LNG Industry: Kallas advocates transition to natural gas

In a speech yesterday at the Natural and Bio Gas Vehicle Association conference in Brussels, the Vice President of the European Commission and commissioner responsible transport Siim Kallas said the following: Ladies and gentlemen,

Just a couple of months ago, Europe notched up another milestone in its work to develop a transport system fit for the 21st century.I am pleased to see that clean fuels are now firmly in place at the heart of EU transport policy. This is a major step forward: for the travelling public, for business and industry. It encourages them to ‘think outside the box’ and appreciate that transport is more than just going from A to B, or moving goods. Now that a reliable legal environment is agreed, the next step is to get things up and running on the ground.

With many projects moving ahead, deployment is well on the way. That means making sure enough appropriate infrastructure gets built so that we create the conditions for alternative fuels to power transport into the future.

We all know that one of the reasons for Europe’s almost total dependence on oil as a transport energy source is customers’ hesitation to buy alternative fuel vehicles because of missing infrastructure for recharging and refuelling.
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