Biogas in the Nordic countries: production and use

14/10/2025
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For the SAF platform, we have prepared material on the state of the biogas industry in some Nordic countries: Finland, Norway, and Sweden. In recent years, the use of biogas/biomethane as fuel for vehicles has grown rapidly in all three countries.

These data are based on a report by IEA Bioenergy on biogas and biomethane production in a number of member countries of the International Energy Agency (IEA).

Finland

In 2021, the total recovered energy production from biogas was about 905 GWh from 129 different biogas production plants.

Виробництво біогазу у Фінляндії — Biogas production in Finland (Statistics Finland, 2022). Source: IEA Bioenergy. Note: *co-digestion plants, including industrial plants.

In Finland, biogas has traditionally been used in power and heat production, but in recent years vehicle fuel use has increased.

Norway

In Norway, 739 GWh of biogas was produced in 2022, representing a marginal increase of 4% since 2021.

Ліворуч: Наявні заправні станції в Норвегії. Заправні станції CBG позначені світло-зеленим кольором, а заправні станції LBG або комбіновані CBG та LBG — темно-зеленим. Праворуч: Заплановані нові заправні станції (фіолетовим кольором) у 2023–2025 роках. Карти надані Biogass Norge (2022). Джерело: IEA Bioenergy. — Left: Existing fueling stations in Norway. CBG fueling stations are light green, and LBG or combined CBG&LBG fueling stations are dark green. Right: Planned new fueling stations (in purple) in 2023 to 2025. Maps are from Biogass Norge (2022). Source: IEA Bioenergy.

The number of fueling stations in Norway has increased rapidly the last few years. The distribution of fueling stations is primarily in the eastern part of Norway, with some biogas fueling hubs in and around some of the larger cities such as Trondheim, Ålesund and Stavanger.

Sweden

There were 284 biogas plants operating in Sweden in 2022, producing in total 2.279 TWh of biogas. There were 71 biomethane upgrading plants in Sweden in 2022 producing 1.47 TWh biomethane.

In 2022, 67% of the produced biogas was upgraded and used mainly as transportation fuel, due to a favorable support system.

Read the full material with more detailed information about each country on the SAF platform.

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