Aena Aeropuertos received the final plan last month and Dragados SA is expected to begin the construction, which may last eight months, in the coming weeks. This fueling facility will provide natural gas to vehicle fleet operating within the country’s main airport terminal, and will represent significant savings in operating costs and a strong reduction of pollutant emissions from these vehicles.

The alliance will allow the number of refueling points to grow from 48 to 64 and, as a consequence, nearly 125,000 vehicles running around Bogotá will a have greater availability of fuel. Yesterday, during the presentation of the agreement between the companies last mentioned, Minister Mauricio Cárdenas said: "We have enough natural gas to put more natural gas vehicles on the road. Besides, by replacing gasoline or diesel, we are contributing not only to the user's savings but to the environment protection.”

As part of the Workshop “LNG, dual fuel and dedicated technologies for heavy vehicles”, leading NGV-related companies revealed today new plans to develop filling infrastructure in countries including Spain, Italy, Portugal, Germany and Russia. Nicholas Sonntag, who is Executive Vice-President, Corporate Development and President of Westport Europe and Westport Asia, was the session facilitator.

In order to follow and promote government’s energy grid change, the local association of CNG distributors (APCNG) announced last week that its members would spend approximately US$315 million to install that amount of refueling points within the next three years. “This will help the country save 90 million liters of fuel per month,” president of the chamber Danny Praditya stated.