Gasum to end natural gas sales at filling stations on Aug 30

Natural gas sales will end at Gasum's filling stations on August 30, August, said Gasum in a press release on Wednesday.

From the end of this summer, only biogas will be distributed at Gasum's gas filling stations in Finland.

This means that Gasum's Finnish filling stations will no longer offer the option to fill up with natural gas.

Almost all of Gasum’s filling station customers in Finland have already been choosing biogas for a couple of years now, as the price has been competitive compared to natural gas.

The availability of biogas is so good that it is no longer necessary to keep natural gas as a back-up alternative at stations now.

"We have invested in increasing the availability of biogas, and now we can be confident that biogas will continue to be readily available for road transport also in the future. Gasum's strategic goal is to briskly increase the supply of renewable gas in the Nordic markets and thus enable low-emission transport by land and sea," said Juho Kurra, Vice President, Transport Finland, Gasum.

During August, Gasum's stations will undergo modification work in which, for example, natural gas price markings will be removed from pylons.

On 30 August, natural gas will be completely removed from automatic filling machines as an alternative.

Gasum currently has a total of 45 gas filling stations in Finland, and the next one will open in Rauma in the autumn.

Seventeen of the stations sell liquefied gas, as will the upcoming Rauma station.

Biogas is a readily available and cost-effective way to reduce transport emissions. The use of biogas reduces fuel lifecycle emissions by an average of 90% compared to traditional fossil fuels, such as diesel.

Gasum is the largest biogas producer in the Nordic countries with a total of 17 biogas plants in Finland and Sweden.

Gasum also imports biogas from other European countries.

Gasum's strategic target is to bring seven terawatt hours (TWh) of renewable gas per year to the Nordic market by 2027, which is four times more than now.

This would mean an annual total emission reduction of 1.8 million tons of carbon dioxide for Gasum's customers.