Moldovagaz has plans to extend its network of compressed natural gas fueling stations and to launch the construction of pilot stations of the kind for the Chisinau fleet of buses and utility vehicles. Such an agreement was reached by the company’s president Vadim Ceban and mayor general of Chisinau Ion Ceban in a meeting, IPN reports.
In a press release, Moldovagaz said a feasibility study will be carried out before the works are launched. The daughter company of Moldovagaz, Transautogaz, will co-finance the costs for conducting the study and will finance the works to design and build the given stations on the territory of the Urban Bus Company situated on Sarmizegetusa St and near the Southwest Motor Station.
“A program to develop the municipal fleet of vehicles based on the use of natural gas will contribute to significantly reducing the emissions and will serve as a good example of combination of economic benefits and concerns about the environment,” stated Vadim Ceban.
Moldovagaz noted the natural gas is an ecological fuel and its utilization contributes to the protection of the environment. It produces by 30% less carbon dioxide in small utility vehicles and by up to 20% less in buses and trucks compared with classical fuels.
Diesel fuel accounts for 60% of the fuels consumed in Moldova, gasoline for 26%, while the liquefied petroleum gas and compressed natural gas for 11% and 3% respectively. Transautogaz runs 12 compressed natural gas fueling stations in Moldova. Five of them are located in the municipality of Chisinau and are daily used by over 5,000 vehicles.
