The port of Gothenburg in Sweden will have the first public charging and hydrogen filling station in Scandinavia, a subregion in Northern Europe. The facility is owned by the American Circle K store chain.
The aim of the station is to become a new hub of the port for facilitating the transition from fossil to electricity and alternative fuels for heavy goods traffic.
Initially, there will be six public charging stations for electrified heavy goods vehicles, with a capacity of up to 360 kW per charging point. All charging points can be accessed from different directions by different types of heavy goods vehicles.
The increased number of charging points means both shorter waiting times and increased capacity.
It is expected that within one year, there will be hydrogen available at the station, a fuel that only emits heat and water.
The port has conducted a study of the driving patterns of heavy trucks together with Volvo Group, Scania and Stena Line in the collaboration initiative Tranzero. A large proportion of heavy trucks have been identified as particularly suitable for the fossil-free transition here and now, and a public station for charging and hydrogen in the heart of the port has been described as a “key enabler”.
“The station’s opening at exactly the right place, in terms of both timing and location. Serial production of electric heavy goods vehicles is up and running, and vehicles have been ordered by actors with a lot of traffic at the port. By the end of the year, electric heavy trucks will be a common sight in the port, and it will just keep on growing from there,” commented Elvir Dzanic, CEO of the Gothenburg Port Authority.
