Maruti Suzuki India has followed up the November 2018 launch of its Next Gen Ertiga urban MPV by announcing the launch of the new factory-fitted CNG-powered Next Gen Ertiga. The factory-fitted CNG option will be available for customers in VXI variant, offering impressive mileage of 26.20 km/kg thereby minimizing the cost per kilometer. Read more »
Hunts Point First to Offer RNG in New York City
Hunts Point, located on a peninsula in the South Bronx of New York City, is home to the first gas filling station in New York City to exclusively offer renewable natural gas (RNG) for medium- and heavy-duty vehicle fleets. The station is owned and operated by Clean Energy Fuels Corp., the leading provider of natural gas fuel for transportation in North America. Read more »
Gas Networks Ireland Opens Second Round of Natural Gas Vehicle Fund
Gas Networks Ireland has opened its second round of the Compressed Natural Gas Vehicle Fund. The Fund supports the purchase of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) powered commercial vehicles including trucks, buses and vans. Grants to support the purchase of 33 vehicles have already been awarded to 18 transport companies in Ireland as part of this scheme. Read more »
PIZZORNO Environnement Opens CNG Station in SE France
The management committee of PIZZORNO Environnement and the leaders of the Beltrame Group have inaugurated the first fueling Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) vehicle fueling station in Var, a department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in Southeastern France. The station was opened on Thursday, July 4. Read more »
Bielsko-Biała Commissions 26 Solaris CNG Buses
The city of Bielsko-Biała in southern Poland will soon be home to 26 new Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) powered Solaris Urbino 12 buses following an order placed by fleet operator PKS Bielsko-Biała SA. It is the second-biggest order for CNG-fuelled vehicles secured by Solaris Bus & Coach S.A. in Poland. Read more »
Argentina Approves Major Import Tariff Reduction for Natural Gas Powered Trucks
The Government of Argentina has reduced to between 2% and 5% the importation tariffs for trucks powered by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and biogas/biomethane, and associated components, through Decree 440/2019 as published in the Official Gazette. The Decree brings into effect the ‘Thirty-eighth Additional Protocol’ pertaining to Argentine Standard Agreement No. 00014/2008, which set the previous tariff at 35%. Read more »
Global Energy Ventures Signs LOI with CIMC Raffles to Build CNG Vessels
Global Energy Ventures Ltd (GEV), the leading developer of global integrated marine compressed natural gas (CNG) projects, says it has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore, Ltd (CIMC Raffles) to build CNG-powered ‘CNG Optimum’ 200 ships. The LOI is based on a firm order for four (4) 200 MMscf Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) ships with the option for GEV to order up to an additional four (4) ships.
CNG Trolley for Port Huron Tours
Blue Water Area Transit, the passenger services provider for the city of Port Huron and surrounds, has introduced a unique Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)-powered trolley this summer. It was designed and manufactured by Home Town Trolley Company of Crandon, Wisconsin, and is fully accessible for elderly and disabled passengers. Read more »
Russia Looks to Mobile Refuelling to Support Growing NGV Market
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Last week in St. Petersburg, the National NGV Association held a business breakfast on the theme Mobile Solutions as an Incentive for the Development of the NGV Fuel Market. Participants included leading experts of the industry and representatives of equipment and automotive manufacturers, including the RariTEK Group of Companies. Read more »
Estonia’s Largest CNG Filling Station Opens in Tartu
Estonia’s largest CNG (compressed natural gas) filling station with 48 refuelling units will be opened this week in the eastern city of Tartu, to serve the city’s new public transportation fleet of CNG-powered buses. The station is operated by Estonian energy company AS Alexela and will refuel buses of the Go Bus transport company. Read more »
