Netherlands: Shell Becomes the First to Offer Bio-LNG to Trucking Clients

(Shell Netherlands/NGV Journal) Shell bio-LNG is available as a road transport fuel in the Netherlands from February 15, as a blend with regular LNG. Hereby Shell becomes the first in the country to offer bio-LNG to all of its customers. After gearing up production Shell plans to offer pure bio-LNG to its entire LNG network in the Netherlands within a few years.

“Shell wants to offer the logistics sector a cleaner alternative, with partners. This is a great step towards cleaner road transport,” said Marjan van Loon, President-Director of Shell Netherlands.

Bio-LNG is an important ingredient to make heavy-duty road transport, followed by inland waterway transport, more sustainable. Electrification is a challenge, and bio-LNG offers a solution as a transition fuel. In the Netherlands, Shell is supplying bio-LNG from its plant that opened in Amsterdam last autumn with partners Nordsol and Renewi. In due course, an estimated 3.4 kilotons of bio-LNG will be produced at the plant, preventing CO₂ emissions equivalent of 13 million kilometers (8 million miles) travelled on the road.

Shell has 46 LNG filling stations in Europe, with the ambition to expand the European network to 80 locations by the end of 2022. There are currently 7 LNG stations in the Netherlands and 25 in Germany. Other Shell LNG stations are in Belgium (6), Poland (4), France (2), Spain (1) and Turkey (1). By mid-2023, Shell expects to be able to supply 100% biomethane to its entire network in both Germany and the Netherlands, partly thanks to construction of Europe’s largest bio-LNG production plant in Godorf, Germany, which started in early February.

Shell bio-LNG is liquefied gas from organic waste, such as agricultural waste, food scraps and food products over their expiry date. It can be used in existing LNG engines and filling stations, without any need for modifications. Bio-LNG, in principle, can help drive circularity. For example, supermarkets can operate in a circular manner by using trucks fueled by their own organic waste, including the food products they can no longer sell. READ MORE