A collaboration between Hirtshals Port Fund, Hirtshals Transport Center and Q8, realizes that one of the country's first LNG facilities will be located at Hirtshals Transport Center near the Port of Hirtshals before the end of 2023.
- The LNG filling station will make it possible for heavy transport to convert from diesel to gas operation, and thus the Jutland Corridor will be the first stretch in Denmark where gas-powered trucks can be used on an equal footing with traditional, diesel-powered trucks. The freight transport corridor across Hirtshals is thus helping to shape the future of the land transport sector and at the same time ensuring the corridor's attractiveness for an increasingly climate-conscious transport sector, says Per Holm Nørgaard, CEO of the Port of Hirtshals.
The construction of the LNG tank facility is also a step closer to realizing the Port of Hirtshals' future plans to upgrade the port to version 2.0. The plans include, together with a significant expansion and facility improvement, among other things. the ambition to become the greenest traffic port in Europe for goods, transport and logistics solutions as well as the production of better alternatives to traditional fuels.
More climate-friendly
When the facility at Hirtshals Transport Center opens, it will be possible to refuel with LNG. Compared to diesel, LNG trucks emit up to 20 percent less CO2e, eliminate sulfur emissions and significantly reduce the emission of harmful particles. The expectation is that within a short number of years it will be possible to refuel liquid biogas (LBG) in Hirtshals.
The investors behind the project are satisfied with being able to contribute to the green transition of the transport sector and at the same time support the development and growth of business activities in Hirtshals.
- We expect that within a foreseeable time horizon it will be possible to refuel LBG - i.e. liquid biogas produced using wind turbine power - at the facility, and thus we will have a direct line from the wind turbines in Hirtshals to a less climate-damaging alternative to the trucks that are refueled at Hirtshals Transport Center, says Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hirtshals Havnefond, Tom Frandsen.
The first LNG facility for trucks opened in Padborg in January 2022. The LNG facility at Hirtshals Transport Center is scheduled to be put into operation in November 2023.
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