Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) has completed the development of a large, 9 000 TEU container ship fuelled by LNG and obtained Approval in Principle from DNV. The ship is designed with a new type of LNG tank that provides more space for container cargo. KHI obtained DNV Approval in Principle for both the gas supply system [...]
Tag Archives: dual-fuel
Kawasaki Designed LNG Fuelled Containership Obtains DNV Approval in Principle
January 23, 2012 – 4:06 pm
Norway and Japan
New Caterpillar Dual-Fuel Marine Engine Meets IMO and EPA Regulations
December 1, 2011 – 5:48 pm
Germany, Hamburg
Caterpillar Marine Power Systems has developped a new marine dual-fuel engine platform for the commercial marine industry – the MaK M 46 DF. The engine boasts a power rating of 900 kW per cylinder at 500 and 514 rpm in diesel and liquefied natural gas (LNG) modes, and is available in an in-line or vee configuration. [...]
APG Receives African Orders for Dual-Fuel Systems
November 22, 2011 – 12:30 pm
USA, Lynnfield MA
GreenMan Technologies, Inc. subsidiary APG International, Inc. has received initial and follow-on orders totaling USD 210,000 from ODIZIM/CNG Technologies Ltd, its local distributor in Africa, for the conversion of an existing customer’s local delivery truck fleet to APG’s patented dual-fuel system. The order is expected to be completed by the end of January 2012. Print PDF
US Trucking Company Orders Dual-Fuel Systems
November 15, 2011 – 8:06 pm
United Kingdom and USA
Clean Air Power, developer and provider of dual-fuel combustion technology that enables heavy-duty diesel engines to operate on a combination of diesel and natural gas, has received an order from Bestway Express, Inc. for 16 dual-fuel system installations in the US, in which Clean Air Power’s technology will be applied to a Caterpillar 410 horsepower [...]
Landi Renzo Dual-Fuel System Developed for Perugia Bus Fleet
October 22, 2011 – 3:24 pm
Landi Renzo has developed for Ecoè, a company owned by Umbria Mobilità, a dual-fuel supply system (60% natural gas, 40% diesel) for the public bus fleet in the territory of Perugia, Italy, reports NGV System Italia. The system takes advantage of the widespread adoption of natural gas as a transportation fuel in the country, ensuring [...]
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 [...]
ARAI Develops Indian Dual-Fuel Technology
October 6, 2011 – 7:58 pm
ARAI, the Automotive Research Association of India, has developed a 6-cylinder methane/diesel dual-fuel engine using injection technology. ARAI says a six cylinder engine was chosen due to its importance for intercity bus and truck applications. It says the benefits of dual-fuel technology include fuel flexibility, lower emissions, retaining diesel compression ratio, better efficiency and easy [...]
Westport’s HPDI Inventor Receives Award
October 6, 2011 – 3:32 am
Canada, Vancouver BC
Vancouver’s Philip G. Hill, principal inventor of Westport’s founding technology using clean-burning natural gas in diesel engines, will win the 2011 $100,000 Encana Principal Award granted by the Ernest C. Manning Awards Foundation. Hill’s innovation of high-pressure direct injection (HPDI) allows diesel engines to operate with the same power and efficiency that they are known [...]
APG Receives First EPA Engine Family Approval Under New Conversion Regs
September 27, 2011 – 1:23 am
USA, Lynnfield MA
GreenMan Technologies, Inc.’s subsidiary American Power Group, Inc. (APG) has been notified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that its first Clean Alternative Fuel Vehicle and Engine Conversion Submission has been approved per the EPA Final Rule 40CFR Parts 85 and 86: EPA420-F-11-006, for the Outside Useful Life (OUL) Heavy Duty 2004 Caterpillar C-15 [...]
Paper Transport Envisages 100% Fleet on Natural Gas
September 24, 2011 – 12:13 pm
USA, Green Bay WI
Jeff Shefchik, president of Paper Transport Inc. (PTI), believes natural gas will eventually become the fuel of choice for the transportation industry, according to a FleetOwner report. The Great Lakes haulage company has been operating compressed natural gas (CNG) trucks since February 2010, including seven Freightliner M2 natural gas trucks with Cummins ISL G engines, [...]
Full Commercialization of Greenman’s Turbocharged Natural Gas Technology To Commence in Australia
September 21, 2011 – 10:25 am
USA and Australia
Training to become Certified Trainers and Certified Installers commences October American Power Group, Inc. (APG) and APG International, Inc. (APGI), both subsidiaries of GreenMan Technologies, Inc., have signed a distribution agreement with Wesfarmers LNG Pty Ltd (Wesfarmers LNG), a subsidiary of Wesfarmers Kleenheat Gas Pty Ltd (Kleenheat), to exclusively market, sell and distribute APG’s V5000HD Aftermarket [...]
Bit Viking Receives LNG Tanks for Dual-Fuel Operation
September 2, 2011 – 5:41 pm
Source: Landskrona Direkt
Norway
Oresund Heavy Industries has taken up the challenge of lifting 230-ton liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanks onto the 25,000 dwt product tanker ‘Bit Viking’ as part of the vessel’s conversion to dual-fuel (diesel natural gas) operation, reports Landskrona Direct. Oresund’s CEO, Jonas Hansson, says a conversion like this have ever been done before. Tarbit Shipping in Skärhamn [...]
LNG Cruising Concept Influences STX Designs
August 1, 2011 – 3:31 am
France
In France, STX Europe and Stirling Design International (SDI) collaborated to develop a new cruise ship concept, called EOSEAS, launched in 2009. Eoseas is a 305 meters long and 60 meters wide five hulled ship. The concept brought together an array of environmental solutions developed in Saint-Nazaire, including the use of natural gas for operating new generation generators electrically [...]
Dual-Fuel Technology Provider Signs Distributor Agreement for Dominican Republic
July 30, 2011 – 2:47 am
Dominican Republic, Santa Domingo
US-based alternative energy provider APG International Inc. (APGI), a subsidiary of GreenMan Technologies, Inc., has entered into a dual-fuel distribution agreement with Caribbean Power Group CPG S.R.L. which has its headquarters in Santo Domingo. The agreement will cover sales, marketing and installation of APGI’s dual-fuel system for both diesel generators and diesel-powered vehicles. The Dominican Republic’s Directorate [...]
Wärtsilä Maintains LNG Carrier Dual-Fuel Engines
July 2, 2011 – 1:13 pm
Finland
Wärtsilä Corporation, an engineering company offering solutions for the marine and energy markets, has been awarded a five-year technical management contract covering six LNG carriers using a total of 24 Wärtsilä 50DF dual-fuel (natural gas/marine oil) engines. The contract has been placed by the operator of the vessels, Ceres LNG Services Ltd, a Greek ship [...]
