Plans are in for a plot on a business park that has been empty for 20 years.
The 90 acre Parc Bryn Cegin in Bangor has so far failed to attract any tenants despite first being proposed in 2000 and European cash paying for major infrastructure works in 2005.
Business Post revealed a fresh attempt to secure tenants last year - with Welsh Government in discussions over selling land for development.
Now a plan has been submitted for a Bio-CNG gas fuelling facility to serve fleets of specially adapted HGVs.
The application is from CNG Fuels Ltd, operators of bio-compressed natural gas (Bio-CNG) refuelling infrastructure who have a network of stations across the UK. Bio-CNG is a renewable energy source produced from food waste.
They want take on plot C1 on the park although the bad news is that this will not create direct work on the site once the facility is erected.
But the applicant says that this will help to attract other businesses to Parc Bryn Cegin.
A planning statement said: “This application proposes a new Bio-CNG gas fuelling station that will provide important refuelling infrastructure for local logistics and distribution operators, allowing the opportunity to convert their vehicle fleets from diesel to Bio-CNG powered vehicles.
“The development will allow existing local business and those due to locate at Parc Bryn Cegin in the near future, the opportunity to invest in Bio-CNG powered vehicles instead of diesel and benefit from the 100% renewable fuel with significant reductions in CO2, NOx and noise emissions over diesel engine vehicles
“Typically, Bio-CNG refuelling stations are connected to a nearby gas distribution pipeline. Gas is drawn out of the pipeline via on-site compressors. Once compressed, the gas is stored in ground storage modules ready to be dispensed into adapted vehicles.”
The application will now be considered by planners at Gwynedd council.
