Spain: Redexis, Cepsa open their first VNG refueling station
The two companies are working toward opening 20 refueling stations for natural gas vehicles this year in Spain's main transport corridors, entailing an investment of around €15 million.
Redexis and Cepsa opened their first vehicular natural gas (VNG) refueling station as part of their strategic agreement announced last June, to create the largest natural gas refueling network in Spain.
The new natural gas station, which is now operative, has a LNG pump suitable for use with all types of heavy vehicle, and which has a refueling time of between three and six minutes.
The service station is located at Puerto Lumbreras (Murcia). Its location in the main route connecting Barcelona and Algeciras makes it a strategic point for the transportation of goods, with between 5,000 and 8,000 heavy vehicles traveling through every day.
Redexis has invested around €1 million to construct the natural gas refueling station, which is also expected to start offering compressed natural gas (CNG) for light vehicles in the coming months.
"At Cepsa we want to offer our customers all the energy solutions they need by diversifying our offer. Today is the first step towards achieving our aim of fostering Spain's biggest natural gas mobility network for both light and heavy vehicles, and keep progressing in energy transition," said director of Cepsa Service Station Franchising and Direct Management, Belén Mateo.
“From Redexis we celebrate the launch of this first natural gas station with Cepsa, which means continuing to promote the energy infrastructures necessary for professionals and citizens in order to give them access to more economical, sustainable and environmentally friendly mobility solutions. We continue advancing in our firm commitment to promote natural gas as a real alternative for sustainable mobility,” pointed out director of Redexis Tertiary and Industrial (B2B), Javier Migoya.
Cepsa and Redexis are working toward opening 20 VNG refueling stations that will be built and put into operation over the course of 2020, entailing an investment of around €15 million.
In June 2019, Redexis and Cepsa reached an agreement to create the largest network of LNG and CNG refueling stations in Spain, with the aim of expanding the offer of energy solutions and promoting sustainable mobility. As part of that agreement, Redexis is committed to invest €30 million between 2019 and 2021 for the construction and maintenance of 50 natural gas refueling points at Cepsa Service Stations, with Cepsa taking responsibility for supply and sales. Within the next two years, the two companies plan to have a total of 80 supply facilities, with a total investment of €60 million.
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