February 22, 2022. Alexela has announced it will be the first company in Estonia to supply the domestic market with 100% carbon-neutral fuel or liquefied biomethane (LBM). With this new launch, the company aims to reduce greenhouse gases of heavy-duty vehicles in the logistics chain.
Currently, the firm uses the sustainable fuel primarily for supplying its own fleet. As stated by a corporate press release, one truck running on liquified biomethane neutralizes the negative footprint of a diesel truck.
“It is clear that today, as climate problems are affecting hundreds of millions of people across the globe, companies and individuals must find possibilities for reducing their environmental footprint. The fact that we are the first ones supplying liquified biomethane in the domestic market is not arbitrary, but a result of long-term targeted action towards reducing the emissions of the transport sector,“ said Aivo Adamson, CEO of Alexela.
“Estonian road transport businesses and industrial enterprises can be sure that we in Alexela are able to create climate neutral supply chains. It is also important to ensure the security of supply and neutralise the footprint of heavy-duty vehicles,“ added Adamson.
Although the LBM delivery was a pilot in Estonia and in the Baltics, Alexela has got several other projects connected to LNG. In 2017, the company opened an LCNG fueling station in Võru, South Estonia and in 2019, another was opened in Jüri, near Tallinn, which was also the first public LNG gas station in the Baltics.
This spring, Alexela plans to open an LNG and CNG station in the beer capital Saku, near Tallinn. An LNG terminal is also being built Kotka-Hamina port in Finland.
