The Asia Pacific Natural Gas Vehicles Association has held meetings in Vietnam at the end of May, facilitating the development of natural gas vehicle industry there. Following are brief reports on the CNG-NGV Vietnam Forum 2011, 25th – 26th May and the ANGVA Green Highways 2011 Team Leader Meeting, 25th May.
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Category: Event News
Vietnam Hosts ANGVA Events
June 10, 2011 – 3:13 pm
Source: ANGVA Vietnam, Hanoi
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NGVA Europe Celebrates Milestones in Berlin
June 10, 2011 – 1:23 am
Europe, Berlin
Industry members have gathered in Berlin this week for NGV 2011 Berlin, NGVA Europe’s 2nd Conference and Exhibition. Delegates and visitors attending the event celebrated with members of the association its three full years of operation. A three day workshop program was preceded by the association’s general meeting during which members heard of the achievements of the association over the past year and a summary of progress to date. The association has pulled impressive membership growth to date rising from 20 members in May 2008, when the association was first formed, to more than 130 today. Among the most recent recruits are Gazprom (Russia) and Volvo AB (Sweden) both of which take up Director’s entitlements on the Board of the association.
Alexey Miller Defines Gazprom’s Commitment to Natural Gas Fuel
June 3, 2011 – 12:00 am
Source: NGVRUS Czech Republic, Prague
Gazprom entered an MB B-Klasse NGT for the Blue Corridor promo-rally in Germany.
Alexey Borisovich Miller, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Management Committee (CEO) of Russian energy company Gazprom, Russia’s largest company and the world’s biggest natural gas producer, addressed the European Business Congress conference on “Environmental Challenges and the energy sector”, in Prague at the start of June, writes NGVRUS. There, he spoke of Gazprom’s intention: “… we plan to promote the development of the European market of [natural] gas fuel, increase efficiency and popularity of projects related to the creation of a European network of fueling stations.”
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NGV Highlights from ACT Expo 2011
May 19, 2011 – 3:45 pm
USA, Long Beach CA
Ryder's Freightliner M2 (Image: Fleets&Fuels)
Alex Lawson, NGV Global’s Technical Chair, reports on conference highlights from the Alternative Clean Transportation (ACT) 2011 Expo in Long Beach, California earlier this month where 60 of the 95 exhibitors featured CNG or LNG vehicles, equipment or services, including details of:
- New ANGA/ AGA Transportation Collaborative
- Heavy Duty NGVs
- Diesel Electric vs LNG Tractors
- Economics and Policy
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Daimler Tallies NGV Achievements at ACT Expo
May 9, 2011 – 12:42 am
USA, Long beach CA
Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner HDX CNG
Martin Daum, president and CEO of Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA), provided the keynote address at the Alternative Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo 2011 in California last week. In his address, Daum made specific note of the company’s many achievements in the alternative fuel sector, including being the first OEM to bring a factory-produced conventional natural gas truck to market. The company, which has already delivered nearly 1,600 natural gas-powered Thomas Built Buses and FCCC buses and walk-in-vans, will also deliver its 1,000th natural gas vehicle since 2008 under the Sterling and Freightliner brands later this year.
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Fiat 500 Beauty at Geneva
March 2, 2011 – 2:52 pm
Switzerland, Geneva
Ambassador for the Swiss Fiat CNG Turbo, actress Yangzom Brauen: both at Geneva's 81st.
Swiss actress Yangzom Brauen, ambassador for the Swiss Fiat 500C Natural Gas Turbo, will be at the 81st International Geneva Motor Show to draw attention to what is already an attractive natural gas vehicle. The centrepiece of the Gasmobil AG stand, the Fiat 500C is presented for the first time as a commercially available vehicle, part of an exclusive series developed by the Swiss Natural Gas Association with assistance from BRA GmbH in Schweinfurt, Germany.
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Stronger Support Required to Implement NGV Solution in Czech and Region
March 2, 2011 – 1:37 pm
Czech Republic
NGV Global Chairperson Gabriele Gozzi presenting at the Czech NGV conference.
The Czech Gas Association held its 4th Prospects for the Development and Use of CNG in Transport international conference in Prague in February. The discussion highlighted the need for much stronger support for CNG in transport, mainly on the part of governments and regions, and much more intensive media support in CNG promotion and popularisation. Nineteen speakers from ten countries appeared at the conference to share their latest industry experience and knowledge with the delegates.
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Dhaka and Delhi Dialogue Explores NGV Experience
February 23, 2011 – 3:22 pm
Source: CSE: Centre for Science and Environment Bangladesh and India
India’s Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) in collaboration with the Department of Environment, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of Bangladesh, organized an experience sharing dialogue on “Improving quality and performance of natural gas vehicle programme in South Asia” on 20 January 2011 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. This is part of a dialogue series initiated by CSE to strengthen and facilitate inter-regional exchange of ideas on key strategies to combat pollution and public health crisis in the region.
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Polish NGV Enthusiasts Meet
February 12, 2011 – 2:40 pm
Poland
Mercedes-Ben Sprinter NGT on display at the event
cng.auto.pl, a group formed to promote environmentally sound and safe compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel in Poland, held a meeting of natural gas vehicle enthusiasts in Warsaw this week, hosted by Polish Oil and Gas company (PGNiG SA). Fleet and vehicle owners and PGNiG SA employees received three presentations on CNG, including one made on the GasHighWay project. During the discussions signatures were collected to petition to decision-makers in terms of better access to existing CNG station for private users – in Jaslo and Przemysl.
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Argentine 2011 Conference – New Technologies, New Natural Gas
February 10, 2011 – 8:42 am
Argentina, Buenos Aires
V ExpoGNC 2011: “NGV, technologies for new natural energy sources”
November 10 – 12, Buenos Aires, Argentina
This year’s Argentine and Global NGV Summit, hosted by the Argentine Chamber for CNG (CAGNC) and the Argentine Chamber for Gas Equipment Producers (CAPEC), will focus on the growing array of technologies and methane fuel sources for natural gas vehicles. The concept of natural gas, they say, has been extended by the ability to extract methane from oil fields and renewable organic sources (biogas), while hydrogen -methane blends add yet another dimension, all the while contributing to emissions reduction.
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NGVA Europe Commences Training Courses
February 1, 2011 – 2:30 am
Source: NGVA Europe
NGVA Europe has commenced a new international training initiative this year by offering training on demand. Participants can undertake in-depth learning about international regulations and rules at ECE and ISO level, on subjects such as CNG/LNG vehicles and its components, CNG & L-CNG filling stations, safety issues, biomethane (production, upgrading, conditioning), national laws & policies, amongst others, and how to handle this in practical application.
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Brazilian NGV Industry Promotes Training and Workshop to Develop Growth
December 7, 2010 – 4:02 pm
Source: R.Fernandes, NGV Committee – IBP Coordinator and ALGNV President. Brazil
In the second half of November the NGV Committee of IBP – Brazilian Oil and Gas Institute conducted a successful NGV Training Course and an HD Vehicle workshop as part of efforts to help grow Brazil’s NGV Industry. The workshop on “Natural Gas for Heavy-Duty Vehicles” was sponsored by Sulgás, the local gas distribution company and attended by 51 participants in Porto Alegre, RG, in the south of the country.
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NGV India Celebrates Continued Growth – Potentially World’s Largest NGV Market
December 2, 2010 – 7:08 am
India
Maruti Suzuki's new range of NGV models on display at NGV India 2010
At the NGV India 2010 Conference and Exhibition last week, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Jitin Prasad, presided over the opening of the event on Wednesday morning. Prasad addressed concerns of the local industry, giving personal assurances that compressed natural gas (CNG) for transport will maintain its high priority status under the country’s natural gas allocation system. He also expressed interest in exploring the potential for two wheeler motorcycles to operate on CNG saying that the prospect could be a game changer for the Indian motorcycle market.
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Eco Drive Highlights Growing CNG Corridors on Eve of NGV India Exhibition and Conference
November 15, 2010 – 1:19 pm
India, Mumbai
A Maruti Suzuki WagonR awaits the start of the Eco Drive.
A first-of-its-kind intercity awareness drive to popularise CNG as a clean fuel in India for vehicles was flagged-off by the Hon’ble Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri. Murli Deora on November 13. The “NGV India 2010 CNG Eco Drive” comprised a fleet of 40 CNG vehicles, which travelled from Bandra-Kurla Complex in Mumbai via Panvel to Chinchwad in Pune.
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Inaugural Canadian Natural Gas Vehicle Summit Focuses on Opportunities
November 5, 2010 – 10:21 am
Canada
Natural Gas: clean, affordable and abundant energy to meet growing North American demand
Dropping the emissions odometer and fueling the domestic economy were the key themes driving the inaugural Encana-hosted Canadian Natural Gas Vehicle (NGV) Summit in Calgary, Alberta last week. The first of its kind in Canada, the October 28 summit attracted more than 100 delegates from municipalities, the service sector, upstream and trucking companies from across Canada and the U.S. The event featured speeches from industry leaders focused on market growth opportunities in a Canadian transportation sector predominantly fueled by less environmentally-friendly gasoline and diesel.
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