Gasum opens biogas filling station in Raseborg

Nordic energy company Gasum has opened a new biogas filling station in Raseborg, a municipality in the southern coast of Finland, said the company in a press release on Monday.

The station will serve both passenger and heavy-duty transport, as the station can be used to refuel with both liquefied (LBG) and compressed (CBG) biogas.

"The Raseborg station will support the busy cargo traffic of the Port of Hanko in particular, enabling low-emission transports on important routes," said Juho Kurra, Head of Business, Traffic Finland of Gasum.

The Port of Hanko is the third largest commercial port in Finland and one of the most significant Finnish hubs for international maritime transport.

About 1,000 heavy vehicles pass through the port every day, exporting forest industry products and importing cars, for example.

Gasum's expanding filling station network enables the use of biogas on an increasing number of road routes in Finland, Sweden and Norway.