ENGIE opens bio-CNG station in Paris to serve Carrefour’s fleet

ENGIE opens bio-CNG station in Paris to serve Carrefour’s fleet

Carrefour and ENGIE opened a public natural gas station at La Courneuve (Seine-Saint-Denis), in the Paris region. With this opening, Carrefour and GNVERT, a subsidiary of the ENGIE Group, are materializing their collaboration in favor of the development of biomethane in the road haulage sector for goods. By encouraging the use of a product that cannot be relocated, Carrefour has chosen an energy that creates jobs in France and supports the farming sectors.

Pioneers in France, Carrefour and GNVERT, back in 2013, innovated and tested the use of bio-CNG for the road haulage of goods. Bolstered by the success of the tests carried out, Carrefour has decided to accelerate the deployment of these clean and quiet vehicles with the goal, by the end of 2017, of opening nine service stations allowing 200 trucks to deliver to 250 urban stores in Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Bordeaux and Lille. The station of La Courneuve is the first to be inaugurated.

The choice of biomethane is part of Carrefour’s ambitious transport policy which aims by 2025 to achieve a 30% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions per pallet carried compared to 2010. The trucks using this biofuel have shown an excellent environmental performance with a 75% reduction in CO2 emissions, no fine particle pollution and a 50% reduction in noise pollution.

The new station at La Courneuve enables 60 Carrefour trucks to refuel every day. Ideally located close to the major routes of the Ile-de-France, the A86 and A1, the station is open to the public and is also designed to supply domestic refuse trucks and coaches running on natural gas. It features a power of 2,000 Nm3/hour allowing any type of vehicle to refuel in just a few minutes.

Florence Batchourine, Carrefour France Supply Chain Director, said: “The reduction in CO2emissions and fine particle pollution is a major issue for society and we must act collectively to overcome this challenge. That is why Carrefour and ENGIE are deploying biomethane widely in France and are opening up their refueling network to all transport actors.”

Philippe Van Deven, GNVERT CEO, stated: “The inauguration of this station marks a new stage in the development of alternative fuels in France, and in particular that of biomethane. Carrefour is the first actor to have committed itself so resolutely to using biomethane in France and in Europe.”

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