Lowest average value CO2 emissions for Fiat Brand and Group in 2009
New Doblo Natural Power builds Fiat’s NGV stable
Among Europe’s best-selling automotive brands and for the third year running, Fiat Automobiles has logged the lowest average value for CO2 emissions of cars sold in 2009: 127.8 g/km (it was 133.7 g/km in 2008). The accomplishment [...]
Madrid is continuing its drive for clean air by preparing to regulate the purchase of new taxis and buses that run on diesel, according to an NGVA Europe report. The action makes the city the first in Europe to act against diesel for environmental reasons and states that while the municipality will not force the [...]
Biomethane from refuse produces 95 per cent less greenhouse gas emissions than gasoline, cites NGVAmerica from a Lund University (Sweden) research group report. Further, with a few simple improvements to a typical biomethane plant, the figure can rise to 120 per cent – that is, biomethane becomes better than climate neutral. In Sweden, there are [...]
Australian company Advanced Engine Components Limited (AEC) has successfully completed Bharat Stage IV (BS IV) emission testing of its naturally aspirated compressed natural gas (CNG) engines, developed in conjunction with SHIGAN Quantum Technologies Pvt Ltd in India.
Twelve Iveco Irisbus buses, delivered to Mallorca in the Balearic Islands at the end of December 2009, are the first buses on the islands to operate on compressed natural gas. Ten of the twelve buses are Citelis ground floor urban CNG 12m models, while the other two are Citelis ground floor urban CNG 18m units. The 26-seat [...]
First project in Korea to produce renewable CNG fuel from food waste
Xebec Adsorption Inc. (Xebec), a provider of biogas upgrading, natural gas and hydrogen purification solutions, has been awarded a contract for a biogas upgrading plant to be used in a biogas project currently being developed by the Sudokwon Landfill Corporation in Seoul, Korea. The [...]
The Government of Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) is planning to add new financial incentives for NGVs to encourage more motorists to use the fuel and protect the environment. “Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) is the way to go,” said Energy Minister Conrad Enill, adding that utilizing more CNG will enhance T&T’s commitment to the environment. The [...]
Pollution reduced almost 80 % – two years ahead of schedule
The Port of Long Beach ushered in 2010 with a major Clean Trucks Program milestone, banning about eight thousand 1993 and older “dirty diesel” trucks and replacing them mostly with the signature white rigs that now service the Port. About 90 percent of all [...]
Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL), Delhi’s sole CNG supplier, has delivered a persuasive argument for using natural gas as a clean transport fuel and a tool for mitigating climate change at an International Gas Union (IGU) conference in Copenhagen. The rapid conversion of public transport fleet vehicles to CNG between 2000 and 2002, which doubled in [...]
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a US $150 million loan for Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu Province in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), to help set up a sustainable urban transport system that will reduce transport time and costs and cut harmful emissions of greenhouse gases. The centerpiece will be the establishment [...]
Veolia Environmental Services Ile-de-France, working with Veolia Environnment’s Research and Innovation Department, has set up the first unit in France to produce biomethane fuel from non-hazardous waste landfill biogas. The unit is located at the Claye-Souilly non-hazardous waste landfill in the Greater Paris area and has been operational since September 2009. Launched in 2008, the [...]
Perth-based Advanced Engine Components Ltd (AEC) has received its first commercial order to convert Isuzu 295hp diesel powered trucks to liquefied natural gas (LNG). The order, for immediate conversion of three engines to LNG, is the first draw down of an initial ten LNG powered trucks required by Sands Fridge Lines Pty Ltd (Sands), also [...]
Sita (Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux), a private-sector waste disposal company, has ordered 27 Econic natural gas vehicles from the Mercedes-Benz plant in Wörth near Karlsruhe. As a result, Sita now has a fleet of 98 Mercedes-Benz Econic trucks in Sweden, 81 of which are fuelled by natural gas. Sita has been using Mercedes-Benz Econic NGT [...]
Electric and plug-in electric vehicles worse than gasoline on emissions pollutants
Last month, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) released a report that attempts to evaluate the externalities associated with energy production and use in the U.S. The report, entitled Hidden Costs of Energy: Unpriced Consequences of Energy Production and Use, was prepared at the request [...]
35 Million NGVs in EU by 2030
Outcomes from the final workshop of the Integrated Transport and Energy Baseline Until 2030 Modelling Project (iTREN-2030) suggest a strong future for natural gas vehicles in Europe. An Oil Drum article discusses the project’s characteristics and summarises conclusions that will soon culminate in the European Commission (EC) white paper [...]
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