Thursday August 02, 2007

Singapore's first public CNG station to be ready by Jan 2008

greencarcongress.com -> channelnewsasia.com :

Singapore's first-ever publicly-accessible refuelling station for compressed natural gas (CNG) is expected to start running by next January [2008]. CNG is seen as a cleaner and cheaper alternative to petrol as it produces very little pollutants and costs about 50% less. The station will be built and operated by Smart Automobile, which also runs Singapore's first and largest fleet of CNG taxis. Smart Automobile expects to charge about 75 cents per litre for CNG, much cheaper than petrol, which costs from $1.60 per litre.

The new CNG refuelling station will sit on a 55,000-square-foot site on Mandai Road, just off the Woodlands Road junction. Smart Automobile has obtained a 30-year lease to build the station, which will serve all CNG-fuelled vehicles here. The company hopes to have four more stations by 2011, including one in Serangoon North - to be up and running by next September. All its CNG stations will operate under the name Smart Energy. There are 400 CNG vehicles on the road here, and these currently need special permission to refuel at Singapore's sole CNG station on Jurong Island. Once the Mandai station is ready, however, refuelling on Jurong Island will no longer be allowed.

See also :

1. Energy security: a look at other fuel sources
2. Singapore commits to LNG for meeting future energy needs
3. Indonesia's LNG supremacy wanes as Chevron's fields run short
4. LNG at best an interim measure, alternatives must be looked into

(2007-08-02 12:36:39 SGT) [Energy] Permalink

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