In Norilsk, a Moskvich working on methane appeared on methane

In Norilsk, the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the first passenger car that works on methane appeared.

Muscovite 3 CNG bought Norilsktransgaz for its needs. Earlier, 22 heavy trucks that use methane have already worked in the city. This gas is much cheaper and more environmentally friendly than gasoline or diesel.

Recall that the first car gas -filing compressor station (AGNS) of Norilsktransgaz (subsidiary of Norkel “, which delivers gas and gas condensate to the enterprises of the polar branch, industrial enterprises of the Norilsk Industrial District and Dudinka), earned in Norilsk in 2023.

“Now the AGNKS serves 22 units of gas engine equipment. All of it belongs to the motor transport department “Norilsk industrial transport and landscaping” and goes to the line daily. High trucks with the inscription “on methane” were definitely met by many citizens. And now in the city a passenger car with the same note also runs, ”said Yaroslav Novikov, the head in the Norilsktransgaz direction.

The choice of “Muscovite” is not only the implementation of the import substitution policy, but also the opportunity to demonstrate the effective use of natural gas even in difficult climatic conditions of the Arctic.

The gas station showed reliability even in the conditions of polar frosts, there were no failures in its work. In order for other cars at the station, it is equipped with an acquiring system for cash and non -cash calculation. In Norilsk, there is a specialized center for the installation of gas equipment, which will increase the number of vehicles using biofuels.

Measures to expand the use of natural gas as a motor fuel are included in a comprehensive plan to reduce the emissions of pollutants into atmospheric air in the territory of Norilsk, which is part of the federal project “Clean Air”. And the Norilsktransgaz project became the laureate of the National Ecological Technology Award in the Ecotech-Leader 2024 in the Ecotransport nomination.