The Rally was coordinated by Gazprom and @uniper_energy. The finish was attended by Viktor Zubkov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gazprom and 🇷🇺Special Presidential Representative for Cooperation with GECF, as well as by Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Maubach, CEO of Uniper 🇩🇪
NGV Rally #BlueCorridor 2021 Finished In St Petersburg! 🏁🚘🥳
On October 7, the 10th #StPetersburg International Gas Forum held the ceremonial finish of the Blue Corridor – Gas into Engines 2021 #NGV Rally 🚗⛽️
A highly topical business program has become an important element of the Rally. Leading Russian NGV automakers hosted its events. Among them are Urals Automotive Plant, @KAMAZ_official and Raritek Group, @group_gaz, as well as #Volgabus 🚍🚐🚌
Dr Timm Kehler of @zukunft_gas stressed that we need major redesign ofCO2-regulation in transport🚛,cos current regulation system has not delivered results,reaching 2030-targets with it seems impossible.Biomethane🌿needs to be included as an option towards fleet target regulation
Deputy Head @Gazprom_GMT Sergey Colin shared that there are 508 #NGV infrastructure facilities currently operating in🇷🇺, of which 339 are owned by the Gazprom Group. More than 30 facilities were commissioned in 2020 and 95 new facilities are planned to be commissioned in 2021.
Evangelos Doulgeridis, Customer Portfolio Manager @PrometheusGas stressed that however total #NGV fleet in🇬🇷 is ~10000, but with appropriate support #CNG#LNG as motor fuel can be more affordable interim solution for achieving 2030 CO2 emissions targets than using elecrtic cars
Friedrich Lesche, head of Public Affairs/Alternative Propulsion of @IVECO Magirus AG, said that #NaturalGas is the best immediately available low-emission alternative to diesel in the heavy segment.
Secretary General @NGVAEurope Jens Andersen shared with the participants some economic advantages of using #LNG and #CNG as a motor fuel in Europe. Besides, he paid special attention to the role of methane and bio methane fuels in a reduction of the cost of transportation.
You can get more details about #BlueCorridor latest online round table discussion in #Athens on our FB. We would like to thank Prometheus Gas for arranging this fruitful event! #CNG#LNG#NGV https://t.co/olPNjE2hZa
Blue Corridor online round table took place in #Athens yesterday with great success and wide participation of 🇬🇷#Greek governmental officials,🇪🇺@Europarl_EN members, local municipal authorities, energy experts&market players.For details and presentations➡️https://t.co/A9q0V4ohoW
We thank our partners from @AFGNV, @Total and @NGVAEurope for the well-organized event and vivid discussions! 🤝
Stay tuned for the further Blue Corridor rally appearances! 🚙😉
The next stop of #BlueCorridor rally has been performed in #Paris 🇫🇷, on 14 January. The online meeting was organized by @AFGNV in cooperation with Gazprom, Total and the @NGVAEurope
The round table ended with closing remarks by Jean-Claude Girot, President of @AFGNV, who stressed once again that gas is a rational solution for transport sector 🚌🚘