The European Union’s TEN-T Programme(link is external) has committed over € 3.9m to a study and pilot for the development of alternative refuelling infrastructure on the main Dutch highways, in the form of greener and cheaper Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and Liquefied Bio Gas (LBG) service stations.

The project’s goal is to lay the foundations for the European deployment of LNG/LBG as a fuel for medium- and long-haul road transport. To achieve this, the project will pilot the construction of five LNG/LBG refuelling stations on the main highways connecting the Netherlands to Germany and Belgium, namely in Nieuwegein, Heteren, Veghel, Utrecht and Geldermalsen.

The project will also contribute to the collection of information on LNG/LBG use by equipping 75 LNG/LBG-powered trucks fitted with a data collection system. The data will feed into new business models based on LNG/LBG use.

The project was selected for EU funding with the assistance of external experts under the TEN-T Annual Call 2013, priority ‘Decarbonisation/substitution or environmental cost reduction’. Its implementation will be monitored by INEA, the European Commission’s Innovation and Networks Executive Agency.

 
Original author: Alexia