Agility Fuel Solutions (Agility), a leading global provider of clean fuel solutions for medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles, has widened its range of fuel capacity options with the introduction of the new fifth generation ProRail™ CNG fuel systems. Read more »
Canadian Project to Focus on Mitigation of Natural Gas Engine Emissions
Natural Gas Futures, a research initiative at the University of British Columbia’s Clean Energy Research Centre focusing on developing sustainable solutions for the responsible use of natural gas, has launched a new project focusing on emissions mitigation for in-use natural gas engines. research will be conducted in collaboration with FortisBC Inc., Seaspan Ferries Corporation, and Solaris Management Consultants Inc. Read more »
Clean Energy Online Tool Highlights Economics of Switching From Diesel To Natural Gas Vehicles
Clean Energy Fuels Corp., North America’s leading provider of the cleanest fuel for the transportation market, has launched an online Cost Calculator that makes it quick and easy to estimate the cost of transitioning an individual vehicle or entire fleet from diesel fuel to natural gas, including the estimated carbon emissions reduction. Read more »
RNG On-road Fuel Use Continues Growth in U.S.
Biomethane Motor Fuel Use increases 291% since 2015, offering significant GHG reduction gains
Natural Gas Vehicles for America (NGVAmerica) and Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas (RNG Coalition) today announced that 39 percent of all on-road fuel used in natural gas vehicles in calendar year 2019 was renewable natural gas (RNG). Read more »
Landi Renzo USA Adds Ford 7.3L Engine to CNG Certifications
Includes: Ford F-450/550, F-650/750, F-53/59, and E-450 Vehicles
Landi Renzo USA, the American subsidiary of Landi Renzo Group, the global leader in eco-fuel systems for the automotive industry, received EPA certification (CNG) for the Ford 7.3L engine covering Class 4-7 vehicles. Read more »
CNG Stations RFP issued by Kansas City RCC
Kansas City Regional Clean Cities, a program of Metropolitan Energy Center (MEC), has re-issued an RFP for the Installation of CNG Fueling Stations in Kansas/Missouri that you may be interested in responding to. Attached is the RFP (and T & C), with submittal information. The deadline for submitting proposals to Metropolitan Energy Center is December 20, 2019, at 2:00pm CST. Read more »
UPS To Add More than 6,000 Vehicles to its Natural Gas Fleet
UPS has announced plans to purchase more than 6,000 natural gas-powered trucks beginning in 2020 and running through 2022. This three-year commitment represents a $450M investment in expanding the company’s alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicle fleet as well as supporting infrastructure. Read more »
Omnitek Engineering Enters Strategic Agreement for 13-Liter Natural Gas Engine
Omnitek Engineering Corp. says it has entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with G.ON Global Investments SRL, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Romania. G.ON Global was established by one of the original founders of Bucharest-based G.ON SRL, an Omnitek Engineering customer who engaged Omnitek in 2018 to develop a more than 400 hp 13-liter heavy-duty natural gas engine for Class 8 truck and bus applications. Read more »
Stabilis Energy and Chart Industries Complete Transaction
Chart Industries, Inc. and Stabilis Energy, Inc. have closed their previously announced transaction on Friday, August 30, 2019. Chart Industries, Inc. (Chart) announced the strategic investment in Stabilis at the beginning of August this year and now owns 8.75% of the outstanding common shares of Stabilis, bringing new strength to the regional LNG fuel market. Read more »
Canadian Funds Support Development of Westport Conformable CNG Storage Technology
Westport™ CNG Conformable Storage technology
Canada’s Natural Gas Innovation Fund (NGIF) is investing $500,000 towards the development and testing of Westport Fuel Systems’ high performance compressed natural gas (CNG) storage system. This is in partnership with the project co-funders and supporters including Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Ford Motor Company and Linamar Corporation. Read more »
