Engie will deliver 8,000 tonnes of LNG through the Isle of Grain terminal over the next 18 months where Flogas will use as many as 400 trailers to transport the LNG to its industrial customers which are not connected to the gas grid, it said in a statement.
Flogas is firmly established as a leader in the off-grid market, but last month announced plans to expand into the mains grid market. The company said in early August that its move into mains gas fits its strategy of “broadening our offer as the total energy provider, and sits alongside our current portfolio of LPG, LNG, solar PV and biomass.”
Although this is the first retail LNG sales contract for the UK market, Engie already holds retail contracts for delivery into French terminals Montoir and Fos Tonkin as well as Belgium’s Zeebrugge terminal.
The company did not disclose the value of the deal and a spokesperson was not immediately available for comment.