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 [...]
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 [...]
Japan vows on climate bill, biodiversity goal
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s environment minister said on Tuesday he aimed to pass a climate bill soon and forge ahead with plans to launch an emissions trading scheme but gave few clues on how to win help from opposition parties in a divided parliament.
Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto also said a U.N. meeting in Japan this [...]
Scania collaborating in research on the biofuel-based engine technology of the future
Scania has been granted SEK 30 million − about EUR 3.3 million − by Sweden’s Strategic Vehicle Research and Innovation Initiative (FFI) to develop a biofuel engine intended for heavy commercial vehicles. This research will show how the best characteristics of the diesel and the Otto principle can be combined in an engine that can [...]