Denmark is building a new liquefied natural
gas truck filling station, believed to be the country’s first.
Station operator Q8 is behind the project
and will host the station at the IDS filling station in the Danish city of
Paderberg, next to a major highway and bordering Germany. During the initial
operation of the station, truck drivers will fill up with LNG at the station,
but eventually, Q8 will provide 100% fossil-free liquefied biogas (LBG).
The technical solution will be delivered in
partnership with Dutch company LIQAL, and the filling station will be delivered
by KC LNG. The companies will have the station ready by the end of 2021.
"At Q8 Operating, we have a clear goal for this project.
We want to help our customers start the
sustainable transport transition, says Gert Thomasen, Head of Fleet and IDS
Inspection at Q8 Denmark. We see a growing demand for sustainable solutions in
the heavy goods transport industry, with more and more companies now requiring
their goods to be transported using more sustainable energy sources such as
natural gas," says Thomasen.
"We want to enable this transition for
our customers, and while LNG and LNG in general are highly relevant
alternatives for heavy-duty transport, they can't be switched to electricity
overnight. Our customers won't wait, they want concrete solutions." The
filling stations will be fully automated, with no operator required, and truck
drivers can fill up in just a few minutes.
Olsen Sabel, Head of LNG at KC LNG Group,
adds: "The world needs to move away from diesel and other highly polluting
fuels, and this move is an important milestone. One of our goals is to break
down the barriers that currently prevent trucks from using cleaner fuels. Now
we are addressing one of the big issues, which is lack of availability."