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 [...]
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 [...]
Significant milestone in the forestry carbon market; the first VCS forestry carbon credits have been issued on the VCS registry hosted by APX
The world’s first ever carbon credits from an Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) project developed under Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS) criteria were verified and issued this week into the VCS registry system. The credits, from the Uchindile-Mapanda reforestation project developed by Green Resources in Tanzania, are exclusively available to clients of The CarbonNeutral [...]
Jersey Pearl helps provide renewable energy to aid development of Chinese province
British jewellery brand, Jersey Pearl has furthered its ethical credentials by supporting the development of the Longwangtan Hydro Power Project which provides clean energy to the province of Guizhon, China with the help of The CarbonNeutral Company.
This clean, renewable energy source supplies electricity to the entire southern Chinese power grid. Through vital projects such as [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Panda MY 2011 with Euro 5 engines: no smoke, it’s all power
The Fiat Panda has been revamped.
New interiors, new colours, new Euro 5 engines, but without giving up on the winning characteristics that make it the undisputed leader in its category: innovative design, advanced technology made accessible to all and smart solutions to simplify and improve the on-board experience.
The major novelty of the Panda MY 2011 [...]