GE technology to supply Colorado’s northernmost public CNG station

Wes Maurer from the Colorado Energy Office smiles as he fuels up at the Sparq Natural Gas station in Eaton, CO., utilizing GE’s CNG technology.

 

GE Oil & Gas, Sparq Natural Gas and Noble Energy officially opened the seventh public CNG station in Weld County and the first installation of GE’s latest CNG modular technology – a compact, turnkey solution that makes it faster, easier and cheaper to build stations and for fleet operators to fuel their natural gas vehicles (NGVs). The Eaton station – Sparq’s third in 12 months – took only four months from groundbreaking to grand opening by using GE’s modular system approach.

 The Eaton CNG station represents the country’s first installation of GE’s second-generation, optimized CNG technology, a highly compact, modular configuration that is easy to order, install, operate and maintain. GE’s CNG technology uses a high-speed reciprocating compressor that provides a fast refueling rate (up to 7.5 gallons of gasoline equivalent per minute) for vehicles that use natural gas.

In line with both the Colorado Energy Office’s ALT Fuels Colorado program and Weld County’s Smart Energy program, this station plays a critical role in the build out of alternative fuel corridors of natural gas stations across Colorado and is strategically located along the Highway 85 “CNG Corridor,” linking I-70 and I-80. This station expands the region’s CNG infrastructure and provides better access to the cleaner fuel alternative enabling more public and private sector businesses, municipalities and county government in Northern Colorado to transition CNG vehicles into their fleets.

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