Uniper Adds LNG Truck Filling Stations

German supplier Uniper has spoken about the expansion, by its subsidiary Liqvis, of its Europe gas/LNG filling station network.

Berlin’s first public LNG filling station for vehicles was already inaugurated by Liqvis on April 25 at Grunheide on the orbital A10 motorway in east Berlin (see banner photo, courtesy of Uniper).

Liqvis now, September 19, has said it will soon commission another such public LNG filling station, this time at Freienbrink, built at a strategic traffic junction near Berlin. It says this will be is the first filling station site developed within the framework of the EU's 'Connecting Europe Facility' (CEF) for Transport program, for which Liqvis was granted up to €9.6mn ($11mn) funding from Brussels.

"Further filling stations are planned at central locations such as Hamburg, Hanover, Kassel, Munich, Kamen, Ulm and Cologne. Also in France and Belgium, three new filling stations each in the Metz, Calais, Vitrolles and Liege, Antwerp, Brussels areas will contribute to the supply of LNG for trucks," Liqvis added. It will showcase its expansion plans to truckers and fleet operators at the IAA International Motor Show this year at the Hannover Exhibition Center. 

Two weeks ago Finnish utility Gasum announced its plans to expand its LNG filling station network across Scandinavia.