• 05 Apr 2017

Leeds, the third city in UK, has recently signed an LNG supply contract with Flogas Britain, the  UK’s leading liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) provider, choosing natural gas to replace diesel in its household waste collection trucks and commerical vehicles. With almost 350,000 households in Leeds, the Council collects 306,000 tons of wastes across the city each year. So far, the metropolis operates about 70 garbage collection natural gas-fuelled trucks, including Mercedes Econic GNV. As LNG reduces  emissions compared to diesel, the use of LNG forms an important part of the city’s response to having to introduce a Clean Air Zone (CAZ) by 2020. According to preliminary estimates, the city should save 1.5 million pounds of fuel over five years by switching to natural gas. Flogas will supply the LNG service station operated by the City of Leeds for its fleet. At present, LNG enters the UK via the National Grid facility in Kent, on the Isle of Grain. To supply LNG to the north of England, Flogas and Stolt-Nielsen have hired an engineering firm to work on preliminary engineering and permitting to build a small-scale terminal at Rosyth, creating a new hub in Scotland with a  capacity between 10,000 - 15,000 cubic meters of LNG. Construction should take 18 months. If all goes to plan, the project will aim for a 2019 start date. Stolt-Nielsen has also designed a 7,500 cubic meter  LNG carrier to support the project.