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LNG

measures for clean inland waterways the waterways is crucial. The Fuels of the LNG as an alternative fuel for
(CLINSH). and Drives of the Future Network inland navigation and for heavy-
of the EnergieAgency.NRW has duty commercial vehicles as well
The EU-funded project LNG PILOTS supported the project initiation and as for industrial applications. The
(INTERREG V A Program) is supporting accompanies the relevant projects to 4th Workshop “LNG Roadmap” is a
the development of innovative support the introduction of climate follow-up event, which gathered in
solutions for the transport (heavy duty and environmentally friendly fuels 2014, 2015 and 2016 more than 100
vehicles and Inland Shipping) as well in freight transport. To implement guests each year from all over Europe
as the industrial sector in LNG. Under an alternative fuel for the transport (Germany, Austria, Belgium, France,
the leadership of the Stichting Energy sector international cooperations Norway, Great Britain, the Netherlands
Valley (Groningen, Netherlands), a are needed. Together with the Gas and Switzerland). l
consortium of 36 partners from North and Heating Institute Essen (GWI =
Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony Gas- und Wärme-Institut Essen e.V.) Contact details:
and the Netherlands has formed to the EnergyAgency.NRW organizes Christopher Olvis
promote the introduction of LNG as an an international workshop the„4th EnergieAgentur.NRW, Fuels and
alternative fuel in cross-border freight LNG Roadmap– LNG as a driving Drives of the Future Network,
transport and support building up an force for cross-border cooperation project manager
infrastructure. within Europe” on the 31st of May Email: olvis@energieagentur.nrw
2017 in Düsseldorf, Germany. The
The EU Life project event will highlight the development
CLeanINlandSHipping (CLINSH) is
a European consortium promoting LANUV- press conference at the laboratory ship Max Prüss during the Kick off event
clean inland waterway transport. of the EU Life Project CLINSH on 27th of Octobre 2016 in Düsseldorf, Germany
Within CLINSH dutch, belgian, german
and english public and private Kick off event of the EU- INTERREG VA project LNG PILOTS at 18th of November
organizations are working together. 2016 in Papenburg, Germany
The main objective of CLINSH is to
improve air quality in urban areas by
accelerating emission reductions in
Inland Waterway Transport. Despite
several improvements Inland Waterway
Transport is still a major source of air
pollution. The performance of various
emission reduction techniques (e.g.
after-treatment of exhaust gases) and
alternative fuels (LNG, GTL) will be
tested on 30 ships. Before and after
these adjustments the ships emissions
(NOx and PM) will be monitored under
real life conditions. Also the chances
for further introduction of on-shore
power supply will be investigated. The
Measurement results are collected
in a database that provides a tool for
local, regional, national and European
governments for (new) policies on the
greening of waterways. Also, these
data provide skippers with more
insight into the most cost effective
environmental measures for their ship.

For a transit state like North-Rhine-
Westphalia with a high population
density the need to reduce CO2
emissions and to improve the air
quality especially in the cities along

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