Milestones
2013 Göteborg Energi opens its GoBiGas 20 MW gasification unit feeding biomethane into the transmission grid2012 LBG (liquefied biogas) production starts up in Lidköping
2012 M/S Viking Grace becomes the first LNG propelled passanger ferry
2011 The first LNG-terminal is started up in Nynäshamn
2010 Swedish private company Chemrec starts pilot plant for bio-DME
1992 Sweden's first co-digestion plant is inagurated in Laholm
1992 Biogas upgraded in a pilot project in Linköping for bus fuel
1985 Natural gas from Denmark reaches Sweden through pipeline
1981 First landfill gas excavation at SYSAV, Spillepengen in Malmö. Used for power and/or heat
1974 First oli crisis makes petroleum expensive and towngas from cracked petroleum uneconomical
1972 Trelleborg last to close coalgas production for towngas. Cokesworks in Oxelösund and Luleå still remains 2014 getting gas as a by-product1968 The government initates the report ”Naturalgas in Sweden”. Euoforia!
1959 Gas from cracked petrol (”spaltgas”) replaces coalgas in 10 Swedish towns starting in Jönköping. The cokes dilemma is resolved. Stockholm is the last to change in 1971
1954 Visby town gasworks closes down as the last privately owned
~1950 The market for cokes disappears as oil becomes readily available at low price. The economy of towngas is challenged
1948 Biogas from the wastewatertreatmentplant in Västerås distributed in the towngas grid together with towngas
1934 Borås waste water treatment plant first in Sweden with digestion of sewage sludge1932 State fund created for private persons for purchase of generator gas aggregates for cars. Boost for generator gas during WW2
~1920 37 Swedish cities have towngas
1917 WW1 plagues Europe. Many towngasworks in Sweden turn from coal to torf and wood for the towngas production. The same happens during WW2
1846 The first towngasworks in Scandinavia and Sweden starts up in Göteborg
1821 The first oil based gasworks in Sweden starts up
1819 G.M. Schwartz demonstrates the light-up ability of coalgas
