AltFuels AltFuels Magazine is a AltFuels publication of AltFuels MAGAZINE Communications Group AltFuels #27 / AUGUST 2019 NGVAFRICA SWITZERLAND Lidl puts into operation two LNG mobile stations HAM Group has been responsible for designing, building and commissioning the refueling units. 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It represents a press release. a £960,000 investment by First West of England, which has been supported by the Low Emission Bus Fund, With the acquisition of these two mobile units by Lidl from the Government’s Offi ce of Low Emission Vehicles. Switzerland, the aim is to remedy this situation, to achieve, together with its transport partners KMT, Dai Powell, Chief Executive of HCT Group, the parent Krummen Kerzers and Thurtrans, a sustainable logistics, organization of BCT, said: “We believe in the power of allowing a transport of goods where no use fossil fuels. public transport to make a difference, getting people out The equipment supplied has a capacity of 40m3 and of their cars, reducing congestion and fossil fuel use. This “saturation on the fl y” technology, which allows the supply impact will always be limited if the buses themselves are of LNG to the different brands of trucks on the market. still contributing to the problem. The launch of this biogas fi lling station shows that it is practical and economical to During the opening of LNG mobile units, Georg Kröll, make a low-carbon choice, reducing emissions and doing CEO of Lidl Switzerland, expressed he was satisfi ed our part in the climate emergency.” with the opening of the fi rst LNG service station in the country, as it is an important step towards the Mayor Bowles also commented: “It’s great to see this sustainability of the company, which will be able to new natural gas bus fi lling station open, as part of our supply its stores without using fossil fuels by 2030. aim to help reduce congestion, improve air quality and keep people moving. It supports my ambition to improve The supply of LNG with the two mobile units of HAM will public transport in the region, giving people more allow Lidl Switzerland to enjoy the following advantages: sustainable ways to travel.” · Reduce by 15% the emission of CO2 (20% in the case of The opening of the new station marks the end of a HPDI diesel engines) temporary fi lling station which had been installed at the · Reduce the emission of nitrogen oxides by 35% Bedminster depot and had been fueling the fl eet since · Reduce by 95% the emission of fi ne particles. it came in to service in January 2019. · Reduce engine noise by 50%, compared to gasoline engines. James Freeman, Managing Director of First West · Range of 1500 km. of England added: “We’re taking meaningful steps to clean up the city’s air. That’s why we’re making Ham Criogénica is specialized in carrying out energy signifi cant investments to bring a fl eet of biomethane projects related to natural gas and is endorsed by buses into Bristol. The metrobus m1 route is paving the more than 300 projects, carried out in recent years, way and this new fi lling station means that biomethane around LNG. For its part, Vakuum specializes in the buses will now be a permanent feature in the city. With construction, repair and maintenance of structures to 77 more biomethane buses and another even bigger store gas in a liquid and gaseous state. fi lling station coming to Bristol soon, Bristol could soon THE GVR GAS VEHICLES REPORT 2019, August 5 be the country’s biomethane bus capital!” Volkswagen Group currently offers 17 models in various vehicle segments, and two more models will The biogas that fuels the buses is provided by the soon be added. Gas Bus Alliance (GBA), comes from waste food and is supplied from anaerobic digesters across the UK. The action alliance of Volkswagen Group with industry These new buses build on the legacy of the Bristol partners also gained further momentum recently, with Poo bus, which was run on the Number 2 route around the accession to the CNG industry group of natural gas Bristol while the city held the European Green Capital fi lling station operator OrangeGas and Italian natural title in 2015. gas transmission system operator Snam S.p.A. (Società Nazionale Metanodotti). The objective of the CNG Mobility The Parson Street Station comprises two gas industry group is to proportionately expand the vehicle compressors and storage and has been specifi cally range, infrastructure and fi lling station network together. designed by the GBA to accommodate the requirements of operating Bristol’s metrobus fl eet from Parson Street. This is the sixth station built by the GBA and Estonia took nine months to complete. Plans for another bio- methane fi lling station at First West of England’s depot in Estonia’s largest CNG station with 48 refueling units Lawrence Hill, Bristol are currently at the planning stage. was opened in the eastern city of Tartu. It is operated by Estonian energy company AS Alexela and will service the new natural gas bus fl eet of Go Bus, the city’s Germany transport company. Volkswagen Group and its industry partners from the This is the fi fth fi lling station in the country where gas supply, network, and fi lling station operation sectors energy company AS Alexela offers CNG for cars. “Our showcased their products and services at the 3rd CNG aim is to start selling only domestic biomethane, Mobility Days in Berlin, presenting an overview of the i.e. green gas in the fi lling station,” Chairman of the current situation and the future of natural gas. The Group Alexela Management Board Aivo Adamson said. brands also exhibited their latest CNG models in the passenger car, truck and bus segments. The refueling facility is located on the area of the old Tartu Bus Company. There will be 42 units for slow Volkswagen Group and its brands continue to rely on CNG as an alternative drive technology for decarbonizing road transport, and the product range has been revised and expanded again with this in mind.