ENN opens new LNG refueling station in the Netherlands

Clean energy supplier ENN Clean Fuels opened a new state-of-the-art refueling station for LNG at Albert

Heijn’s distribution center in Zaandam (the Netherlands). It will be used by Albert Heijn charters that

serve the region. It is 24/7 available and remotely monitored by ENN’s operations department.

Albert Heijn is a frontrunner in the use of LNG as a cleaner replacement for diesel in heavy duty road

transportation. In close collaboration with logistics service provider Simon Loos, no fewer than thirty

LNG-powered trucks were introduced into Albert Heijn’s fleet for retail distribution in 2011 – at the time

it was a global first, and it still represents the biggest LNG-fleet for this type of transport activity today.

The combination of an LNG engine with the striking looks and safe operations of the Mercedes-Benz

Econic, garnered widespread attention and helped put LNG trucks for retail distribution on the map.

The advancement of LNG as an important fuel for road transportation has justified ENN’s investment in

the new facility, which replaces ENN’s existing semi-mobile station in Zaandam. The new facility uses the

latest state-of-the-art technology, and has a storage capacity of 60.000 liters of LNG – sufficient to refuel

150 trucks every day.

Together with Simon Loos, ENN developed an ingenious ‘pump release and registration system’: a

specially installed truck connection which wirelessly communicates with the station to automatically and

remotely read all relevant truck, fuel, and driver information. Human intervention is no longer

necessary, and vehicle and refueling information will be 100% reliable and digitally available. This

solution has a beneficial impact on the safety and speed of the transaction, as well as the reliability of

vehicle and refueling data.

NGS INDIA