A unit of energy giant Shell has opened the 30th liquefied natural gas (LNG) refuelling station in Germany, helping to meet the ever-increasing demand for LNG in the country.
Capable of supplying up to 200 LNG-powered trucks per day, the station – based in Barbin, Bavaria – will strengthen supply of the fuel in the region.
With Germany already home to the world’s second largest bio-LNG production plant, Shell is taking the low carbon fuel one step further by building the world’s largest plant of its kind at its Rheinland refinery near Cologne.
Once operations begin next year, the facility will boast a production capacity of 100,000 tonnes of bio-LNG per year, enough to supply the green fuel to 4000-5000 LNG-powered trucks annually.
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