Gasum opens Norway’s largest biogas station; ENGIE Enters Belgium

Nordic energy conglomerate Gasum has opened the largest biogas filling station west of Oslo, significantly expanding its biogas infrastructure in Norway.

Gasum held that the biggest biogas filling station of Norway, built in cooperation with landowner Eiendomsspar, offers compressed and liquefied biogas in response to an increased demand for sustainable fuels in the country.

The Skui station is Gasum’s seventh LBG filling station in Norway and the 50th LBG filling station in the Nordic countries. The station is strategically located west of Oslo along the E16 highway serving logistics companies in the region and facilitating long-haul traffic between Oslo and the west coast of Norway.

Gasum says that it plans to construct more filling stations during 2025 between Oslo and Bergen to enable fossil free transport solutions between Oslo and Bergen.

Gasum has collaborated with landowner Eiendomsspar and logistics company Gunnar Knutsen to open the station. Gunnar Knutsen has been testing the filling station since August. The filling station is now open to all users.

“This is an important step in continuing to develop the infrastructure around Oslo and make it possible to drive on biogas all over southern Norway by the end of 2025. I am happy to see considerable interest in biogas in Norway by major logistics players,” says Jogeir Munkeby, Sales Manager, Traffic Norway at Gasum.

“Until now we have been filling up with biogas at Furuset in Oslo and Yggeseth in Asker. The station in Skui will solve a lot of the capacity issues and make the transition to greener transport easier in the greater Oslo region. It also doesn’t hurt that the facility is located right next to our base in Bærum,” states Frank Vestveit, CEO of Gunnar Knutsen AS.

ENGIE To Give First Local Gas Network To Belgium

ENGIE has announced that it has now entered the Belgium biomethane market and the country will now benefit from its expertise in integrating biomethane into the local gas network. This will be the first such project for Belgium.

In 2023, ENGIE has set an ambitious goal: to produce 10 TWh of biomethane per year across Europe.  A key contribution in decarbonizing gas, which, along with the electron, plays an indispensable role in succeeding the energy transition.