Gasum is further strengthening its natural gas refuelling network in Southern Finland by building a filling station in the Boogie business district of Järvenpää. Järvenpää’s position as an important logistics cluster in Central Uusimaa and in the proximity of the Lahti motorway swayed the choice of filling station location. The new filling station will particularly support commuter traffic heading towards the Helsinki Metropolitan Area and Lahti.
”The station in Järvenpää will be excellently located and has clearly been one of the most anticipated. It’s good news that the station will at last become a reality. The station will provide a diverse range of services for passing traffic and will be a good addition to our existing network of stations in the neighboring areas of Hyvinkää, Riihimäki and Porvoo. We believe the station will also attract heavier-duty delivery vehicle transport,” enthuses Olli Paasio, Director, Traffic Finland, at Gasum.
The new filling station will enable drivers to fill up with compressed natural gas (CNG) and biogas, which is equally suitable for passenger cars and light transport fleets, such as delivery and refuse collection vehicles. As a traffic fuel, natural gas is easy to use, low emission and cost effective. The filling station will enable increasingly more residents of Järvenpää as well as visitors to Järvenpää and businesses to choose more environment-friendly vehicles. Recent years have seen rapid growth in the popularity of gas cars in Finland, where the number of gas-fuelled vehicles almost doubled in 2019.
At the end of 2019, Järvenpää City Council adopted the Resource Wisdom Järvenpää road map, which aims to make Järvenpää carbon neutral by 2035 and a city of no-waste and sustainable consumption by 2050. Making low-emission fuels available to people in Järvenpää is an excellent way to promote these objectives.
”Resource Wisdom means promoting people’s wellbeing while reducing harmful environmental impacts. If these ambitious objectives are to be achieved, active work will be required to improve and establish ways of working. The City of Järvenpää seeks to create opportunities for low-emission mobility for residents and actors in the area. Biogas is an important addition to the ways in which everyday choices can reduce emissions in Järvenpää,” says Olli Keto-Tokoi, Director of Economic Affairs at the City of Järvenpää.
”We’re delighted that a site for a gas filling station was found in a business district alongside the main approach road to Järvenpää. Gasum is an excellent example of a company that supports Järvenpää’s Resource Wisdom objectives through its actions,” adds Susanna Aramo, Business Service Manager at the City of Järvenpää.
Source: Gasum