Construction has begun on a liquefied biogas facility at the Port of Gothenburg, owned and developed by Swedish energy company Nordion Energi. The plant, which is expected to be completed in early 2027 and become operational before the end of that year, will have a capacity of around 50 tonnes of liquefied biogas per day.

According to Nordion Energi, the facility is designed to enable biogas producers connected to the gas grid to access new markets by liquefying the gas so that it can be transported and used in sectors such as shipping, heavy transport and industry — including in areas not served by the existing gas grid.

Carolina Wistén, Head of Customer and Market Gas Grid at Nordion Energi, explained: "Our goal is to help drive the transition of the gas grid to 100 percent renewable gas, and the liquefied biogas facility at the Port of Gothenburg 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."

The Port of Gothenburg says that producers and end users are already in place and ready to make use of the liquefaction facility once it is operational. Several shipping companies that call at the port regularly are already using biogas to power their vessels and, according to the port, will be able to scale up that use once the facility is completed.

On the production side, energy company St1 Biokraft has already signed an agreement to secure part of the facility's capacity. Ted Gustavsson, Head of Value Chain at St1 Biokraft, noted: "Once the liquefaction facility is completed, we will have a strong solution in place at the Port of Gothenburg. This is a strategic step towards our goal of scaling up and offering competitive liquefied biogas to the shipping sector, while also taking a leading position in this segment."

Therese Jällbrink, Head of Renewable Energy at the Port of Gothenburg, remarked: "For shipping's transition to gain real momentum, the entire value chain needs to be in place and working together, something the maritime cluster at the Port of Gothenburg is well known for. 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."