A new bio compressed natural gas refuelling station commissioned at Junction 14 on the M7 is the sixth public station to become operational in the country, writes Brian Byrne. The facility will supply biomethane produced locally in Nurney, Co Kildare by Green Generation, using local food and farm waste.
BioCNG offers a cleaner alternative to diesel, reducing emissions from HGVs in the road transport sector, which accounts for more than a fifth of Ireland's total greenhouse gas emissions. The Junction 14 station facility is provided by Gas Networks Ireland.
Of the 3,008 HGVs sold in Ireland so far this year, 59 were gas powered, most of them Scanias. Albeit from a low base, the trend is quite sharply upwards.
Pictured at the official opening of the new station by James Lawless TD, Minister of State at the Department of Transport and at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, are Martin Heydon TD, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Senator Fiona O'Loughlin, Donal Fitzpatrick, Director, Lidon Group which manages Junction 14, David Kelly, Director of Customer and Business Development, Gas Networks Ireland, and Liam Fitzpatrick, Director, Lidon Group.
