KANSAS – Wichita residents can now pull up to a new
compressed natural gas station, reports Kansas.com.
Michael Batten, president of Midwest Energy Solutions, which
designed the station, said during a ribbon-cutting ceremony that although there
aren’t many CNG stations open to the public, he expects that number to grow
rapidly, citing the “inherent benefits” of natural gas as a fuel: $1.90 per
gallon compared to about $3.25 to $3.45 for gasoline and $3.65 to $3.85 for
diesel, notes the news source.
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, there are two
other CNG stations in Kansas located in Topeka and Overland Park.
The natural gas comes from Black Hills Energy’s regular gas
lines. A compressor at the station condenses the gas from 60 PSI to 3,600 PSI.