For more than 25 years, Compac’s world class CNG dispensers and dispenser technology have set the standard in secure and reliable CNG refuelling. With industry leading technology and products that are designed and manufactured in house, Compac can guarantee quality and product performance.
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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has cleared Clean Fuels Ohio to begin its work with the Ohio Advanced Transportation Partnership (OATP), reports Green Car Congress. The project will carry out more than $29 million in alternative fuel vehicle and infrastructure projects—the largest single investment in advanced transportation energy infrastructure and vehicle technology in the state’s history, according to Sam Spofforth, Executive Director of Clean Fuels Ohio.
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Since its inception in 1861, the Hardstaff Group of companies has provided customers with unparalleled levels of service, performance and commercial innovation covering a broad spectrum of road transport industry solutions. Our activities are consolidated into four sectors, one of which is “Natural Gas/Biogas Vehicle, Station and Fuel Supply”.
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Canadian PM Steve Harper announces project details
A green infrastructure project in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, funded on a cost-sharing basis by the Canadian Government, will see the construction of a system to treat organic waste and convert it to biogas, a renewable fuel. This project operates under an agreement-in-principle undertaken with the Government of Quebec relating to the $1 billion federal Green Infrastructure Fund of Canada’s Economic Action Plan. “Projects like the one announced in Rivière-du-Loup are part of our strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and, in so doing, combat climate change,” said Prime Minister Steve Harper.
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Johannesburg-based company, Novo Energy, has recently received a licence from the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) to distribute gas in six areas – Meyerton, Durban, Pietermaritzburg, Germiston East, Pretoria, and Cottesloe in Johannesburg. According to a Fin24 report, the company’s plan is to compress the gas to CNG at central points and to transport it by road in high-pressure cylinders to clients, or to gas-refilling stations for bus or transport companies, taxis, or for municipalities, companies or state departments with large vehicle fleets. The plan is likely to stimulate growth of natural gas vehicles on South African roads in the near future.
Dual-fuel (Gaseous/Diesel) Engines – Opportunities, Challenges & Strategies to Expand the Market – the third in the series of Critical Issues Workshops – Brussels, Belgium on 30 & 31 March 2010
This forum aims to identify and explore the most important technology, marketing and regulatory issues related to gaseous fuelled (natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas – LPG) ‘dual-fuel’ diesel engines. Engine experts, fleet operators and government regulatory specialists will meet in Brussels to discuss the range of different dual-fuel technologies, operating experiences and regulatory issues that must be addressed in order to overcome the market entry challenges faced by these economic and low polluting engine technologies. Speakers and the audience will participate in an open dialogue designed to create a strategy that encourages the development of a new regulatory framework to allow the certification of dual-fuel gaseous engine systems and results in increased worldwide market penetration of dual-fuel engines and vehicles.
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Harvest Power facility
North American company Waste Management Inc. has agreed to invest in Harvest Power to expand next generation organics recycling facilities across the United States and Canada. Harvest is developing innovative high solids aerobic and anaerobic digestion and composting technologies, which accelerate the decomposition of organic materials to produce renewable energy that offsets the use of fossil fuels. The process creates clean biogas that can be converted into electricity, liquefied natural gas, or compressed natural gas, and also generate high quality, nutrient-rich compost products.
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Thailand's NGV options grow with Hino's FL1J CNG truck.
Hino Motor Sales Thailand has increased its CNG product range in Thailand by the introduction of the FL1J NGV; it runs on compressed natural gas (CNG) and has a range of more than 500 kilometres. Meeting Euro 3 standards, the truck is powered by a 7,961 cc 191 KW engine and carries 700 water litres (approx 140 kgs) of CNG in a 150×2 – 100 x 4 cylinder configuration. According to a report by The Nation, Hino intends to focus its efforts in Thailand on CNG products, as CNG is one of the most widely available forms of alternative fuels.
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The City Hall CNG filling station in Seoul
Seoul continues to strengthen its CNG refueling capacity, with plans to build four new natural gas stations for buses. The development will enable the city to further increase its fleet of environmentally friendly CNG buses, currently numbering around 7,600. There are also 1089 shuttle buses and 393 garbage trucks fueled by CNG, according to Mr Seung Ki Kim, International Cooperation Manager for the Korea Association for Natural Gas Vehicles.
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Volkswagen's CNG-powered Caddy EcoFuel
The provincial authority of Friesland (Fryslân) in the north of the Netherlands has made an environmental statement on behalf of its community, by announcing its intention to replace 27 diesel vehicles with Volkswagen natural gas powered Caddy EcoFuels. According to GAVE news, in 2010 another 24 cars are also due to be replaced, bringing the total to 51. Last year the authority purchased six natural gas Fiat Puntos, for use by the Environment department. The number of vehicles is expected to increase as refuelling infrastructure grows, with six stations already operating, and three more in planning stages.
AT&T natural gas powered vehicles are readily identified
AT&T has awarded to natural gas vehicle conversion company BAF Technologies, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Clean Energy Fuels Corp., an order to convert 463 Ford E-250 vans to run on compressed natural gas (CNG), to be fulfilled during the second quarter of 2010. The new order is in addition to a 463-unit order from AT&T for vehicles to be delivered during the first quarter of 2010. Additionally, although no formal order has been made, AT&T has requested that BAF procure on AT&T’s behalf CNG cylinders for 463 additional conversions to be completed in the third quarter of 2010.
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Sixty-six experts and specialists representing the interests of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and liquefied natural gas vehicles (L-NGVs) from 18 countries and four continents met in Brussels on 3-4 December 2009 to discuss critical issues and strategies to improve market opportunities for LNG as a vehicle fuel. Participants from the natural gas industry, government, equipment suppliers, consultants and related stakeholders engaged in two-half days of active dialogue that resulted in substantive findings, conclusions and strategic recommendations about worldwide L-NGV markets, technologies and politics.
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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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Mercedes Benz Econic NGT 1828 semi-truck
Certified as an Environmentally Enhanced Vehicle (EEV)
20 percent less CO2, 30 percent less NO2 emissions
Vienna Technical University and the Graz Energy Agency have teamed up with Mercedes-Benz Austria, Magna Steyr, and the shipping company Frikus to find out how much a natural gas-driven Econic NGT reduces noise and emissions of CO2 and pollutants compared to a conventional diesel-powered truck. To determine this, an all-new Econic NGT 1828 semi-truck is being tested in plant supply operations at Magna Steyr.
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Compressed natural gas (CNG) stations are producing spin off benefits in the form of carbon credits for China Gas Holdings Ltd. The company’s Chief Financial Officer Eric Leung told Bloomberg News that the company is building 120 CNG stations in 30 cities over the next two and half years and will make use of United Nation’s Clean Development Mechanisms to earn credits for the stations.
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