LBS enters LNG business
In the second half of December, the PCTC MV “Auto Energy” of UECC's fleet received its first ship-to-ship bunkering of liquefied natural gas (LNG) blended with 10% renewable liquefied biogas (LBG). Gasum’s LNG bunker vessel “Coralius” performed the bunkering operation at anchorage outside the port of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Generally, LBG from Gasum is sourced from biodegradable waste streams in Scandinavia, including residential, retail and commercial sewage or agricultural waste streams. “We can now perform ship-to-ship bunkering with different blends of LNG and LBG, which will open up new possibilities,” said Jacob Granqvist, maritime sales director from Gasum.
LBG has a carbon footprint close to zero, with the same low emissions of sulphur oxides, nitrogen oxides and particles as with LNG. Introducing biogas also marks a transition to a circular economy where waste becomes a resource. (cd