Germany: Task force defines priorities to bolster LNG transport use

The task force for introducing liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the German market for transport fuel defined its work priorities for 2016 at a meeting in Berlin last Wednesday.

The main objective of the partners involved is to develop calls for action in order to implement the national mobility and fuel strategy along with the EU directive to develop the infrastructure for alternative fuels. The new partners include energy companies such as ExxonMobil, Total Deutschland and Uniper.

The plan is part of the existing Initiative for Natural-Gas-Based Mobility, which brings together vehicle manufacturers, petrol station operators as well as the natural gas and biogas industry and is coordinated by dena.

The LNG task force was founded on 30 November 2015 by the German Energy Agency (dena), the German Technical and Scientific Association for Gas and Water (DVGW) and the Zukunft ERDGAS industry initiative under the patronage of the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI).

The task force’s agenda also includes plans to continue tax reductions for natural gas mobility as well as launching and supervising pilot projects.