Nominations Close 19 March
Awards Presented at NGV Rome 2010 Closing Ceremony
The IANGV invites nominations for the 2010 NGV Champion awards. Presented every year since 2002 the awards recognise and honour individuals who, by their actions and endeavours, have promoted and inspired the development of a significant NGV program and activity.
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December 31, 2009 New Submission Deadline
The International Association for Natural Gas Vehicles (IANGV) and the Consorzio NGV System invite you to submit your abstract for the 12th Biennial NGV Conference & Exhibition to be held in Rome, Italy, June 8-10 2010. Fifty papers will be selected, 40 for oral presentation and 10 for poster sessions. Three papers will be judged in advance of the conference and awarded Best Papers’ prizes with the authors receiving complimentary delegate registration (courtesy of conference organisers, NGV Communications Group).
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Natural gas vehicles (NGVs) took a proactive role, featuring in two sessions at this week’s International Gas Union’s (IGU) triennial World Gas Conference (WGC 2009) held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The conference is a highlight of the world gas industry calendar, attracting 3,000 NGV utility and other delegates from all around the world. With Argentina the second ranked country worldwide in terms of natural gas vehicles (home to 1.7 million NGVs), Buenos Aires formed a fitting backdrop to the sessions, the first featuring the release of a three year 142 page study group report on natural gas vehicles, and the second a Strategic Panel chaired by IANGV President Rich Kolodziej.
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ANGVA 2009 - Donghae, Korea
ANGVA’s 3rd Conference and Exhibition, to be held in Donghae City, Korea, has been boosted by the advent of a ‘Green Highways’ project and a new communications partner.
ANGVA Green Highways 2009 (Participation Invited)
ANGVA has developed two green highway routes leading to Donghae City in time for ANGVA 2009, 27th-29thOct ‘09. The objectives are to create awareness and promote NGV, ANGVA, and NGV Infrastructure and to promote harmonisation of Standards and Code of Practices along the routes.
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The IANGV will be conducting the following meetings for members in Madrid this June, coinciding with NGVA Europe’s GNV Madrid 2009.
General Council Meeting. Monday June 15. 1 pm – 4 pm.
Technical Committee Meeting. Friday June 19 1.30 pm – 4.30 pm.
Meetings are open to all IANGV members (including affiliated members). Prospective members are also welcome to attend the General Council meeting. Agendas will be made available next month.
Both meetings will be held at Iveco headquarters,
Avenida de Aragón, 402
28022 Madrid
Spain
Iveco HQ is 15 minutes from the airport and conference hotels and 25 minutes from Madrid CBD. (follow this link for a Google map)
Recommended hotels can be found on the GNV Madrid 2009 website as well as details of the conference, exhibition and other meetings being held during the week.
Anyone planning to attend either or both meetings, please let us know at admin@iangv.org. We look forward to seeing you there! Apologies should be sent to the same address also.
IANGV meetings have been scheduled to coincide with NGVA Europe’s Conference and Exhibition – GNV Madrid – this June.
A Technical Meeting will be held on Monday June 15, 1PM – 4PM and a general members Council Meeting will be held Friday June 19th, 1.30PM – 4.30PM. Venue and agenda details will be advised once confirmed. Any members wishing to make accommodation arrangements can find recommended hotel details on the GNV Madrid website hotel page. Other details of the NGVA Europe conference program can be found on the website noted above.
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Deadline 13 February 2009
The Asia Pacific NGV Association (ANGVA) is seeking Expressions of Interest from organizations that would like to host / organize the 4th ANGVA International Conference and Exhibition, ANGVA 2011, to be held in the second half of the year 2011. Interested organizations are requested to send a formal letter of Expression of Interest (EOI) via email or fax to the Executive Director of ANGVA, Bangi, Malaysia. (Fax number: +603-8926 1834; email: leegs@angva.org).
This month marks the end of an era for the IANGV with the retirement of Dr. Garth Harris, the inaugural Secretary-General of the Association. Garth has been with the IANGV since even before it was formed, having played a key role in the formation of the Association and bringing about some funding arrangements from the New Zealand government that allowed the organisation to be formed in New Zealand in 1986. Since that time Garth has held the position of Secretary-General, and it would be fair to say he had seen the industry goes through several evolutionary stages, reaching the point where we now have more than 9 million natural gas vehicles operating around the world.
Chile and Venezuela now represented
The Executive Council of the Latin American NGV Association has expanded to include representatives from Chile and Venezuala, joining current representatives from Argentina, Brazil, Peru and Colombia. Gerardo Muñoz, Metrogas (Chile) Deputy Manager of NGVs, and Pedro Mellado, General Director of GASMOVIL91 and President of the Venezuelan NGV Association, have both joined the Executive, which now has representation from all active South American NGV markets. The new representatives have extensive experience and knowledge of the NGV industry, with strong participation in all aspects of their development and progress since programs commenced in the region. Both Chile and Venezuala had strong NGV programs in the past which halted or declined as a result of natural gas supply interruptions and policy changes respectively. 2009 will see programs reinvigorated in both countries.
IANGV has established an online Business Directory to enable interested parties to more easily find companies and other contacts worldwide for the purpose of doing business. There are at present approximately 30,000 visitors to the IANGV website each month and the IANGV Secretariat receives many requests for contact information. Companies must be current or affiliated members of the IANGV to list in the directory – part of our service to allow industry stakeholders to establish contacts more efficiently.
Companies can obtain preferential listings in the directory through participating in our website sponsorship program. Enquiries about the sponsorship program can be made to the IANGV office. Currently there almost 200 IANGV member companies in the directory, working in all sections of the NGV industry around the world.
After many months of work, we are pleased to announce that the IANGV OEM Natural Gas Vehicle Directory is now online. The directory is a searchable database of OEM natural gas vehicles and certified conversions currently available. Vehicles are searchable by location or by vehicle type and listings are also included for off road vehicles and engines.
To make the directory as complete as possible, we need your help. We are still entering data for vehicles that we know about but are keen to hear of vehicle models that we may not yet have data for as well as corrections for those vehicles or engines listed. Vehicle information can be submitted by email or by using the Suggest a Listing link on the directory pages and wherever possible, should include a source reference. Our plan is that within the next few weeks this will become the most comprehensive and most accurate listing of natural gas vehicles available worldwide.
Give the industry and yourself a stronger voice in Europe and collaborate with NGVA Europe!
NGVA Europe’s will be having their next General Meeting, on September 24th in Turin/Italy, ahead of the II World Fair of NGVs and H2Vs kicks at the same venue (www.ngvworldfair.com). NGVA Europe is committed to promoting natural gas and biomethane as a transportation fuel throughout the region already has 50 signed up members from all over Europe. Contact details can be found at www.ngvaeurope.eu. NGVA Europe’s new website is still under construction and is expected to be operational this autumn.
Bangladesh, Dhaka
ANGVA have posted details on their website of a Roundtable Meeting they held in Dhaka, Bangladesh last week. The meeting was attended by 40 people from various sector of the NGV industry in Bangladesh. The government sector was represented by senior officials from the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission, Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Ltd (RPGCL), Energy and Mineral Resources Division and Department of Explosive. The private sector was represented by officials and members of the Bangladesh Fuelling Station and Conversion Workshop Owners Association (BDFSCWOA), Bangladesh NGV Association (BANGVA) and ANGVA Bangladesh members. ANGVA was represented by its Executive Director (Lee Giok Seng) and Vice President (Fazal Ali Khan). More details can be found on the ANGVA website.
This week we celebrate our 2,000th story placed on NGV Global since we commenced operations back in March 2005. www.ngvglobal.com, and our sibling site, www.iangv.org are fast becoming the most extensive news and information resources for the natural gas vehicle industry worldwide. Most of the 2,000 stories on NGV Global are still on the site thus providing a valuable historical resource for the industry. Published in English and Spanish, we’ve recently upgraded our Spanish language system which will mean translations will start appearing soon after the English language version is published.
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