MBTech's Concept Vehicle - the "REPORTER"
“The commercial vehicle sector has not even begun to utilize the full potential of natural gas.” Werner Kropsbauer, President and Spokesman MBtech Group.
The MBtech Group has presented their “Reporter” concept study at the 63rd IAA Commercial Vehicles in Hanover.
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Eden Energy Ltd (Eden), an Australian clean energy company based in Perth, has entered into an agreement with the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) to collaborate to promote the use of hydrogen and hydrogen enriched natural gas (HCNG or Hythane®) as a premium blend of natural gas for internal combustion engines in India.
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US State of Pennsylvania’s House Republicans have unveiled a four-part plan to expand the use of the Marcellus shale gas as a transportation fuel, starting with the state’s own fleet of 16,000 vehicles. The proposals are tied into the state’s contentious attempts to implement a new severance tax.
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Launch of NGV shuttle bus service celebrated in Bangkok
The Conrad Bangkok and All Seasons Place have launched an NGV shuttle bus service, supporting a “Going Green” campaign as part of a community and green environment project. The two shuttle buses are 4-cylinder 5.2 litre Dongfeng Hangzhou DHZ6840CT1 models employing Euro III compliant YC4G Series Mono-Fuel CNG engines.
US company Waste Management will deploy 20 new clean air trucks in January 2011 to serve businesses in Lower Mainland, the area surrounding Vancouver, thanks to Waste Management’s new Vancouver Clean Air Initiative and funding from Terasen Gas. The trucks will be powered by CNG as part of Waste Management’s broader efforts to improve air quality and help local and provincial governments meet aggressive new sustainability goals.
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Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus has exercised an option, including the issuing of a Notice to Proceed (NTP) for five (5) additional 60-BRT CNG articulated vehicles from North American Bus Industries (NABI). This order is in addition to the eleven 60-BRT CNG articulated vehicles previously awarded to NABI.
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Environmentally focused trash hauler MarBorg Industries, from Santa Barbara, California is spending about $1 million on a new compressed natural gas fueling station, which will power 16 of the company’s garbage trucks, reports The Daily Sound. Purchasing its first CNG truck in February 2008, the fleet will have grown to 16 trucks by November this year.
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“Natural gas was a fuel of tomorrow available today” – Evgeny Pronin, Deputy Head of the Gasification and Gas Utilization Directorate
Participants of the recent 2nd International Conference “Gas into Engines-2010” held at the Gazprom VNIIGAZ premises on September 16 addressed issues related to potential development of the wider utilization of natural gas in vehicles in Russia and the global vehicle gas market.
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Virtual pipeline technology will be used to distribute CNG in northern Peru.
Piura has become the first city in northern Peru to open a compressed natural gas service station and specialized conversion center. The development forms part of the Gas Comprimido del Perú (Gascop) investment to supply natural gas to the northern region of Peru, primarily to the cities of Piura, Chiclayo and Trujillo, using mobile ‘virtual pipeline’ technology.
Optare bus modified to dual-fuel; University of East Anglia project
Concluding the Sustainable Mobility Convention organised by the CIVINET UK & Ireland Network in London last week Phil Goodwin, professor of transport policy at the University of West of England and emeritus professor at University College London, said that the clear message coming from the event was “sustainable transport should be in the mainstream of the transport agenda, not on the fringe”.
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Team Biogas.se leads the way at Knutstorp.
Biomethane-powered Team Biogas.se has had a memorable day at the penultimate leg of the 2010 Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC), held September 18. Driving VW Sciroccos, the first race was won by Fredrik Ekblom, with Patrik Olsson in eighth place. In the second race Olsson finished second while Ekblom made fourth place.
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Canada’s Dynetek Industries Ltd, a manufacturer of fuel storage systems for CNG and hydrogen, has executed a letter of intent to form Dynetek Cylinders India Pvt. Ltd. (DNK India), an Indian joint venture (JV) to be 49% owned by Dynetek and 51% owned by S.V. Energy, an Indian partnership. Formalization of agreements for the JV are expected to be completed by November 30, 2010.
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Tata's CNG-Electric Hybrid bus starts trial
Tata Motors has presented four CNG-Electric Hybrid Low-floor Starbuses to the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC), to be run in the city during the Commonwealth Games period which commences October 3. Tata says this is the first time in India that hybrid buses will be used for public transportation. DTC will also operate a fleet of 600 Tata low floor air-conditioned CNG buses for the exclusive use of athletes and delegates.
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Biogas in Brussels: Finally on the Policy Agenda as a Vehicle Fuel
Biogas, particularly as a vehicle fuel has had a challenging time getting on the European alternative fuel policy agenda but it appears that renewable methane for vehicles is finally “on the list.” That’s according to the European Commission (EC) project directors who spoke at the final workshop of the EC-funded project Biogasmax in Brussels on 14th September 2010.
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