Add Lithuania and Brunei to the list of countries that are creating an NGV market.
Lithuania
The first compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station has opened in the capital city of Vilnius. “We hope that the first filling station of this type will contribute to the reduction of air pollution in the capital and enable us to convert the majority of buses in Vilnius into cleaner ones, said Laimonas Dapsys, the head of Autoideja, which is developing a network of such filling stations. Autoideja said that 30 CNG buses have been brought from Sweden and Germany. Baltic-Course reports that number is expected to rise to 70 by the end of the year, and reach 100 vehicles by the middle of 2009.
Meanwhile, the Asiatek SDN BHD company has announced that it will build the first CNG refueling station in the State of Brunei near the end 2009. Vehicle conversion equipment will be arriving at the Asian country in March of that year. This initiative is focused on providing less expensive and cleaner fuel for the country. Brunei-online reports that company representatives met with Government officials to outline their objectives last week.
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