European Biogas Association (EBA) noted that in Sweden, bio-methane as a fuel overtook compressed natural gas (CNG) in 2013 with a market share of 57%. Air Liquide in 2014 acquired Fordons Gas, Sweden’s leading distributor of bio-NGV, which operates nearly 50 bio-NGV stations there serving taxis, corporate fleets, buses and cars. Sweden became Europe’s front-runner for bio-methane with production of 120mn m3 /yr bio-methane, of which 78% went to fuel almost 50,000 vehicles, according to EBA’s update for 2014. Linde too, through its subsidiary Aga, is also active in supplying the Scandinavian bio-methane market. Air Liquide commissioned 12 biogas purification units in Europe during the past 12 months, tripling its capacity. The new units are in France, the UK, Hungary and Denmark, which has a total investment of €12mn as proclaimed by the company. Worldwide Air Liquide designed and deployed 50 such units to transform biogas into bio-methane and inject it into natural gas networks.
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