Cut out a Kilo of CO2 on 4th June 2010 for World Environment Day
Join us in reducing emissions with our free ‘Cut out a Kilo’ of CO2 programme.
The programme enables businesses to reduce CO2 emissions using a simple toolkit which we provide free of charge. The toolkit includes a logo, some poster formats and tips for action to Cut out a Kilo of CO2. Companies which participate and [...]
NGV India 2010 – News Update
If you are a stakeholder in the NGV industry you must be at NGV India 2010. On show at NGV India will be all the latest technology, all the major suppliers and all the latest NGV from the region’s OEMs. The conference will be headlined by the world’s leading NGV specialists and the opportunity for [...]
Facts about Natural Gas: the Natural Choice
Washington, D.C. — The American Gas Association (AGA) today is pleased to announce that Spectra Energy has won the 2009 AGA Natural Gas Video Award for its submission, “Facts about Natural Gas. The Natural Choice.” This is the inaugural presentation of the award, which recognizes excellence in video communications by an energy utility.
“Spectra’s piece [...]
NGVAmerica Amongst Joint Voices Urging Obama to Develop US Clean Energy Plan
Last week U.S. President Obama addressed the nation on the oil catastrophe resulting from the April 20 explosion of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. NGVAmerica, joining 13 other national, regional and local organizations, took the opportunity to urge the President and the country to develop a comprehensive clean energy [...]
Rule change should expand market for natural gas vehicles
ANN ARBOR, Michigan . . . EPA’s proposal to streamline the process for certifying natural gas vehicle aftermarket conversions is one of the most important steps government can take to expand the use of non-petroleum fuels, NGVAmerica told the agency today.
Natural gas vehicles can play an important role in increasing energy security, creating U.S. jobs, [...]
NGV India Opens Mumbai Office Ahead of November Conference and Exhibition
NGV India 2010 – South Asia’s Natural Gas for Vehicles Conference and Exhibition: November 24th to 26th, Mumbai
In preparation for November’s NGV India 2010 conference and exhibition, organiser BES and host Mahanagar Gas Ltd (MGL) have opened the NGV India 2010 secretariat office in the nearby Andheri Corporate Park in Mumbai. The office will serve [...]
Chrysler pushes natural gas autos
Compressed natural gas could be a near-term solution until Chrysler Group LLC gets electric vehicles on the market in 2012.
Through partner Fiat SpA, Chrysler has access to a full line of engines that can run on CNG, said Paolo Ferrero, a former Fiat executive now in charge of Chrysler Powertrain.
Ferrero and CEO Sergio Marchionne have [...]
L.A. METRO Transit Agency Awards Clean Energy New CNG Station Upgrade, Operation & Maintenance Contract to Help Support America’s Largest Clean-Air Bus Fleet
Seal Beach, Calif. (June 28, 2010) — Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq: CLNE) has secured a new 10-year contract from the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority (METRO) to upgrade, operate and maintain CNG bus fueling facilities supporting two METRO operating divisions.
Over the next 12 months, Clean Energy will reconfigure and upgrade CNG station compressor [...]
Why natural gas/hydrogen blends (HCNG)? by Bruno Decio
The top reasons to choose HCNG:
Safety
Environmental Benefits
Impact on vehicle/powertrain
Technology
SAFETY
In case of leakage into atmosphere a demixing of the fuel occurs and the hydrogen fraction diffuses into air with its own properties: in closed room the flammability interval of pure hydrogen has to be considered;
A mixture leakage can be identified through the odour from the [...]
Coca-Cola UK Trials First Compressed Biomethane-Powered Iveco Stralis
Coca-Cola commences a compressed biomethane trial using Iveco Stralis trucks.
Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd (CCE) has begun trials with an Iveco Stralis Active Day 21 tonne distribution vehicle running on compressed biomethane (CBM or Bio-CNG*). It marks the first CBM powered commercial vehicle to be operated anywhere in the world by CCE, and the first such Stralis [...]