Ireland: GNI to build 70 CNG stations
Gas Networks Ireland (GNI) is planning a €75 million investment to build filling stations for compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles.
Irish natural gas company GNI wants to have around 70 CNG filling station in Ireland and is willing to make a €75 million investment towards that goal, reports the Independent.
"The initial view is we roll out 14 stations but ultimately we want to take that to about 70 stations, focusing on commercial transport and commercial haulage," GNI head of commercial Denis O'Sullivan told the Sunday Independent.
GNI, who is responsible for managing Ireland's gas network, encompassing nearly 14,000 kilometres of pipelines, expects the first 14 stations to be fully operational by 2019 or 2020.
Worldwide, there are around 19 million Natural Gas Vehicles (NGVs) in operation, and of these, 1.9 million are in Europe.
