Aegis Energy has announced plans to build five commercial vehicle refuelling and recharging stations by the end of 2027 with a £100 million investment from Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners. Supporting fleets with their decarbonisation journeys, the hubs will provide multiple fuels including electric, HVO, hydrogen and bio-CNG.
The first five stations located in Sheffield, Immingham, Warrington, Corby and Towcester are part of a larger plan to build 30 similar sites by 2030. Construction on the first station is due to start this year and scheduled for competition in early 2026. The sites will offer bookable electric charging, AdBlue, secure truck parking and driver facilities. Each location is designed to have capacity to charge and refuel more than 40 trucks and 25 vans at the same time.
Christopher Thorneycroft-Smith, co-founder at Aegis Energy, said: “Aegis Energy was founded to help decarbonise the largest contributors to the most emitting sector in the UK. There is growing pressure from regulators and consumers for commercial vehicles to decarbonise, making it a necessity for winning new business and maintaining customer loyalty. Yet the lack of appropriate infrastructure is typically #1 or #2 on the list of barriers for fleet operators.
“Building depot infrastructure can be complex and grid connections are not easy, or cheap, to secure. Not only this, but long-haul operations require a top-up charge, and for van drivers, when at-home charging isn’t a practical solution, they lose time waiting to charge elsewhere. Our hubs will typically have capacity to charge/fuel 40+ HGVs and 25+ vans simultaneously.
“The transition will take time and play out differently for each fleet, but by providing public hubs with multiple clean energy charging and refuelling options, we’re supporting operators to choose how they want to make the transition. Quinbrook’s funding will help us ensure that critical energy infrastructure is reliably available where our customers need it, and support millions of vehicles to make a once-in-a-multi-generational change.”
Keith Gains, managing director and UK regional lead for Quinbrook, said: “Quinbrook is uniquely placed to capitalise on emerging investment opportunities that drive impactful emissions reduction in hard-to-abate sectors like transport, and supporting innovators like Aegis that are creating new infrastructure investment models.
“Targets under the UK’s Zero Emission Vehicle mandate highlight the existing gaps in the infrastructure needed to provide accessible clean energy to transport fleets. This presents significant opportunities for Aegis Energy to build market-leading refuelling hubs and we look forward to supporting its growth and expansion throughout the country.”
