Fuelling services firm HAM Group has partnered with Peruvian energy group Limagas to launch a new joint venture called Energía de Valor Ambiental (EVA), with the aim of promoting the use of LNG as an energy transiton fuel.
The partners will focus on developing infrastructure to support LNG’s use for road transport as well as introducing compressed natural gas (CNG) for passenger cars, light vehicles and trucks.
“With the creation of EVA, HAM Group HAM and Limagas reinforce their presence in Peru, developing an important growth strategy and taking advantage of the possibilities that Peru offers to promote the use of natural gas for vehicles in the country, becoming a benchmark in the Latin American energy field,” a spokesperson for HAM said.
Pan-American link
The joint venture aims to build and operate between 10 and 15 service stations before December 2025.
“The first service stations that EVA will open will be located along the Pan-American Highway, a road system that links almost all the countries of the American continent with its more than 17,800 km,” the spokesperson continued.
Headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, HAM Group provides LNG, biomethane and alternative energy services including construction of regasification plants, construction of tankers, gas stations, cryogenic tanks, liquefaction plants and biomethane plants, mobile-vehicular and maritime gas stations. The firm estimates that it has designed and built one out of every four LNG service stations in Europe and has undertaken more than 300 projects worldwide.
In 2022, the group acquired a stake in Peruvian firm Limagas Movilidad, expanding its construction and management of vehicular natural gas service stations, as well as other lines of business such as commercialization of LNG for river, rail and mining transport.
The group acquired a 40% stake through its subsidiary HAM Criogénica Peru, and aims to become a benchmark in the Latin American energy field, investing over the next few years in the development of the first Peruvian service stations for LNG, for long-distance transport, and compressed natural gas, for passenger cars, vehicles light and trucks.
Mala LNG start-up
The new LNG refuelling hubs on the Pan-American Highway will be located in Mala, Nazca and Arequipa, with the Mala LNG service station having already begun operation in June.
“It is expected that Nasca and Arequipa will be able to begin offering service during the second half of the year,” the firm predicts.
Limagas is a subsidiary of Lipiandes, an Andean multinational company that contributes to sustainable development through the supply of gas and hydrocarbon-based energy solutions across Latin America.
