The tank arrived at the port by ship. It has a volume of 500 cubic metres, weighs close to 140 tonnes and will hold up to 200 tonnes of LBG once the plant is in operation. Groundwork, including foundations and slabs, has been completed, and the tank is the first of the facility's key components to be installed.

When complete, the plant will be able to deliver 250 GWh of LBG a year. According to the port, this is equivalent to the consumption of 500 trucks or the bunkering of 50 ships. It will be the first liquefaction plant in Sweden connected directly to the West Swedish gas grid, and it will give Swedish biogas producers on the grid a new route to market.

"The transition of shipping requires a value chain that works together. This facility strengthens the port's position in renewable bunker fuels and makes it possible to offer LBG to shipping on a larger scale. As more and more ships are ordered for LBG operation, we also see good opportunities for increased bunkering at the Port of Gothenburg," said Therese Jällbrink, Head of Renewable Energy at the Port of Gothenburg.

Carolina Wistén, Head of Customer and Market Gas Grid at Nordion Energi, said the plant is now starting to take shape and that the company is getting closer to its goal of supplying LBG from the gas grid to shipping, heavy transport and industry.

St1 Biokraft has already signed an agreement to secure part of the plant's capacity. Several shipping companies that call at the port regularly already use LBG to power their vessels.

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