NOx emission reduced by 16.6%
Turbo charged engine under development
Australian-based green energy developer Eden Energy Limited has successfully tested a production-ready 6-litre engine that will enable Indian bus manufacturer Ashok Leyland to power buses with Eden’s low-emission blend of hydrogen-enriched natural gas (HCNG) marketed under the company’s proprietary Hythane trademark. The 2010 H06B CNG engine – developed by Eden’s wholly-owned US subsidiary, Hythane Company, at Ashok Leyland’s Hosur laboratory in India – was initially designed to meet the country’s current Bharat IV (Euro IV equivalent) mandatory emissions targets. Justin Fulton, Hythane Company’s Director of Engine and Fuel Systems, said the results from last month’s calibrated control system and exhaust catalyst for the naturally-aspirated engine would comply with the next generation of Bharat V (Euro V) requirements, ensuring a long production life for the HO6 engine.
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Australia’s recently formed national NGV association, NGV Australia, is ready for action following a strategic workshop of key industry members in Melbourne earlier this week. Industry stakeholders represented included heavy, medium and light duty commercial vehicle and engine OEMs, gas suppliers, LNG fuel suppliers, CNG refueling equipment suppliers, converters, and component suppliers. NGV Australia Chairman, Tony Middleton, said the half day workshop facilitated by IANGV Executive Director Brett Jarman, helped the association determine current priorities and actions required to help increase momentum in the Australian market. “Evaluating current industry barriers in a strategic manner proved valuable and we ended the day with some very specific time based actions and commitments from members to make them happen.” 
Canadian company Xebec Adsorption Inc. (Xebec), a provider of biogas upgrading, natural gas and hydrogen purification solutions for the clean energy market, has signed new European contracts for four biogas upgrading systems – one located at a project in Southern France and three other systems in Austria. 
Endesa, an electricity and natural gas utility company in Spain has inaugurated the first compressed natural gas (CNG) refuelling station in the Balearic islands to service 
