World first unmanned marine fuel station launched in Sweden

Swedish marine infrastructure firm Fossil Free Marine along with fuel supplier OKQ8 has launched a first unmanned mobile marine station in Lidingö outside of Stockholm in Sweden.

PHOTO: Fossil Free Marine's unmanned marine station in Lidingö, Sweden. Fossil Free Marine

The unmanned marine station is located next to OKQ8’s marine station in Lidingö, and gives leasure boat owners the option to tank up on biofuels instead of diesel, Fossil Free Marine said.

Fossil Free Marine says the storage tanks can hold both biofuels and other liquid fuels.

“Our technology is truly ground breaking, enabling distribution of renewable fuels in large volumes, even in the most sensitive marine environments like freshwater reservoirs,” Fossil Free Marine’s chief executive Karl-Oskar Tjernström said.

The project is partially funded by the Swedish government's Climate Leap Initiative.