During the weekend, a hydrogen refueling station for heavy traffic has opened at the Port of Gothenburg. The station is located directly adjacent to one of the Swedish port’s busiest gates, which is also one of the most truck-heavy locations in the country.
The station exclusively supplies green hydrogen.
“The large flow of trucks to the port and the possibility of refueling work machinery make the location for this hydrogen refueling station ideal. Combined with several existing charging stations around the port, heavy land transport at the Port of Gothenburg is now fully ready for a transition to both electricity and hydrogen,” stated Viktor Allgurén, Head of Innovation at the Port of Gothenburg.
The station is right next to Gate 6 – the entrance to the Gothenburg RoRo Terminal. The access road leading to the gate is one of Sweden’s most heavily trafficked roads, with 400,000 heavy vehicle passages every year. When Stena Line relocates its current Germany and Denmark terminals to Arendal just west of the RoRo terminal, the number of vehicles in the area is expected to increase even further in the coming years.
The station is operated by Hydri, a company focused on building a Swedish hydrogen infrastructure network through around 20 hydrogen stations during 2024 and 2025. The station at the Port of Gothenburg is the first and is partially funded by the Swedish Energy Agency.
“Green hydrogen has great potential to drive the transition of heavy transport. With this refueling station, we are paving the way forward towards a carbon-neutral transport sector,” pointed out Michel Thomas, CEO of Qarlbo Energy and Chairman of the Board at Hydri.
