Cleaner trucks with natural gas
To avoid another oil spill disaster like BP’s in the Gulf of Mexico, President Barack Obama has called for jump-starting a “clean energy industry” to produce wind turbines, solar panels and energy-efficient windows…
Yet these measures don’t address the most significant cause of U.S. oil addiction: 254 million cars, buses and trucks that consume 66 percent [...]
II NGVA Europe International Show and Workshops June 7-9 – 2011- Berlin, Germany
NGV Berlin 2011, the 2nd NGVA Europe International Show & Workshops, will be held on June 7-9, 2011, in Berlin, Germany. This is an event of NGVA Europe -European NGV Association-, hosted by Erdgas Mobil -German NGV Association- and organized by NGV Communications Group, with exhibition and five workshops that will address topics of utmost [...]
NGV China 2011, will be March 29-31 in Beijing National Agricultural Exhibition Hall (New Hall)
Most influential China International NGV and Gas Station Equipment Expo(NGV China) set up since 2000, held in Beijing annually, 11 years, from home and abroad 50 countries a total of more than 1,800 exhibiting companies, the audience of 138,000 people, for our natural gas vehicles, stations of the sustainable development of the industry have made [...]
Carbon Consulting Company launches to help local corporates ‘go green’
CCC has been appointed as an approved reseller of The CarbonNeutral Company’s services, including carbon offsets and CarbonNeutral® certification. It has also developed emissions assessment capabilities that position it to effectively measure the carbon emissions produced by businesses and their products.
5th October 2010: “With Sri Lanka poised to take its place among the world’s [...]
EPA and NHTSA Issue Proposed GHG and Fuel Economy Standards for Heavy-Duty Trucks
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a joint proposed rule that would establish coordinated greenhouse gas (GHG) and fuel economy standards for heavy-duty trucks produced in model years 2014 through 2018. The standards would cover CO2, N2O, CH4, and air conditioning-related HFC emissions from tractor-trailers, “vocational [...]
Delhi Proposes Exclusion of Diesel, Petrol and Healthcare from New India GST
Aug. 4 – The New Delhi government is proposing that diesel, petrol, compressed natural gas and health care services be excluded under India’s new Goods and Services Tax (GST) scheduled to be implemented next year.
“Several other states have also supported our view to keep petroleum products and CNG out of the ambit of GST. We [...]
China overtakes U.S. as biggest energy consumer: IEA
(Reuters) – China has become the world’s largest energy user, having overtaken the United States, the head of the International Energy Agency said on Tuesday.
“China is now the largest energy consumer by our definition,” the executive director of the Paris-based IEA, Nobuo Tanaka, told an industry conference.
“Probably half of the oil demand increase comes from [...]
IEA commends the Czech Republic for energy security achievements and calls for greater focus on climate change and economic efficiency
07 October 2010 Prague — The International Energy Agency (IEA) welcomes the efforts the Czech Republic has made to improve the country’s energy policy. At the launch of the new publication Energy Policies of IEA Countries – The Czech Republic 2010 Review today in Prague, IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka said, “Since the last IEA [...]
Mitsubishi Lancer 1.6 GLX CVT CNG
Mitsubishi Thailand CNG Sales Exceed Expectations
Mitsubishi Motors (Thailand) Company Limited is planning to increase production in response to higher than expected demand for its Triton CNG and Lancer CNG models. Mr Koji Nakahara, Mitsubishi Motors (Thailand) vice president (Sales and Marketing), explained that combined sales of the bi-fuel Triton CNG and Lancer CNG in the [...]
Fiat’s Marchionne wants to add CNG- and LPG-powered vehicles to Chrysler’s lineup
Fiat has the highly regarded Multijet diesel engine among its offerings, and Volkswagen has been spending massive amounts of moolah to soften American hearts toward diesels. Yet in spite of those two factoids, at a recent symposium in Michigan Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne championed compressed natural gas (CNG) as a fuel he’d like to see [...]