Volvo Buses has launched its new 7900 city bus in Europe. The Volvo 7900 includes a gas option (compressed natural gas / biomethane) and will be available on the market mid 2012, available in two-axle low-floor or three-axle articulated configuration. It has been designed with lighter-weight materials than its predecessor; the resulting increased capacity means the [...]
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Biogas Europe Conference Features Biomethane for Transport
October 13, 2011 – 3:09 pm
France, Nantes
Biomethane and its applications is a crucial topic for biogas’s future development across Europe. As such it has been accorded a half-day segment at an upcoming Biogaz Europe conference, to be held on October 25-26 in Nantes, France. The afternoon session with start off with an overview of the status of biomethane today in Europe [...]
Green Bridge Enters US Renewable Energy Market
October 13, 2011 – 3:08 pm
Green Bridge Industries, Inc., a green products and technologies company, is entering the US renewable energy market by completing the acquisition of Team Energy, Inc., a multi disciplined energy service company and developer of renewable energy projects. The management of Team Energy recently won the bid with the City of St. Cloud, Florida to develop [...]
NGVA Europe Comments on Grosch Report
October 12, 2011 – 9:13 pm
NGVA Europe, the Natural & bio Gas Vehicle Association, has welcomed the recently published Grosch report, prepared by the Belgian MEP and TRAN Committee member in the European Parliament, Mathieu Grosch, which itself “welcomes the 2011 White Paper, but notes that major goals of the 2001 White Paper were reached either only in part or [...]
CEC 2011-12 Investment Program Includes Funding for NGV Projects
September 10, 2011 – 7:08 pm
USA, Sacramento CA
The California Energy Commission (CEC) has unanimously adopted the state’s third annual transportation energy Investment Plan to help change the types of vehicles Californians drive and the fuels they use. The latest Investment Plan for CEC’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program prioritizes $100 million in state funds to leverage funding and investments [...]
Verbiogas (Biomethane) Now Available in Eastern Germany
September 2, 2011 – 11:35 am
Germany, Leipzig
VERBIO AG, a renewable energy company based in Leipzig, is supplying “verbiogas” biofuel to natural gas filling stations in the eastern Germany for the first time. The city utilities in Schwedt, Dessau and Lutherstadt Wittenberg are to offer 100% verbiogas at their natural gas stations with immediate effect. This means that the municipal fleet of [...]
BSR Breaks Ground on Biogas Plant for Fuelling Fleet Vehicles
August 19, 2011 – 9:42 am
Germany, Berlin
In July, Berlin’s Senate Department for Health, Environment and Consumer Protection gave approval to a major fermentation plant for organic waste. Now a symbolic groundbreaking ceremony has kicked off construction of the biogas plant in BSR Ruhleben, located in Berlin-Westend. Vera Gade-Butzlaff, CEO of BSR, says the new plant will be capable of displacing 2.5 million litres of [...]
Swedish Biogas Enters Expansionary Phase
August 18, 2011 – 1:39 pm
Sweden
Swedish Biogas, 100% owned subsidiary of Tekniska Verken i Linköping AB (publ), a municipal company owned by the city of Linköping, will double its production, and hence the market within the next few years, to meet increasing demand for biomethane as a fuel for transportation. In manage this expansionary phase, the company plans to split into [...]
German Natural Gas Advisory Board Advocates Strong Future for Methane Fuels
July 8, 2011 – 3:52 am
Germany, Berlin
In Berlin the advisory board of Erdgas Mobil EV has held its first meeting, attended by prominent representatives of the petroleum and automobile industry, biogas production, science and research as well as representatives of client and user associations. The aim of the advisory board is to bring together the interests of different stakeholders and coordinate [...]
Sewage Biogas Planned for Delhi Buses
May 17, 2011 – 1:51 pm
Source: Indian Express
India, New Delhi
A joint venture (JV) between the governments of Sweden and Delhi will convert biogas from Keshopur sewage treatment plants to compressed natural gas (CNG), purportedly the first such project undertaken in India, reports Indian Express. The biogas will be generated at sewage treatment plants and utilised to run buses owned by Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC). [...]
Biomethane Power Victorious at STCC Knutstorp
May 10, 2011 – 10:52 pm
Sweden
The Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) once again features two VW Sciroccos being raced by Team Biogas.se in 2011. Team Biogas.se has together with EON, Volkswagen and LRF proved in 2010 that it’s possible to win races in Sweden’s toughest racing series, STCC, with cars running on biomethane. Although off to a disappointing first round [...]
Netherlands Encourages Green Car Uptake with New Grant
April 21, 2011 – 4:28 pm
Netherlands
Schultz van Haegen, Minister of the Netherlands Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment, has set aside EUR 2.6 million (USD 3.79 million) in grants for the purchase of new company cars that run on green gas, biogas and higher blends of biofuels. The program starts July 1st and is an initiative of the ministry to encourage [...]
Biogasmax Releases Synthesis Report and other Resources
March 23, 2011 – 4:07 am
Europe
The European Commission’s Biogasmax project, formulated to share biogas-related experiences in terms of best practices in managing urban transportation, has published the results of the project via a Synthesis report, including 25 technical ‘final reports’ produced by the EC – funded Consortium between 2006 and end-2010. Print PDF
Verbio AG Second Generation Biogas Plant Approved
March 19, 2011 – 3:55 am
Germany, Leipzig
Verbio AG, a Germany-based renewal energy company and one of Europe’s largest producers and distributors of biofuels, has received approval from the German Environment Minister, Dr. Norbert Röttgen, for its new Verbio biogas plant in Schwedt/Oder. The plant produces a second-generation biofuel exclusively from biomass residues (agricultural residues like straw pulp) without the use of [...]
Argentine 2011 Conference – New Technologies, New Natural Gas
February 10, 2011 – 8:42 am
Argentina, Buenos Aires
V ExpoGNC 2011: “NGV, technologies for new natural energy sources” November 10 – 12, Buenos Aires, Argentina This year’s Argentine and Global NGV Summit, hosted by the Argentine Chamber for CNG (CAGNC) and the Argentine Chamber for Gas Equipment Producers (CAPEC), will focus on the growing array of technologies and methane fuel sources for natural [...]
