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GNVert, part of the GDF Suez group, has built and financed more than 140 compressed natural gas (CNG) of all sizes. Currently, the company operates more than 40 CNG stations for heavy vehicles (buses, refuse collection and delivery trucks) and about 100 CNG stations dedicated to light vehicles (fleets). To share its stories of success with the natural gas vehicle marketplace, GNVert has commenced a newsletter under the slogan “Ensemble découvrons les carburants propres” (together, discover clean fuels).
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The U.S. State of Ohio recently opened its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuelling station. The U.S. Energy Department (DOE) says the station will be an important stop along a new series of corridors now being equipped with LNG infrastructure, that will enable trucks to ship goods across the country using this alternative fuel. 
CNG Net, a subsidiary of Ballast Nedam, is set to deliver 12 million m3 of biomethane for all 225 city buses of Connexxion in the city area of Arnhem/Nijmegen in the Netherlands from the end of 2012. The company will also enter into a strategic alliance with Connexxion, which will operate this concession for a period of 10 years under the name of Breng. CNG Net says the contract volume of nearly 12 million m3 per year makes this the largest public transport concession for refined biogas (biomethane) in the Netherlands. 
Biomethane, produced from non-food sources for use as a transportation fuel, features in Vereinigte BioEnergie AG (VERBIO)’s 2011 annual report. The German energy company says that when used as a fuel biomethane, branded as Verbiogas, reduces CO2 emissions by 90% compared to petrol and is the most efficient biofuel with the highest energy density. VERBIO has allocated funds for further expansion of biomethane production through 2012-14. 
In increasing numbers, major U.S. contract freight carriers are deploying heavy-duty natural gas-powered trucks to support their customers’ supply chain transport requirements, says Clean Energy Fuels Corporation’s Chief Marketing Officer, James Harger. Clean Energy, North American supplier of natural gas fuel for transportation, contracts with carrier fleet operators to provide compressed natural gas (CNG) or liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueling services at Clean Energy public access stations nationwide. 
VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG (VERBIO) has opened what is said to be the world’s first industrial straw processing plant for the production of biomethane in Zörbig, Saxony-Anhalt. Marketed as verbiogas, the fuel is produced from agricultural residue, with VERBIO consciously refusing to use raw materials which could otherwise be used for food production. The DBFZ German Biomass Research Centre in Leipzig has calculated that about 8-13 million tonnes of straw goes unused in Germany alone annually, which if turned into biofuel would run 4 million cars for a year. VERBIO’s new plant can convert 20,000 tonnes of straw into biomethane every year. 
“We’re excited about CNG because it opens a whole new way to improve efficiency,” says Dart Transit President David Oren.
