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German multinational utility Uniper is to supply bioLNG to independent refuelling firm Q1 Energie.
The renewable fuel will be made available for road transport in several German states via the Q1 bio-LNG-net network.
The cooperation marks the first relationship between the two companies to advance low-emission fuel solutions for heavy transport. Volumes and timelines were not disclosed.
Nils Beenen, Managing Director at Uniper Energy Sales, said, “With our integrated bioLNG supply chain, we have the expertise to provide renewable gases along the entire value chain, from procurement and liquefaction to supplying our customers.”
Sven Haberkorn, Head of Supply & Tank Farms at Q1 Energie, said the sustainably produced biomethane is liquefied at the gate terminal in Rotterdam using the existing LNG infrastructure and stored temporarily as bioLNG.
Thereafter it is transported in ISO tank containers from Rotterdam to a central storage point in Germany, where Q1 takes charge of distributing it to filling stations according to need.
As the owner, importer, and distributor of the bioLNG, Uniper is responsible for the entire supply chain from transporting biomethane to liquefying it and on to importing the gas into Germany, and as such it is entitled to claim the resulting greenhouse gas quotas.
At Rotterdam, carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide are removed to produce a processed gas equivalent in quality to natural gas, and the biomethane is fed into the natural gas grid and liquefied using existing LNG infrastructure.
The entire supply chain is certified according to internationally accepted certification systems that were recognised by the European Commission in accordance with the Renewable Energy Directive (RED).
French shipping operator CMA CGM Group has completed of the Notre Dame, its 24,000 TEU LNG-powered container ship and currently the world’s largest LNG-powered container vessel.
A series of 12 bioLNG refuelling stations will be deployed across key freight routes spanning the UK, it was .
