Green Fuel Station Swaps Steel for Timber for Fossil-Free Transport

Cross-laminated timber is now a material of choice for building low, mid-rise, and high-rise towers—and perhaps from now, hydrogen fuel stations, too! This week, Hydri, a subsidiary of Qarlbo Energy, co-owned by Swedish investment group Qarlbo and FAM, pledged to build several new stations out of mass timber as part of a major push to drive total decarbonisation across the transport and logistics value chain.

“At Hydri, we are very optimistic about developing infrastructure for renewable fuels, where hydrogen plays a key role,” according to Peter Ena, Hydri’s CEO, who added that the new stations – starting with Varnamo, Hallandsasen and Odeshog are part of a 30-plus portfolio of new stations that will rise across Sweden.