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Cleaner future

Natural gas refuelling stations announced for Redcliff, Swift Current

Apr 1, 2021 | 11:19 AM

REDCLIFF, AB – Redcliff and Swift Current will be home to two of three new natural gas refuelling stations announced for the Prairies today.

The federal government is investing $3 million with Envoy Energy for the three stations. The other one is in Prawda, Man.

According to a release, the sites “will include on-site storage and easy-to-use dispensers providing all the features heavy-duty truck drivers need when refuelling along the Trans-Canada Highway.”

The funding is provided through Natural Resources Canada’s Electric Vehicle and Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Deployment, which aims to establish natural gas refuelling stations along key transportation routes. “Natural gas is a sustainable and economical option for the transportation sector,” says Jim Carr, special representative for the Prairies and Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South Centre. “Today’s investment is helping Canadian trucking fleets adopt cleaner fuel sources without compromising their day-to-day efficiency while supporting our goal of a net-zero future.” These three will bring the number of natural gas stations along key freight corridors funded by the federal government to 22.

Compressed natural gas (CNG) is one of the greenest transportation fuels on the market today for long-haul vehicles, producing 20 to 30 per cent fewer greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) than other petroleum products and eliminating about 95 per cent of the contaminants coming out of the tailpipe of traditional, diesel-powered trucks. CNG can also be produced from renewable natural gas, using waste feedstocks such as landfill gas and municipal solid waste to produce a fuel with 80 per cent fewer GHGs.