LNG as fuel in maritime and road transport and energy solution in off-grid destinations is gathering ground throughout Europe. The GLE small-scale LNG map launched today for the first time provides the LNG industry and interested parties with an overview of the available, planned and announced small-scale LNG infrastructure and services in Europe.
LNG is an attractive solution for supplying energy to communities and industrial sites not connected to a pipeline network. LNG also has a very promising future in freight transport and shipping due to its favorable emissions profile. Compared to diesel or heavy fuel oil, natural gas has the smallest carbon footprint and switching to natural gas also has an immediate impact on air quality and health:
Wim Groenendijk, GLE President, stated: “GLE represents 16 LNG terminal operators in 9 European countries and has gathered all information available among its members to provide this first small-scale LNG map for Europe. We are committed to keep the map updated and welcome any comments or suggestions for improvement.”
Pieterjan Renier, GLE Vice-President and Chairman of the GLE Small Scale LNG Work Group: “For small-scale LNG solutions to gain momentum LNG operators are developing new infrastructure and services to accommodate transport of LNG by road and fuelling facilities for trucks, trains and ships. However, visibility of these initiatives is fragmented and the GLE small-scale LNG map fills this gap for the market.”
The newly launched GLE small-scale LNG map provides the following information:
The European small-scale LNG MAP is accessible at: http://www.gie.eu/index.php/maps-data [1]
Note to Editors
Gas LNG Europe (GLE) currently comprises 16 European LNG terminal operators from 9 countries, representing more than 90% of all the existing LNG regasification capacity in Europe. GLE is one of the columns of GIE, Gas Infrastructure Europe, the European association of the Transmission, Storage and LNG terminal Operators.
GLE is committed to promoting the development of a fully operational European internal market for LNG and the creation of a stable and predictable regulatory framework which is conductive to investments and which ensures transparency and non‐discriminatory treatment.
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