Feb 1 (LNGJ) - Calor, the UK’s leading provider of liquified natural gas for fuel stations, has further enhanced its refuelling network for natural gas-powered trucks by upgrading its Aust LNG facility, near the southwest city of Bristol. As part of the Severn View motorway auto-stop area for the services company Moto, the Aust facility is located off the M48 motorway by the Severn River Crossing.
Calor said it is a vital refuelling stop for LNG-fuelled vehicles using the M4 corridor to travel to London or elsewhere in the UK, and has been upgraded to consider the requirements of mono-fuelled trucks. “As part of this upgrade, the new system uses ‘zero loss’ cooling technology to keep LNG within the storage tank at the ideal temperature and pressure for refuelling vehicles,” said Calor. “Similar work has been carried out at Moto’s Donington Park, Lymm and Grantham service stations, to add to Calor’s growing LNG infrastructure of six public refuelling facilities,” the UK company added.
Mark Gilks, Transport Specialist at Calor, explained that demand for LNG continues to grow in the haulage industry, especially for long-haul vehicles and Calor continues to invest in its LNG refuelling network, which is the largest in the UK. “Leading truck manufacturers are predicting that, by the early 2020s, vehicles powered by natural gas could account for 20 percent of all HGVs sold.,” said Gilks. “This growing market share highlights the obvious benefits of choosing LNG to power long-haul HGVs now and into the future,” he stated.
