockholm area. By opening a station offering liquefied natural gas (LNG) and liquefied biogas (LBG) for heavy-duty vehicles, Gasum is responding to its customers' needs to extend the existing station network to yet another key transport hub.Gasum will further strengthen its gas filling station network in Sweden towards the end of the year by opening a new station in Arlanda, Stockholm. The Arlanda filling station provides liquefied natural gas (LNG) and
Gasum has today opened its 11[th] 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). It 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’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.
As Ljungby lies at the intersection of roads E4 and R25,
The Nordic gas filling stations network is expanding as Gasum opens its 9[th] gas filling station in Sweden. The station is the first one in Umeå and serves both heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) and passenger cars. It is also an important part of Gasum’s plan to build a network of 50 gas filling stations for HDVs by the early 2020s in the Nordics. The growing network opens further opportunities to answer to the increased demand for low emission road transport.The new gas filling station is in an area with heavy traffic where fuel consumption is high and the need for clean fuel solutions is rising
From 1st of January 2020 when the Finnish pipeline gas market opens, Finland will become part of the joint Baltic-Finnish gas market area. As the leading energy company in the Finnish gas market, Gasum will take an active role in the new market and will act as a Market Maker on the Baltic – Finnish Gas Exchange, GET Baltic. Gas Exchange is a marketplace for trading physical natural gas in a joint market area."We want to take responsibility for supporting the development of a functioning regional gas market. Increased trading activity at GET Baltic will open new opportunities for all market
The Nordic gas filling station network continues its rapid growth as energy company Gasum opens a new station in Mariestad, Sweden. This is Gasum’s seventh liquefied gas filling station for heavy-duty vehicles in Sweden, and the first Gasum filling station in Västra Götaland. This filling stations is a part of Gasum’s expanding network planning to have a network of 50 filling stations for heavy-duty vehicles by the early 2020s in the Nordics as the demand for cleaner fuel solutions continues to grow.The new gas filling station in Mariestad, Sweden will go into service on December 13. The
Kuusakoski, a pioneering Finnish company in the recycling business, started using its first compressed natural gas (CNG) truck in early September. Gas is a low-emission alternative to conventional fuels and has a key role in reducing emissions in transport. The use of gas-fueled vehicles has grown at speed in the logistics sector.The number of gas-fueled vehicles has grown at an amazing rate in the heavy-duty transport sector. The autumn saw Kuusakoski, a pioneering player in the recycling sector, start to use its first gas-fueled truck, which serves customers in the Uusimaa region.
Heavy road transport across the EU is increasing. At the same time, emissions need to be cut fast. The energy company Gasum is investing strongly into the expansion and development of the Nordic gas infrastructure and offering cleaner fuel solutions for heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs). Today Gasum inaugurated its fourth gas filling station in Sweden. The new station is located in Torsvik, just south of Jönköping, and it offers liquefied natural gas (LNG) and liquefied biogas (LBG) for HDVs.In early 2019, the European Union presented new emission reduction standards for HDVs. According to the new
Gasum will deliver liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Eastman Chemical Company in Oulu, Finland starting from second half of 2020. The company’s switch to LNG is part of Eastman’s commitment to environmental stewardship. The LNG will be delivered from Manga LNG terminal in Tornio, Finland. The LNG terminal is significantly improving the availability of LNG for marine, traffic and industrial segments in Northern Finland and Sweden.The LNG will be delivered from Gasum’s LNG intermediate storage tank at the Manga LNG terminal in Tornio. The terminal is the biggest LNG terminal in the Nordics,
Energy company Gasum is today opening its second gas filling station for heavy-duty vehicles in Sweden. The filling station, located in Norrköping, is a part of Gasum’s ambitious plan to build a Nordic network of 50 liquefied gas stations for heavy duty vehicles located in high traffic areas by early 2020s. The first filling station in Sweden was opened in Västerås in May, and in Finland there are already six stations.Alternative fuel options for traditional fossil fuels are gaining popularity as new emission reduction targets are being set nationally in Sweden as well as internationally by
Gasum has opened two new gas filling stations in Oulu. To date, these stations are Gasum’s northernmost and significantly expand the company’s network of filling stations in Finland to enable gas-fueled long-distance transport from the southern regions of the country to the north. The new stations have been opened in response to growing demand for gas in both passenger and heavy-duty transport in the area, and also contribute to the utilization of local waste and sludges for a renewable traffic fuel in the Oulu economic region.The new filling stations in Oulu serve drivers at Tyrnäväntie 4
The number of gas-fueled cars increased again in Finland. There were several factors behind gas being more commonly used as a fuel, such as willingness to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from transport and the highly popular campaign offering biogas at a fixed price. The scrapping incentive and support for gas car conversions introduced at the start of 2018 have also contributed towards the increase of gas-fueled cars in Finland. According to the latest estimates, there are around 6,700 gas-fueled vehicles on Finland’s roads.The year 2018 saw a continuation of the huge increase in driving
The European Union has granted support at €2.9 million to Gasum for the expansion of the gas filling station network in Finland. The support is an important step towards the creation of a Nordic gas ecosystem by Gasum. New stations are needed to respond to the increased demand for gas-fueled vehicles and to reach the emission targets outlined in the final report by the Ministry of Transport and Communications Transport Climate Policy working group for carbon-free transport by 2045.The EU’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for transport, energy and digital infrastructure projects has granted
The Transport Climate Policy working group under the Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications has published its final report on actions for eliminating greenhouse gas emissions over the longer term. The working group highlights biogas as a significant element of the solution for greenhouse gas emissions cuts. Measured by the amount of energy, the amount biogas used in transport in 2045 would equal that of biodiesel, with hundreds of thousands of cars and heavy-duty road vehicles running on biogas.The final report of the Transport Climate Policy working group under the Finnish
The European Union proposes support at €2.9 million to Gasum for the expansion of the gas filling station network in Finland. The support is an important step in Gasum’s efforts to build the Nordic gas ecosystem through measures including expanding the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in heavy-duty transport. The proposed supports enables the construction of up to 14 new gas filling stations in Finland and the development of the alternative propulsion market in road transport.The EU’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for transport, energy and digital infrastructure projects proposes that
Gasum opened a new gas filling station in conjunction with the Vantaa store of IKEA Finland on 26 September. Both natural gas and environmentally friendly and 100% Finnish biogas are available at the station.The new filling station at the Vantaa store of IKEA Finland is part of the circular economy cooperation of Gasum and IKEA Finland where biogas is produced from food waste from Finland’s IKEA stores. Earlier this year, a gas filling station was also opened in conjunction with the Espoo store of IKEA Finland.
”As a company we’re determined to set a good example by actively adopting new