Estonia: Alexela opens multi-fuel filling station in Tallinn

This is the first such station that offers diesel, petrol, electricity, LPG, CNG and liquefied natural gas (LNG) in one place, and the first one in the three Baltic States to offer LNG.

Alexela opened a multi-filling station with the world’s broadest selection of fuels in Jüri, the outskirts of Estonia’s capital Tallinn.

“It is really the first such energy department store in the whole wide world where in addition to petrol, diesel and electricity, one can also buy LPG, CNG and LNG for gas-powered cars,” said member of the Alexela Group Management Board Marti Hääl.

As the demand for CNG was growing among retail consumers, Alexela’s aim was to meet the demand from gas produced locally in Estonia from solely renewable sources, Hääl explained.

Speaking at the opening of the Jüri filling station, Henrik Hololei, Director-General for Mobility and Transport at the European Commission said that there was no one future solution for all sectors, and that different fuels and sector-based solutions were therefore needed: ”In the near term, there is not a single real alternative to LNG for heavy goods vehicles and in maritime transport.

“The private sector is leading this process, because infrastructure is also needed for a real change to happen. Of equal importance, though, is a favourable regulative environment, conducive to such future solutions,” Hololei explained.

Alexela is an Estonian energy company comprising electricity, natural gas, cylinder gas, bulk gas and 106 filling stations across the country. It also operates 36 convenience stores.