Zamosc, in south-eastern Poland, recently issued a notice of tender for the purchase of 12 new buses running on methane. The new fleet will be co-financed by European Union and, according to the technical details, each unit should be capable of driving 60,000 kilometres per annum over a period of 12 years. The Polish Oil and Gas Company (PGNiG) is working on the expansion of the existing CNG station in the city.
Moreover, PGNiG, the Czech Gas Association and other gas companies and trade organizations from Poland and the Czech Republic agreed to develop a “green line” between Wroclaw, in south-western Poland, and Prague with natural gas-fuelled buses. This project involves as first step the upgrading of stations in the city of Dzierżoniów, also in the south-western, with new CNG compressors.
In addition, PGNiG is planning to build a natural gas terminal by 2013, as reported by CNG.auto.pl. It will be located on the sea, near Gdansk (a city on the Baltic coast in northern Poland). With this initiative, the company aims to receive 1.5 billion m3 of gas, which represent about 10 percent of the annual Polish demand for this fuel.
