August 25, 2023. ReFuels has announced that a new biomethane refueling station for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) has entered construction in Aylesford, Kent, which will be capable of fueling more than 500 trucks per day and saving almost 60,000 tonnes of CO2 a year.
Serving major UK trunk routes including the M20 and M2, the site is being built on land acquired by ReFuels from the John Lewis Partnership (JLP) adjacent to Waitrose’s southeast distribution centre, enabling the retail giant to rapidly grow its fleet of biomethane-powered HGVs, which is already the largest such fleet in the UK.
Philip Fjeld, CEO of ReFuels, said: “Bio-CNG is the only fuel available today that can decarbonize the UK’s HGV fleet at the scale and pace required to meet net zero. Well over one hundred fleets across the UK are now adopting the fuel en masse and our new site in Aylesford, built on land acquired from the John Lewis Partnership, is a testament to this growing demand and the value fleet operators place on the enabling refueling infrastructure.”
The station in Aylesford is a joint venture between CNG Fuels, the infrastructure arm of ReFuels, and Foresight Group, a sustainability-led investment management company.
The new site – featuring 12 fuel pumps capable of delivering 19 million kilograms (kg) of Bio-CNG annually – will add to the company’s existing network of 12 refueling stations across the UK. In total, this network can refuel more than 6,000 HGVs daily, saving more than 750,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions compared to diesel.
