The Daventry site is capable of fueling up to 250 heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) per day in the first phase from three Bio-LNG dispensers. The second phase will increase that capacity to up to 700 vehicles.

Compared with pure diesel equivalents, Bio-LNG can cut fuel costs by 20-30% and CO₂ by a minimum of 20%, while delivering a 90% reduction in NO_x and particulate matter emissions. Running the UK’s HGV fleets on Bio-LNG could cut haulage emissions by up to 65%, according to a report by consultants Ricardo-AEA.

Daventry is the first site identified by Gasrec as part of its national Bio-LNG refueling network planned to be up and running by the end of 2015. The planned network will be located near highway junctions so that 85% of the UK’s HGV population will have at least one location within four hours’ drive. The entire system will be monitored from a control center in Daventry and is set to keep expanding.

Storing enough fuel to fill 700 HGVs a day, each of the stations will be equipped with five refueling lanes and ten dispensers using fast-fill technology accessed by drivers carrying smart key controls.

Gasrec’s liquefied biomethane production plant in Surrey is capable of producing more than six million liters of diesel equivalent a year. The plant is located next to a large municipal landfill site and the gases from the decomposition of organic waste are cleaned and liquefied. The fuel produced is guaranteed to be at least 96% biomethane and no more than 4% nitrogen.