Belgium, Brussels

Dr Jeffrey M. Seisler, the founding Executive Director of the European Natural Gas Vehicle Association (ENGVA) is opening a Brussels-based consultancy, Clean Fuels Consulting “to foster a more proactive advocacy effort with the European institutions, focusing on natural gas vehicles (NGVs), renewable biomethane, hydrogen and other clean fuels”.

Jeffrey Seisler has 30 years experience in the US and Europe, helping to shape energy and environment policy as well as commercializing new technologies.  “Today there are more legislative, regulatory, and policy developments related to energy, the environment, climate change and transportation than in the past decade. For the clean fuels industry and technologies – and particularly for natural gas, biomethane, LNG, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and hydrogen -- it is important to target the emerging policies that will set new directions for sustainable and secure energy in Europe. 

These legislative and regulatory initiatives include:  the development of Euro 5 and Euro 6 emissions regulations; the revision of the Biofuels Directive; policies and proposed mandates related to CO2 and passenger cars; the Fuel Quality Directive; and the development of new and harmonized standards for vehicles and fuelling stations.  We need to closely monitor and participate in the policy making process and continue to educate the European Commission and Parliament on a daily and focused basis to ensure that the cleaner fuels have the visibility they deserve,” said Seisler from his new office in Brussels. 

Seisler says Clean Fuels Consulting is a private company whose mission is to facilitate the commercialization of clean fuels and technologies.   Its activities will address the complex, multi-dimensional needs of commercial sector, public sector, and not-for-profit-based clients on a global basis.  Services will include: direct lobbying and government relations within the European Union institutions and the United Nations; policy development; strategic marketing; communications; technical and technology analysis; networking (including conference and workshop development); training ; and the development of trade delegations, all related to clean fuels and technologies. 

Additionally, Dr. Seisler will maintain an active role in the process to harmonize worldwide gaseous fuel vehicle standards and regulations, as well as advocate the development of international standards that are needed to continue the growth of liquefied natural gas (LNG), renewable biomethane, and hydrogen.

“With strong competitive forces from status quo liquid petroleum fuels and new blends of bio-fuels it is clear that better balance in the European policy arena is required to achieve a more sustainable energy future, particularly in the transportation sector.  It is an exciting time to be part of the policy making process in Brussels.  Clean Fuels Consulting plans on being part of this process,” Seisler concluded.

As the Executive Director of ENGVA since its founding in 1994 Jeffrey Seisler was part of the European leadership that helped develop the market for natural gas vehicles (NGVs) and become a legitimized part of European energy and environment policy.  Prior to that he was the founding Director of the Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition in Washington, D.C. from 1988 to 1994 where he served a similar function.  He served two terms as the President of the International Association for NGVs between 1998 and 2002 and remains active on the IANGV Executive Committee as the Vice President of Government Relations.

More information: www.cleanfuelsconsulting.org