A cooperation agreement has launched between industry solutions provider Caverion and Finland's state-owned gas company Gasum that concerns the maintenance and monitoring services at gas filling stations for light and heavy vehicles.
Beginning in Finland and Sweden, the cooperation will be expanded into Norway later this year.
Caverion will take over the responsibility for the technical maintenance of filling stations as well as management of remote centre services and the 24/7 technology HelpDesk.
Service techician doing maintenance work. Credit: Caverion
“We are developing the Nordic gas ecosystem and adding the availability of gas for different customer segments. It is good to have a Nordic operating partner, Caverion. The use of gas is currently growing in all vehicle categories. Gasum is investing in the construction of a total of 50 LNG gas filling stations for heavy-duty vehicles in Finland, Sweden and Norway by the beginning of the 2020s. The new gas stations will be located in logistics hubs and offer a cleaner fuel alternative for transport in the Nordics,” says Ari Suomilammi, Director of Circular Economy Finland, Gasum.
“We are happy of this new cooperation where we can serve our customer in Finland, Sweden and Norway with a consistent and comprehensive service concept using our local experts. The goal of achieving a carbon-neutral society requires a good deal of measures, and we are contributing to creating opportunities for low-emission transport,” says Thomas Hietto, Head of the Services Business Unit at Caverion.
It is widely expected in the next few years that the use of gas-fuelled cars will increase considerably. There were around 6,300 registered gas-fuelled cars in Finland in 2018 with the number estimated to rise to 50,000 by 2030 according to the National Energy and Climate Strategy. To meet this anticipated demand new gas filling stations are being constructed at a rapid rate in Nordic countries.
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