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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Deutsche Post DHL adopts Iveco ECODAILY Electric for environmentally-friendly transport
On September 22, Deutsche Post DHL, the world’s leading mail and logistics group, will be symbolically receiving the first Iveco ECODAILY Electric at the International Commercial Vehicle Show (IAA) in Hanover. The 10 vehicles will be deployed as of 2011 in parcel delivery at various locations in Germany, including Berlin, Bonn, Düsseldorf and Hamburg.
Deutsche [...]
Gas Natural Fenosa and ENEL end renewable energies partnership and divide EUFER’s assets
GAS NATURAL FENOSA, Enel Green Power S.p.A. (Enel Green Power) and its Spanish subsidiary Enel Green Power España (EGPE) have agreed to end their renewable energies partnership in Enel Unión Fenosa Renovables S.A., EUFER, a joint venture in which each group held 50% of the shares.
Under the agreement, each shareholder will receive approximately 50% of [...]
Getting Biomethane Into European NGVs
“It’s time to link European political mandates for biofuels with NGV market potential”, is the message from Dr. Jeffrey M. Seisler, CEO Clean Fuels Consulting.
The growth of renewable biogas and biomethane (biogas upgraded to pipeline quality standard) presents a new potential for the natural gas industry, demonstrating that natural gas is a diverse, renewable resource [...]