On the 8th of April, GDF SUEZ opened an LNG station for lorries at the Firezone station of Salland Olie in Leeuwarden, the first in the Nertherlands, in cooperation with the diary products company FrieslandCampina.
Frank van Ooijen, Director Sustainability of FrieslandCampina, commented: "FrieslandCampina wants to improve the energy efficiency and to reduce the emission of greenhouse gas in the entire dairy chain, from cow to consumer. The official opening of this LNG filling station enables the first 6 LNG lorries of FrieslandCampina transporters (4 milk collection truck trailers and 2 INTRA trailers) to really tank LNG. The bi-fuel lorries of FrieslandCampina reduce the CO2-emission at least by 12% compared with diesel and they are quieter as well." Source: FrieslandCampina Press Release