Italy: New natural gas filling station in Campania region

Launched by Snam4Mobility and Eni, the Aversa location will offer CNG and bioCNG. Partners have opened over 5 similar filling stations across Italy so far.

Snam4Mobility, the Snam company active in sustainable mobility in Italy, and Eni have opened a new natural gas and biomethane filling station for cars in Aversa, Caserta, Italy. The station will offer CNG (compressed natural gas) and biomethane (Bio-CNG) in the Campania region.

Through the partnership between Snam4Mobility and Eni, natural gas and biomethane refuelling stations have already been opened in Trentino-Alto Adige (Levico Terme), Piedmont (Busano), Veneto (Schio), Emilia Romagna (Modena and Bologna) and Puglia (Noicattaro), says Snam4Mobility.

Eni has already started distributing a portion of biomethane in its own network of CNG stations in Italy - currently 104, with a plan to increase this to 120 by the end of 2022 - and plans to distribute only biomethane from next year.

Following the acquisition of FRI-EL Biogas Holding, Eni will become the leading producer of biomethane in Italy with the potential to feed more than 50 million cubic metres of biomethane produced from renewable sources into the network when fully operational, according to the company.

About 1,000 Eni plants supply LPG and/or methane. For the refuelling of heavy vehicles, Eni already has 14 service stations dispensing LNG and has an ongoing development plan to increase this to 20 stations by next year. In addition, Eni will inaugurate the first hydrogen refuelling station in Italy in the urban area in Mestre (Venice) at the beginning of 2022, followed by a second one in San Donato Milanese.

Snam4Mobility, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Snam, develops compressed natural gas (CNG and Bio-CNG) distribution infrastructure for cars and liquefied natural gas (LNG and Bio-LNG) for heavy transport throughout Italy. Snam’s 2020-2024 strategic plan envisages the construction of 150 new natural gas and biomethane refuelling stations and the launch of the first hydrogen refuelling stations.