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 [...]
India’s Automakers Shifting Focus from LPG to CNG Vehicles
Maruti Suzuki India (MSIL) is shifting its development focus from LPG-powered cars to compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles, says I V Rao, Managing Executive Officer (Engineering), according to India’s Economic Times (ET).
We are developing engines that would run on CNG. By early 2010, we will introduce CNG-driven cars in each of the segments we operate.
Mahinda [...]
October 28 – 30, 2010: NGV China Shanghai – Greenercities will be present!
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 [...]
Mumbai: MGL to invest Rs 15,000-cr in infra for supply of CNG, PNG
Mahanagar Gas Ltd (MGL) said it would invest over Rs 15,000-crore in a span of 5-6- years to lay infrastructure for the supply of both Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and Piped Natural Gas (PNG).
“We have laid-out plans for the next 5-6-years and the investment will be Rs 15,000-crore to Rs 16,000-crore,” MGL’s Managing Director, V [...]
Roberto Formigoni honoured in Rome for the NGV development in Lombardy
IANGV has used the occasion of NGV 2010, the biennial conference and exhibition, to acknowledge “NGV Champions”, nominated by the industry every two years for their achievements in furthering the use of natural gas vehicles (NGVs) worldwide. Recipients of the award included Presidente Dott. Roberto Formigoni – President of Lombardia region in Italy since [...]
More Highlights from NGV 2010, Rome
NGV Global and alternative fuels trade journal, Fleets&Fuels shared facilities at Rome’s Fiera di Roma exhibition complex this week, to bring you news arising out of IANGV’s biannual event. Here are some of the highlights from Fleets&Fuels coverage, available at the ShowTimesDaily blog.
• Melchers of Singapore’s 1,000-unit Toyota taxi upfit project using Xperion Alpha CNG cylinders, [...]