European network of LNG stations reaches new milestone

Besides 801 LNG stations, there are 4239 CNG fueling stations for vehicles in Europe, data by the Brussels-based association shows.

Established in 1990, Eurogas now has over one hundred members across Europe and the world.

Last year, Eurogas merged with NGVA Europe, which said in 2023 that the European network reached 700 LNG stations.

Euorgas said that the 801st LNG station is Molgas Energy Group’s station in Alar del Rey, Spain.

Moreover, Germany remains the leader with 195 LNG stations for vehicles, followed by Italy with 173 stations, according to the data.

Combined, these two countries host almost half of all the LNG stations in Europe.

Besides these two countries, Spain has 105 LNG filling stations, France has 91, Sweden has 40, the Netherlands has 36, Belgium has 26, Poland has 27, Finland has 23, the UK has 15, and Portugal has 14.

Euorgas said LNG fuel “can provide emissions reductions for the heavy-duty transport industry while paving the way to our climate goals with net-zero options like liquefied biomethane.”

A growing number of these stations offer bio-LNG produced from organic waste as more capacity is available to the market.

Dutch tech firm Nordsol recently said that the three operational bio-LNG plants in the Netherlands and the UK, which utilize its technology, have collectively surpassed the 10,000-ton mark in bio-LNG production.

Two of these plants provide bio-LNG for vehicles.

Last year, Shell also launched what it says is the largest bio-LNG production plant in Germany.

The plant has a capacity of about 100,000 tons and supplies bio-LNG to Shell’s growing network of LNG filling stations in the country.