Background and purpose

Background

Biogas is a completely renewable fuel that is produced from biomass, often organic waste, and consists mostly of methane. Liquid biogas, LBG, is one of the most promising alternative fuels today to achieve a fossil-free vehicle fleet and is particularly interesting for heavy traffic where fewer other alternatives are available.

Leading truck manufacturers such as Volvo, Scania, Iveco have recently launched a new generation of trucks (EURO 6) that use liquid methane as a vehicle fuel. National initiatives such as Klimatklivet have also reduced the risk and enabled investments in LBG infrastructure such as pumps and production as well as vehicles.

These events create a unique opportunity to quickly increase knowledge of LBG as a vehicle fuel by analyzing these new logistics chains that are being created.

Purpose

The main purpose of the project is to create and disseminate knowledge about LBG as a vehicle fuel for heavy truck transport by coordinating and analyzing the various activities that occur in Västra Götaland.

Specifically, the project aims to​:

• Analyze if and how LBG is a commercially and environmentally useful vehicle fuel
• Analyze and show the potential for LBG to contribute to the transition towards a climate-neutral transport system from a regional perspective within the time perspective until 2030 
• Involve the academy and CLOSER's network in design, experience gathering and analysis work
• Show how operators can include LBG in their market offer and inform transport customers that this opportunity exists and catalyze the transition to sustainable fuels in the transport sector