7 minutes refuelling time means no delays for Novio's fleet of natural gas buses
Dutch construction and engineering company Ballast Nedam, which has interests in an array of associated industries, has built a natural gas filling station for buses in Nijmegen. The station will service 75 natural gas buses for Novio, Nijmegen’s regional transport company, with high-speed refuelling time of 7 minutes per bus. Ballast Nedam has built similar gas-bus refuelling stations in Haarlem, Velsen and The Hague. The gas filling station in Nijmegen is operated by CNG Net, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ballast Nedam, while management and maintenance functions are the responsibility of Ballast Nedam Management.
Nijmegen’s central positioning, at the crossroads of many transport routes, means the station has been built to be one of the largest in Europe. C onstruction and commissioning took just five months, in time for the commencement of Novio’s three-year concession. The installation consists of three compressors with a total capacity of 1800 Nm ³ gas per hour. The installation design ensures that in the case on a compressor failure, automated switching ensures continuity of supply.
Netherlands has within three years achieved a nationwide network for natural gas refueling. “We have over 250 gas filling stations built in our country,” says Erik Kemink, director of CNG Net, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ballast Nedam. The motorist can then decide whether it is the environmentally friendly gas drive.
NGVA Europe has published an article on recent Ballast Nedam NGV projects in the Netherands, including this one at Nijmegen.
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