Properties that promote social acceptability

Given the current trend in energy prices, using LNG can offer substantial savings based on a customer’s profile. LNG can also improve a company’s environmental footprint because it generates fewer greenhouse gases (GHG) and air pollutants than oil products.

Facilitated supply

In the same space, it is therefore possible to store 600 times more energy with LNG than with natural gas in a gaseous state—a definite advantage in terms of transportation and storage. Once liquefied, natural gas is stored in cryogenic tanks. LNG can then be delivered to different customers within a radius of more than 1,000 kilometres of Gaz Métro’s LSR plant.

Properties that promote social acceptability

Given the current trend in energy prices, using LNG can offer substantial savings based on a customer’s profile. LNG can also improve a company’s environmental footprint because it generates fewer greenhouse gases (GHG) and air pollutants than oil products.
Up to
25%
fewer GHG
Up to
97%
fewer fine particles

Properties that promote social acceptability

Given the current trend in energy prices, using LNG can offer substantial savings based on a customer’s profile. LNG can also improve a company’s environmental footprint because it generates fewer greenhouse gases (GHG) and air pollutants than oil products.

Industrial sector
In Québec, the industrial sector is responsible for roughly one-third of GHG emissions. When a plant uses natural gas instead of oil for heating, processing, fuel and electric power, it cuts its GHG emissions by up to 32%. Also, for many types of industrial processes, electricity cannot replace a thermal energy like oil or natural gas. This is why the possibility of using natural gas is a key factor in sustainable economic development.

Mining sector
Natural gas has a number of applications: electricity production, heating, mineral processing and transportation. Stornoway Diamond Corporation was the first mining company in Québec to use LNG.

“With a natural gas supply delivered by Énergir LNG, companies now have access to a cleaner, more powerful energy source that offers excellent energy savings. Not only is this an advantage for companies operating here, but it is also a key asset for Québec’s competitiveness internationally, as it helps to attract strategic foreign investment in our economy.”
Pierre Gabriel Côté, president and CEO of Investissement Québec

Road transportation
In Québec, the road transportation sector is the biggest greenhouse gas (GHG) emitter, accounting for 43% of total emissions. Heavy vehicles using diesel emit 28% of this total. Natural gas has proven effective in road transportation, since it burns more cleanly than diesel engines. More than 20 million vehicles worldwide already run on natural gas. As the only alternative fuel to diesel for heavy goods transportation, liquefied natural gas allows carriers to make savings and reduce their environmental footprint.

Maritime transportation
In support of the Québec Maritime Strategy, LNG offers a concrete solution in the fight against climate change. It helps reduce the environmental impact of operations carried out by maritime industry stakeholders, who are now converting to LNG.

The new LNG fuel supply system developed by Énergir has been available at the Port of Montréal since summer 2017, and will shortly be available at the Port of Québec. This is a key step that will allow local and foreign shipowners to comply with the increasingly stringent standards on polluting emissions.
Groupe Desgagnés, a major Québec shipping company, has acquired four vessels running on LNG bi-fuel. The first vessel is already in operation on the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes. Watch the video

The Société des Traversiers du Québec recently commissioned the F.-A.-Gauthier in July 2015—the first ferry in North America to use LNG as fuel. Two other ferries have been ordered.
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