Natural gas vehicle (NGV) industry stakeholders in Australia have met in Melbourne to consider the formation of a national NGV industry association. The meeting was attended by more than 40 representatives from all sectors of the industry, including fleet operators, energy suppliers, compression equipment suppliers, converters and others.
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Australian NGV Association To Be Formed
July 10, 2008 – 12:00 am
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NGV 2008 Papers Now Available for Purchase
July 9, 2008 – 12:00 am
Papers and presentations from the recent NGV 2008 Conference and Exhibition, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, are now available for purchase online. Including more than 65Â presentations from leading experts around the world, these papers offer an easy means to get up to date on the latest natural gas vehicle industry developments. Papers are supplied electronically via download for IANGV members at $US80 and for non-members at $US120.
Papers from NGV 2006 (Cairo, Egypt) are now released from purchase and available at no cost via our Reports and Papers section.
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Best Paper Award at NGV2008
July 9, 2008 – 12:00 am
Diego Goldin of ProGNC, Argentina won the New Zealand NGV Award for the paper which shows the best prospects for future development of the NGV industry. The paper is entitled “Global Harmonization of Standards for Gas Fuelled Vehicles – Latin-American Experience.â€Â The award was made at the closing ceremony of NGV2008 in Rio de Janeiro. The paper examines the consequences of harmonization and indeed states “Non Harmonization is EVIL.â€Â Goldin is closely involved in both ISO and Mercosaur standards preparation and is hence ideally placed to ensure harmonization between those two groups of NGV standards. World Bank studies show that ISO standards are the most widely accepted amongst the main NGV countries.
The judges of the award had to choose from 40 technical papers presented at the conference.
Copies of papers presented at NGV 2008, including Diego’s paper, are available now for purchase at the IANGV website.
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IANGV Honors Champions
June 19, 2008 – 2:10 am
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
The closing ceremony in Rio also honored a number of NGV Champions from around the world. Awards are given to industry stakeholders who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to natural gas vehicles. Subsequent to delivering the awards to recipients, the IANGV Council voted to bestow life memberships upon NGV Champions. Pictured from right to left accepting the awards are: Mats Ekelund (Sweden), Wagner G. Victer (Brazil), Bernie James (Canada), Sean Blythe (accepting the award on behalf of Peter Armstrong, Australia) and John Lyon, Immediate Past President of IANGV. Profiles of NGV Champions will soon be placed on the IANGV website.
The closing ceremony in Rio also saw the presentation of the New Zealand NGV Association award, presented to the most outstanding paper presented at the conference. This year’s award went to Diego Goldin, who represents Argentina on various ISO industry working groups, for his paper on efforts to harmonize industry standards.
IANGV Elects New Executive Committee
June 19, 2008 – 2:08 am
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Concluding proceedings from NGV 2008 in Rio de Janeiro earlier this month, IANGV members have elected a new Executive Committee for a two year term. As reported last week, the Executive will be led by Rich Kolodziej as President, who also holds the role of President of NGVAmerica. Other positions include:
ALGNV Elects Office Bearers
June 5, 2008 – 7:00 pm
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
The Latin American NGV Association held their annual meeting at IBP headquarters in Rio durin the week of NGV2008. The meeting elected senior office bearers for the coming two years:
President – R. Fernandes (Praxair, Brazil)
Vice President – Heiko Schmidt (Calida, Peru)
Secretary – Salomon Ortiz (Orvisa, Colombia)
Treasurer – Lincoln Bowles (GNV Chamber, Bolivia)
Immediate Past President – Carlos Scioli (Agira, Argentina)
NGVAmerica President Richard Kolodziej Elected IANGV President
June 5, 2008 – 7:00 pm
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Members of the International Association for Natural Gas Vehicles (IANGV) have elected a new President, Richard Kolodziej, for a two-year term at their biennial conference held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Kolodziej replaces John Lyon, president and CEO of Fuelmaker Corporation, who completed a term that commenced in Egypt in 2006. Kolodziej, who is President of NGVAmerica (the national NGV association in the United States), is only the second American to serve as IANGV president in the organization’s 22 year history.
Currently, there are about 8 million NGVs around the world. IANGV has set a target of growing that number to 65 million by 2020. One of Kolodziej’s goals is to double the number of NGVs to 16 million during his two-year term.
ALGNV Elects Office Bearers
June 3, 2008 – 7:00 pm
The Latin American NGV Association held their annual meeting at IBP headquarters here in Rio on Monday. The meeting elected senior office bearers for the coming two years:
President – R. Fernandes (Praxair, Brazil)
Vice President – Heiko Schmidt (Calida, Peru)
Secretary – Salomon Ortiz (Orvisa, Colombia)
Treasurer – Lincoln Bowles (Bolivian Chamber GNC)
Immediate Past President – Carlos Scioli (Agira, Argentina)
65 Million NGVs by 2020 – IANGV Projection
June 3, 2008 – 7:00 pm
Following is a copy of a speech delivered by IANGV President, John Lyon, at the opening ceremony here at NGV2008 in Rio de Janeiro.
I have been in the energy business for 48 years and the NGV and Environmental business for the last 16 of those years. The last seven years in our business have been an unbelievable success story for the industry. And with oil at 130$/Bbl and the world FINALLY recognizing the environmental, geopolitical and the never ending growth challenges we face (example is the BRIC countries growth), NGV’s are being recognized as one of the solutions to the world’s energy and environmental problems.
IANGV Tech Committee Meets in Rio
June 3, 2008 – 7:00 pm
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
It was a full house earlier this week for the IANGV Technical Committee meeting, held at IBP headquarters here in Rio. The meeting was given an update on the status of a project by the IANGV to revise the database of current standards relating to natural gas vehicles and their use.
New Natural Gas Vehicle Association for Europe – NGVA Europe
May 28, 2008 – 7:00 pm
NGVA Europe, the new European Association representing the NGV industry, has completed registration formalities and is now operational out of offices in Madrid. Stakeholders represented by the association include suppliers and distributors of natural gas and biomethane, manufacturers of OEM vehicles and components used in vehicles and filling stations, as well as NGV related national Associations and other NGV supporters.
European Association Progress
April 27, 2008 – 5:15 am
The role of the earlier European Natural Gas Vehicle Association (ENGVA), based in the Netherlands, has from the start of 2008 been taken over by the new NGVA Europe, based in Spain. Many of the previous ENGVA members are now joining the new Association, but also other new members. Although we have been active already since the start of 2008, the official registration of the new Association, and its bylaws, could not be completed until late April 2008.
IANGV Meetings at Rio de Janiero
April 16, 2008 – 11:38 pm
IANGV normally holds two meetings for its members at the time of the conference. These are scheduled as follows (subject to confirmation):
- Monday 2 June 9am to 4pm Technical Committee meeting at IBP Headquarters. Transport will be arranged from hotels.
- Friday 3 June 9am to 4pm General Meeting of Members (Council Meeting) at Sofitel Hotel. Transport will be arranged from hotels.
All IANGV members and guests are invited, indeed implored to attend these meetings. These are the meetings at which the real business of the association is conducted and at which important technical issues affecting the NGV industry are discussed. The participation and feedback of members at the meetings is of great importance to IANGV and its executive.
At the Technical Committee meeting, items to be placed on the agenda include progress with international harmonization of standards and new standards, heavy duty vehicles, the appropriate names for our fuel and vehicles, and incidents.
Nominations for IANGV Executive Committee 2008 – 2010
March 27, 2008 – 8:18 am
Every two years, IANGV members elect or appoint new office bearers for the Executive Committee. This normally happens at the Council meeting which this year will be on Friday 7 June in Rio de Janeiro directly after NGV2008. Office bearers to be elected are:
- President
- Senior Vice President
- Vice President
- Treasurer
IANGV Opens Branch Office in Brussels
February 25, 2008 – 3:28 am
In order to give IANGV a higher profile in Europe and to facilitate representation with international organizations that have headquarters in Europe, IANGV has opened a branch office in Brussels. For many years, IANGV, with the support of ENGVA has attended a variety of meetings or has made representations to international organizations including: – International Gas Union (IGU now in Norway); UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE, Geneva); International Standardisation Organisation (ISO, Geneva);Committee of European Normalization (CEN, Brussels); Organisation Internationale Metrologie Legale (OIML, Paris); amd the International Energy Agency (IEA, Paris), European Union (EU, Brussels).
