28.6.2019. The Spanish Gasverband (Sedigas) has awarded SEAT with the Award for energy and sustainability. Thus, Sedigas is a tribute to the commitment of the Spanish auto mobile manufacturer for the promotion of compressed natural gas (CNG) as an alternative fuel for sustainable mobility.
Luca de Meo, President and CEO of SEAT S. A., accepted the Award this week in the national art Museum Reina Sofía, Spain’s capital, Madrid. At the award ceremony, among other things, José Domínguez Abascal, the Secretary of state for energy what is present from the Ministry of environmental conversion.
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- Three CNG models are manufactured at the main plant in Martorell
- Key role for a sustainable mobility
- Sewage is converted into biomethane
- CNG vehicles are exempted from driving bans
Three CNG models are manufactured at the main plant in Martorell
Currently, SEAT of the European car maker with the largest range of vehicles, powered by CNG. Three models are manufactured at the main plant in Martorell, the SEAT Leon*, the SEAT Ibiza and the SEAT Arona*, the world’s only SUV with a CNG drive. 2018 the brand cars, sales of natural gas tripled. In addition, the company announced to invest six million euros in the Expansion of capacity in the factory in Martorell in order to increase the number of times per day-made CNG vehicles from 90 to 250.
Key role for a sustainable mobility
“We at SEAT are convinced that CNG will play a key role in the transition to sustainable mobility,” said Luca de Meo after the Award, what is handed over by the Sedigas-Chairman Rosa María Sanz. “Now the time is ripe for a further step forward: We need to improve the infrastructure and make Gas a renewable energy source that can be fed into the network, as well as its use promote. With the production of Biogas and biomethane opportunities to reduce transport emissions offer, so.“
In this connection, the SEAT Board of Directors, the Chairman stressed: “We must set ourselves the goal that biomethane can be used as a renewable energy carrier. In the process, the importance of the guarantees of Origin. Cost-effective vehicles, powered by clean energy and quickly in just a few minutes can be charged, there are already: you drive with Gas, and Biogas.“
Sewage is converted into biomethane
With the aim of promoting circular economy, energy efficiency and emission reduction, has SEAT-initiated projects such as “Life Methamorphosis”: In the framework of this Initiative, the company converts organic waste of the city of Barcelona, and animal organic wastes from a farm in Lleida in Gas for his vehicles. SEAT also works with the water management company Aqualia, the water in biomethane to convert.
Thus, a large potential for the provision of the proof of Origin in the framework of the biogas production is available. Through such a System, the development of this industry in Spain could be as well as in other countries of the European Union (EU) to simplify. If this evidence between sectors can be given, would open for the transport industry, in many ways, in order to guarantee for the entire life of the vehicle climate-neutral, “Well-to-Wheel”CO2 emissions – that is, from the source through the conversion to the use of the automobile.
CNG vehicles are exempted from driving bans
Since gas mobility in the EU is classified as an environmentally efficient, this type of fuel has the advantage that the car owner must therefore fear no restrictions, when in European cities due to the air pollution driving bans are pronounced.
SEAT gets Award for energy and sustainability – Luca de Meo accepts the Award of the Sedigas-Chairman Rosa María Sanz (Foto: SEAT)
