Spain: First filling station with continuous CNG supply
Repsol and Nortegas aim to build a network of natural gas supply points at Repsol locations, first in the regions where Nortegas operates as a natural gas distributor.
Repsol and Nortegas Green Energy Solutions have opened the first natural gas filling station with continuous CNG supply, without a tank being needed. The facility is located at the service station flying the Repsol flag in Bizkaia, Spain.
The new CNG point will be able to meet the demand of light vehicles (cars and vans), as well as urban medium and heavy vehicles (delivery vans and trucks).
The choice of this location is in line with the consolidation of Bilbao as a ‘strategic hub’ for low-emission refuelling along the ‘Atlantic Corridor’, which links the French border, at Irún, and Galicia. An estimated average of 37,000 vehicles a day use that route.
The companies have invested nearly €400,000 in the first supply point, with the support of the Basque Energy Board (EVE) though its efficient mobility grant programme.
Through their partnership, Repsol and Nortegas aim to provide the public with a network of natural gas supply points as part of the Repsol Group service stations. The first sites will be located in the regions where Nortegas operates as a natural gas distributor - the Basque Country, Cantabria and Asturias.
Repsol and Nortegas have already a further two locations where pre-building work is on the point of getting underway, one in Madrid and another in Gipuzkoa.
