Baltic Energy Market Interconnection Plan GRIP 2017

4.4.3 GAS FILLING STATION DEVELOPMENT

The development of filling station network in Finland has been developing during recent years steadily and there are about 24 filling stations for CNG in the southern part of Finland. Gasum is the major operator of filling stations and has currently 18 stations. The number of filling stations is going to increase in the near future remarkably, while Gasum announced their target of building 35 more stations by 2025. The stations will include grid-connected stations and offgrid filling stations that are supplied either by local biogas production or by containers supplying CNG or LNG. Additionally Gasum commissioned two LNG filling stations for heavy vehicle use in 2016, and two more in 2017.

4.4.4 LNG INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

The LNG infrastructure is currently under construction in Finland. Pori terminal was developed by Skangas and was commissioned in autumn 2016. The Tornio terminal was developed by the Manga consortium and will be commissioned at the beginning of 2018. The Pori terminal capacity is 30,000m³ and a distribution pipeline will supply LNG to the local industry while trucks supply LNG to other industries and energy producers. The terminal will be also be utilised to ship bunkering. The Tornio terminal has a capacity of 50,000m³ and it will supply local industry via local pipelines and other locations via trucks. Ship bunkering is also possible from the Tornio terminal. Haminan Energia Oy is planning to build a LNG terminal to be connected into the local gas distribution system in the city of Hamina. The terminal is in the engineering phase and planned capacity is 30,000m³. The Hamina project schedule targets a commissioning date in 2019.

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BEMIP Gas Regional Investment Plan 2017