For the third consecutive year the compressed natural gas-powered Touran TSI EcoFuel with DSG (dual clutch gearbox) has ranked as the vehicle with the best overall record in a survey carried out by Verkehrsclubs Deutschland (VCD). For over 20 years the automobile club has determined the most environmentally friendly out of 300 models for its VCD [...]
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Norway and Poland Build LNG Vessels and LNG Conversions
June 12, 2011 – 3:24 am
Source: Skipsrevyen AS
Norway and Poland
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg visited Gdansk, Poland last week, where much of Norway’s shipbuilding and repair services are carried out, reports maritime magazine Skipsrevyen AS. While there, he participated in a ceremony of first steel cutting for the construction of a liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered ferry for Norwegian Owners at REMONTOWA Shipbuilding (formerly Northern Shipyard [...]
VW TSI Engine Wins Engine of the Year
May 20, 2011 – 11:55 pm
Germany, Wolfsburg
Volkswagen’s 1.4 TSI 118 KW / 160 PS engine, the base engine for the gas-powered Eco-Fuel models, has once again won the International ‘Engine of the Year Award’ in the 1.0 to 1.4 litres category. Thanks to the twincharger principle of an exhaust turbocharger and a supercharger, the 1.4 TSI is seen to have especially [...]
Bibendum Berlin Produces Awards for Bi-Fuel VW Passat
May 20, 2011 – 3:23 am
Source: erdgas-mobil
Germany, Berlin
This year’s Challenge Bibendum, the 11th in it’s Michellin-sponsored history, has commenced in Berlin, where 36 vehicles lined up for the inter-city rally. Amongst them was the VW Passat, powered by biomethane, which achieved excellence in its Internal Combustion Engine (Production) class with awards for “Fuel Efficiency”, “Well-to-Wheel CO2 Emissions” and “Local Emissions”. German NGV [...]
CNG Mercedes E-Class is Taxi of the Year
May 20, 2011 – 3:18 am
Germany
An event run by German online taxi magazine Taxi Heute (Taxi Today) assessed 23 taxi models from nine manufacturers on the basis of economy, environment and image. In the alternative-power taxi category (hybrid, natural gas, CNG, LPG LPG, bio-ethanol) the top mark was awarded to the Mercedes-Benz E 200 NGT BlueEFFICIENCY with its bivalent (bi-fuel) [...]
Fiat 500 Natural Gas Turbo Tops Swiss Environmental Car List for 2011
March 29, 2011 – 3:58 am
Switzerland
For the first time in its history the Environmental Car List of the VCS Traffic Club of Switzerland (2011) has two overall winners including, for the first time, a natural gas vehicle. The winners are the Lexus 200h hybrid CT (80.3 points) and the Fiat 500 natural gas-turbo MTA (80.2 points). Because of the different [...]
Green Transportation Service Econation Wins 2011 “Operator of the Year” Award
February 28, 2011 – 12:29 pm
USA, Los Angeles CA
Global transportation company Econation capped off a third consecutive year of high double digit growth by being the first alternative fuel and hybrid firm to win LCT Magazine’s, “2011 Operator of the Year.” Econation is an example of new types of green business models that have thrived due to new corporate travel sustainability requirements and [...]
Honda Civic GX Still Tops ACEEE Green List
February 16, 2011 – 9:48 am
USA
Despite displacing many of last year’s top ten models, none of the new breed of EVs, hybrids and other technologies have displaced Honda’s natural gas fueled Civic GX at the top of the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s Green List. In 2011, the Honda GX reigns supreme for the 8th consecutive year, notwithstanding changes [...]
ADAC Honours for VW Touran TSI EcoFuel
January 17, 2011 – 11:20 pm
Germany, Wolfsburg
Volkswagen is yet again among the award winners of the renowned ADAC “Yellow Angel” in 2011. The Volkswagen Touran 1.4 TSI Ecofuel received a prize in the category “Future”, which is intended to honour the highest state of development in the areas of suitability for daily use, efficiency, environmental compatibility and safety. Here, the especially [...]
Paper Recommends UK Take Up Biomethane Potential
November 25, 2010 – 12:43 pm
United Kingdom
The Future Roles of Landfill Gas and Biogas – a MSc Waste and Resource Management thesis paper by Russell Harwood of Cranfield University in Bedfordshire – identifies the use of biomethane as road transport fuel and small-scale Energy from Waste (EfW) deployment at community level as applications with huge potential benefits for the UK. The [...]
CNG Compression Entrepreneur Wins Technology Challenge
November 23, 2010 – 8:51 am
USA
The winner of the 6th Annual Intel+UC Berkeley Technology Entrepreneurship Challenge is OsComp Systems of Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra in the Dominican Republic. OsComp Systems has developed a revolutionary new compression technology that reduces initial and operating costs for natural gas producers. Future planned applications of the technology are for CNG-refueling as well [...]
Altamont Biomethane Plant Receives California Governor’s Award for Sustainable Facility
November 19, 2010 – 10:05 pm
USA, Houston and Murray Hill, N.J.
In California the 2010 Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Award has gone to Linde and Waste Management, recognising their Altamont landfill gas to liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in the category of Sustainable Facility. The plant, which produces up to 13,000 gallons a day of near zero carbon fuel, is owned and operated by a [...]
Westport Innovations Canada’s Top Knight Again
November 18, 2010 – 1:10 am
Canada, Vancouver BC
Westport Innovations Inc., an alternative fuel, low-emissions transportation technologies provider, has been ranked first by Corporate Knights Cleantech 10(TM) list for the second year in a row. The Cleantech 10 and Next 10 represent Canada’s best publicly and privately held companies in the Cleantech realm, and span a range of sectors from desalination to biofuels [...]
EVOL LNG Wins 2010 Transport industry Award for Innovation
October 29, 2010 – 4:50 pm
Australia
EVOL LNG has won the Department of Mines & Petroleum Resources Safety – Dangerous Goods Innovation Company of the Year Award at the Transport Forum WA (Western Australia) 2010 Industry Awards. The award recognises excellence in implementing a creative solution to a dangerous goods transport safety issue. EVOL LNG won the award for its innovative [...]
NREL and Partners to Provide up to $13.5 Million to Support Natural Gas Engine and Vehicle Development
September 20, 2010 – 2:05 am
USA, Golden CO
Together, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the California Energy Commission (CEC), and the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) will invest up to USD 13.5 million to support the development of natural gas engines and vehicles. Print PDF
