Category: Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)

Clean Energy’s LNG Refuelling Network to Expand

February 23, 2010 – 11:09 pm | USA, Seal Beach, CA

Ten-Station Network in Urban Centers and Along Major Truck Routes
Foundation for Southwestern US LNG network

Clean Energy Fuels Corp., a provider of natural gas (CNG and LNG) for transportation in North America, plans to expand its existing network of liquefied natural gas (LNG) truck fueling stations in Southern California this year beyond its current two LNG stations located at the Los Angeles/Long Beach ports complex. New or upgraded Clean Energy LNG fueling facilities are planned for strategic points along truck transport routes in the California cities of Los Angeles, Commerce, Industry, Fontana, Riverside, Tulare, Barstow, and Otay Mesa/San Diego. This hub of stations will form the backbone upon which Clean Energy intends to expand its LNG fueling efforts into the Southwestern region of the United States.
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ISO Approves Natural Gas Fuelling Station Standards Project

February 23, 2010 – 9:05 pm | Switzerland, Geneva

Efforts to develop international standards for natural gas fuelling stations have moved one step closer with the International Standards Organisation (ISO) Technical Management Board (TMB) deciding earlier this month to establish a new Project Committee. The decision follows recommendations arising from last month’s preliminary meeting of stakeholders held in Zurich, Switzerland, which agreed with the need for separate standards on compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) stations for fuelling vehicles. ISO numbers have yet to be assigned to the standards but drafting is already under way and a first meeting of the Project Committee is planned for the Netherlands on 22nd and 23rd June of 2010.


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NGV 2010 Program Published – NGVs Creating Revolution in Transport

February 18, 2010 – 9:27 pm

NGV 2010 Rome, Italy, June 8-10More than 70 speakers
25 poster presentations
Early bird registration March 15th

IANGV and NGV System Italia, hosts for the NGV 2010 conference and exhibition in Rome this June, have released conference program details for the event running from June 8-10. Presented under the theme ‘Creating a Revolution in Transport’ the conference will focus on marketing and strategic successes for the industry with technical aspects also catered for in several breakout sessions during the course of the conference. With industry projecting more than 50 million natural gas vehicles (NGVs) to join the current fleet in the next ten years, the conference is already being billed as a launching pad into the most dynamic decade the NGV industry is ever likely to see. 
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Canadian Government and Stakeholders Partner to Develop NGV Roadmap

February 18, 2010 – 4:40 pm | Canada

Heavy transportation sector roadmap development will focus on natural gas for fuel

Canada has long been a leader in the development of advanced technologies for natural gas vehicles and refuelling infrastructure. Now, the Canadian story is about to open another chapter with news this week that government and industry stakeholders will partner to develop a deployment roadmap focusing on the opportunities for natural gas as a cost effective, lower emission fuel for the heavy transportation sector.
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Spain’s Acotral Gets First LNG-Powered MB Econic Tractor

December 22, 2009 – 4:04 pm | Spain
Acotral's LNG-powered MB Econic tractor

Acotral's LNG-powered MB Econic tractor

Mercedes-Benz has delivered to Compañía Logística Acotral, S.A., inter-providore for Spain’s largest supermarket operator, Mercadona, an Econic GNL — purportedly the first LNG-powered tractor in Spain. Initially, this truck will be used to transport goods to the company’s logistics base, before being incorporated into the distribution channel for urban supermarkets.  Acotral anticipates achieving a storehouse delivery range of between 800 km and 1,000 km per fill.
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Volvo Signs Letter of Intent Regarding Manufacture of Vehicle Fuel from Landfill Gas

December 14, 2009 – 8:54 am | Sweden

Volvo Technology Transfer’s subsidiary Terracastus Technologies has signed a Letter of Intent with Nordvästra Skånes Renhållningsbolag (NSR) to establish a joint company for upgrading biogas to a liquefied biogas (LBG). This upgrading venture will enable NSR’s plant in Helsingborg to reduce its annual carbon emissions by 40,000 tons, compared with using diesel fuel.
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L-NGV Growth Anticipated to Follow Dramatic LNG Market Expansion in Asia and Europe

October 19, 2009 – 3:46 pm | Source: Dr. Jeffrey M. Seisler, CEO Clean Fuels Consulting

LNG is HOT: Opportunities, Challenges & Strategies as a Vehicle Fuel – the second in the series of Critical Issues Workshops. Brussels, Belgium on 3-4 December 2009

World LNG demand is forecast to rise from 226 billion cubic metres (bcm) during 2007 to 640 bcm by 2020 and close to 790 bcm by 2030, according to projections by the International Energy Agency and supported by a 2008 analysis by Ocean Shipping Consultants  (OSC) (London). This represents a compound annual growth rate of 5.6%. In Europe, continued increases in LNG demand from Spain and France, and large-scale usage from the UK will significantly increase imports into Europe. In addition, there are many countries planning LNG terminals such as Germany, Poland and the Netherlands. Overall LNG demand in the region is forecast to reach 254 bcm by 2030. As such, the market for liquefied natural gas vehicles (L-NGVs) should strengthen concurrently as more countries incorporate LNG into their energy strategies.
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Peterbilt Taking Immediate Orders for CNG and LNG Vehicles

August 31, 2009 – 10:10 am | USA, Denton TX and Canada, Vancouver BC
Peterbilt Model 365

Peterbilt Model 365

Peterbilt Model 384

Peterbilt Model 384

Peterbilt Motors Company appears set to respond to the recent government funding made available in the US, for ARRA projects, announcing immediate availability of its vocational and aerodynamic vehicles powered by compressed and liquefied natural gas (CNG & LNG). The Model 365 and Model 384 will be offered with the Cummins Westport ISL G and built at Peterbilt’s truck manufacturing facility in Denton, Texas.
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Asthma Foundation and LNG Fuel Supplier – An Air Quality Partnership

July 31, 2009 – 12:25 pm | Australia, Perth

Western Australia’s Asthma Foundation has joined forces with EVOL LNG — a partnership with a shared goal of striving for improved air quality — good news in a country that has one of the highest incidences of asthma in the world. EVOL LNG (part of Kleenheat Gas and Wesfarmers Energy) has researched liquefied natural gas (LNG) for over a decade and last year Wesfarmers Energy commissioned its LNG processing facility to produce LNG as a diesel fuel alternative for heavy vehicles and remote power generation.


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New Landfill-to-LNG Project For California

April 30, 2008 – 10:24 am | USA, Livermore CA

Waste Management Inc. and Linde North America have agreed to work together to build a facility that will convert landfill gas into liquified natural gas at the Altamont landfill. The $15.5 million joint venture will receive grant assistance from the California Integrated Waste Management Board, the California Air Resources Board and the South Coast Air Quality Management District. The Houston based solid waste company said the facility is expected to produce up to 13,000 gallons of liquified natural gas a day when it begins operations in 2009.


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