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• Repsol will promote the installation of the necessary facilities at its service station network in Barcelona to promote refuelling with AutoGas.
• The Barcelona City Council will facilitate the process of obtaining the necessary permits for selling AutoGas at Repsol service stations.
• Repsol and the Barcelona City Council will participate in informative and promotional joint activities on AutoGas.
• By the end of 2010, Repsol will have 80 AutoGas refuelling points throughout its national service station network.
• AutoGas is the most widely used alternative fuel in the world. It is economical to use and helps improve the air quality in big cities.
Repsol Chairman, Antonio Brufau, and the Mayor of Barcelona, Jordi Herey, signed an outline collaboration agreement committing them to develop the use of AutoGas (liquefied petroleum gas for vehicles) in the city of Barcelona. The agreement includes measures to develop and successfully implement the use of this fuel. The signing took place today at the Repsol service station in Barcelona’s Villa Olímpica, which is one of the AutoGas sales points already in operation.
Repsol is committed by this agreement to installing the necessary infrastructure for refuelling with AutoGas in its service station network in the Barcelona municipal area, and to planning and collaborating with the different measures to promote its use.
The Barcelona City Council will work towards ensuring the successful implementation of this fuel, and speed up the procedures for obtaining the necessary permits and licenses for selling AutoGas in the Repsol service stations throughout Barcelona.
Moreover, it is committed to promoting the use of AutoGas in vehicle fleets for municipal and supra-municipal authorities, as well as concessionary and municipal companies. Repsol, in turn, will actively collaborate in converting the vehicles in these fleets to run on AutoGas.
Repsol and the Barcelona City Council will participate in promotional activities, sponsoring public events and technical conferences that are designed to promote the use of this fuel and its benefits.
A Monitoring Committee will be created to ensure the efficient fulfilment of the agreement, which will be made up of representatives from both entities.
Repsol is currently developing a nationwide project that will include the installation of 80 AutoGas points of sale by the end of 2010. Some of which, such as the service station in the Barcelona Villa Olímpica that hosted this event, and the service station at the T2 terminal of Barajas airport in Madrid are already operative.
Characteristics of AutoGas
AutoGas, a mixture of propane and butane gas, is the most widely used alternative fuel in the world. It is economical, ecological, safe, easy to install, and is less expensive compared to other traditional fuels. Its use reduces CO2 particles and NOx emissions, contributing to an improved air quality in big cities. Noise levels are also lowered by 50%.
Approximately 700 vehicles Barcelona and 650 In Madrid run on AutoGas. The total number of vehicles powered by AutoGas in Spain is around 3,000. Some car manufacturers already make models that use this fuel. Vehicles that use petrol can also use this fuel by means of a simple conversion in licensed garages. In Europe, more than 7 million vehicles run on AutoGas, including 1,500 city buses in 25 European cities that represent a total annual saving of 2.7 million tons of CO2.
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