Thursday, December 5, 2024
Hydri has selected Södra’s cross-laminated timber (CLT) for the construction of several new hydrogen stations, including locations in Värnamo, Hallandsåsen, and Ödeshög. The station in Håby is being inaugurated today, December 4th. These hydrogen stations are part of a nationwide initiative designed to enable refueling of trucks, buses, and cars with fossil-free fuel at approximately 30 sites across Sweden. This initiative fosters a collaborative business model that accelerates the transition to renewable energy solutions in commercial sectors.
“At Hydri, we are very optimistic about the development of infrastructure for renewable fuels, where hydrogen plays a key role. By building stations with sustainable materials like CLT, we strengthen our ambition to contribute to the green transition and create long-term climate solutions for both national and international traffic”, says Peter Enå, Chief Executive Officer at Hydri.
“We have a very exciting partnership with Hydri, whose values align in many ways with Södra’s. We are creating a joint business that drives the transition to renewable solutions on commercial grounds. We also show that standardisation with a focus on optimised material utilisation creates competitive solutions from an economic perspective”, says Andreas Berge, Business Area Manager at Södra Building Systems.
CLT from Södra is a locally sourced building material that offers numerous benefits. Its lightweight nature reduces the need for transport, allowing more panels to be loaded per shipment. The assembly process is quick and efficient, ensuring a safe work environment while keeping costs low. Moreover, the overall carbon dioxide emissions from the construction are minimised, as the wood continues to store carbon dioxide throughout its life cycle.
“It feels important to collaborate with actors who contribute to the green transition in society. In our own operations as a producer and supplier of CLT, it is the transports that account for the largest amount of fossil emissions. Hydri’s expansion of infrastructure for green hydrogen aligns with our own climate goals of halving our fossil emissions by 2030”, says Ola Landqvist, Business Developer at Södra Building Systems.
What is CLT?
CLT is a natural material with great possibilities. The product is made from sawn spruce timber that is finger-jointed and then cross-laminated in layers, creating a solid CLT element. It is a construction that provides a strong and rigid building element with high dimensional stability. With the help of modern CNC technology, we achieve high precision with the ability to customise building elements according to the project’s requirements, making construction time on-site more efficient.
Södra’s value chain contributes to the low climate impact of CLT
The production of CLT takes place in symbiosis with Södra’s pulp mill and sawmill at the facility in Värö outside Varberg. In this way, we utilise the entire tree and refine the sustainable forest raw material from responsibly managed family forests into renewable, climate-smart products and solutions that create value for many people in a more natural society.
Södra was founded in 1938 on the idea that we are stronger together. Today, Södra is Sweden’s largest forest owner association with more than 50,000 family forest owners as members. Together, the members of Södra own a world-leading industry that refines forest raw materials into renewable products in pulp, wood, building systems, liquid bioproducts, and energy.
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