Want a Natural Gas Fueling Station in your home or Farm?

Ecofriendly LLC develops natural gas station for home, farm

Friday, September 23, 2011

By Erich Schwartzel, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

 

Bob Donaldson/Post-Gazette

Paul Gianakas' EcoFriendly LLC installs natural gas fueling stations at homes and businesses. He has a fueling station in his own garage, which compresses natural gas from his home's service line to fuel his Honda Civic.

Paul Gianakas saw a business opportunity in the cars of the future. To finance it, he had to part with cars of the past.

His 1965 Chevrolet El Camino left the garage and never came back. His 1968 Ford Mustang moved on to greener driveways.

The sale of those two hot rods and several others helped raise the $100,000 that Mr. Gianakas needed to launch Ecofriendly LLC, a 3-year-old company in Gibsonia meant to capitalize on a future of natural gas-fueled cars.

Ecofriendly installs personal pumps that unload compressed natural gas (CNG) into equipped vehicles, often installing the pump next to the car in an owner's garage. The option of at-home fueling comes at a time when enthusiasm for the cheaper fuel is undercut by a lack of infrastructure and significant upfront costs.

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