The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System’s (MTS) Board of Directors has approved the purchase of 53 new 40-foot low-floor compressed natural gas (CNG) buses. The New Flyer buses will cost USD22.3 million and will be delivered from May through August of 2012, replacing retired vehicles. New Flyer CNG buses are designed for a 350-400 mile (560-645 [...]
Tag Archives: Compressed Natural Gas
Gazprom Discusses Opening Up of Russian NGV Market
April 26, 2012 – 2:41 am
Russia, Moscow
Gazprom’s Management Committee has met to discuss opening up the natural gas vehicle market in Russia. Chairperson for the committee, Alexey Miller, said at the opening of the meeting: “The time has come for a breakthrough in the Russian natural gas vehicle (NGV) market and Gazprom is the only domestic company that can do it. [...]
Fuzhou to Build NGV Refuelling Network – 170 Stations by 2015
April 25, 2012 – 2:43 am
China, Fuzhou
In Fuzhou, the capital and one of the largest cities in Fujian Province, plans are underway to build 60 liquefied-compressed natural gas (L-CNG) filling stations, radiating out to cover the Fuzhou area to meet the fuelling requirements of city buses, taxis and municipal fleets. 37 stations are expected to be completed in 2012, of which 12 [...]
Kwik Trip Sets Up 3-State Natural Gas Fuelling Infrastructure
April 24, 2012 – 6:12 pm
USA, La Crosse WI
Kwik Trip, Inc., one of the largest convenience store chains in the US upper Midwest which operates in excess of 400 stores, has commenced a new initiative by introducing alternative fuels. Kwik Trip’s ownership and management holds a strong belief that Natural Gas is the vehicle fuel of the future. The company currently operates over twenty [...]
BAF Technologies Celebrates New HQ and Big Milestones
April 21, 2012 – 6:25 pm
USA, Dallas TX
More than 5,000 CNG conversions expected in 2012 BAF, a wholly owned subsidiary of Clean Energy Fuels Corp., staged Open House ceremonies yesterday at its new Dallas production facility to mark the company’s 20th Anniversary and the completion of its 20,000th compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicle conversion. The new 91,000-square-foot BAF headquarters site houses the [...]
Isuzu Lands Toll Fleet Deal in Australia
April 20, 2012 – 1:37 pm
Australia, Melbourne Vic
Toll IPEC, provider of integrated logistics services and part of the Toll Group headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, has acquired more Isuzu CNG (Compressed Natural Gas)-powered medium duty trucks. Toll IPEC’s order of 42 Isuzu FSR 700 CNG models brings the total number of Isuzu CNG trucks in Toll’s fleet to more than 70. Isuzu has previously indicated [...]
Waste Management Expands CNG Fueling Facilities in Illinois
April 20, 2012 – 11:32 am
USA, Stickney IL
Waste Management of Illinois, Inc., a waste management services provider and subsidiary of Waste Management, Inc., has signaled its commitment to using trucks powered by clean-burning fuels in dedicating a commercial compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling facility in Stickney, Illinois. The facility is equipped with 55 “slow-fuel” stations for the Company’s growing CNG fleet of trucks. [...]
Secretary Atsma Advocates Admission of Dual-Fuel Technology to the Netherlands
April 20, 2012 – 3:38 am
The Netherlands
In his speech for the opening of the Bedrijfsauto 2012 conference in Amsterdam mid-April, State Secretary Atsma (Infrastructure and Environment) declared his intention to pave the way for type approval of dual-fuel (diesel and natural gas) technology, thereby removing an obstacle for market penetration in The Netherlands. Recognising that for certain operating conditions they provide a sustainable economic [...]
GM Sets Price for 2013 Bi-Fuel Pickups
April 18, 2012 – 2:00 pm
USA, Detroit MI
General Motors has published prices and opened its order books for its two new bi-fuel optioned trucks. The 2013 Chevrolet Silverado HD and GMC Sierra 2500 HD extended cab heavy-duty pickup trucks will sell for USD11,000 above the suggested base-vehicle price. The pickups, which run on compressed natural gas (CNG) and gasoline, have a Vortec [...]
First CNG Fuelling Station for Waste Pro $100 Million Fleet Project
April 17, 2012 – 10:22 pm
USA, Seal Beach CA
Clean Energy Fuels Corp., North American provider of natural gas fuel for transportation, has contracted with major Southeast U.S. solid waste collection, recycling and disposal company Waste Pro USA to build, operate and maintain a new compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station on Waste Pro property in Fort Pierce, FL. The private time-fill fueling facility [...]
Isuzu CNG Fleet Delivers Hobart City Council Emission Goals
April 16, 2012 – 11:00 pm
In Hobart, the capital city of the pristine Australian state of Tasmania, the City Council has recently added five new Isuzu NPR 300 CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) powered trucks to its fleet in a bid to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Two of the trucks feature standard tipper trays and another two feature versatile three-way tipper [...]
Qatar Considers CNG for Public Transportation Fleet
April 15, 2012 – 11:41 pm
Source: Raya
Qatar
Qatar Petroleum has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoU) with the Emirate of Sharjah’s public transport system, Mowasalat, to develop a study for assessing the feasibility of using compressed natural gas (CNG) for the public transport fleet in Qatar, reports Raya. The agreement’s scope includes the necessary fuelling infrastructure to operate a CNG fleet, with [...]
Colombia Tightens CNG Conversion Workshop Regulations
April 14, 2012 – 12:05 pm
Colombia, Bogota
Colombia’s Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism issued by Resolution 0957 on March 21, 2012, installing a new technical regulation that establishes minimum requirements to be met by compressed natural gas (CNG) conversion workshops and the manufacture, importation and marketing of converting equipment for vehicle use. To become effective 29 December 2012, the regulation’s primary [...]
Maxximus World Records Highlight Power of LNG
April 13, 2012 – 3:00 pm
USA, Los Angeles CA
Maintaining the crown as the world’s fastest street-legal car, the Maxximus LNG 2000, the brainchild of financier Bruce McMahan and Indianapolis-based designer Marlon Kirby, has now set world records for both LNG (liquefied natural gas) and LPG (propane). By utilizing proprietary technology, the Maxximus team say they have revolutionized the next generation of green vehicles [...]
Veolia Brings CNG Refuse Trucks to Indiana
April 13, 2012 – 3:35 am
USA, Evansville IN
Veolia ES Solid Waste, Inc., the solid waste division of Veolia Environmental Services North America, has introduced Indiana’s first fleet of compressed natural gas (CNG) powered refuse trucks to its Evansville, Indiana service area. Indiana-based manufacturer Autocar built the chassis for 20 of the trucks and Kenworth manufactured eight roll-off trucks for Veolia’s new fleet. [...]
