The province of Sichuan in central China has taken steps to exercise more control over its burgeoning natural gas vehicle development with the introduction of safety management practices, effective 1st February, reports China Daily. According to the Legislative Affairs Office of Sichuan Provincial Government, the legislation clearly delineates corporate and government responsibilities and obligations, and [...]
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Sichuan Acts to Regulate NGV Development
January 13, 2012 – 3:40 pm
Source: Sichuan Daily News
China, Sichuan
ECUA Purchases 50 Natural Gas Refuse Trucks
December 27, 2011 – 2:59 am
USA, Pensacola FL
Florida’s Emerald Coast Utilities Authority (ECUA), based in the city of Pensacola, is purchasing 50 new natural gas refuse trucks and partnering with local natural gas provider Energy Services of Pensacola (ESP) to provide fuel, reports NorthEscambia.com. ESP is to construct a fast-fill compressed natural gas (CNG) station at ECUA’s Sanitation Department depot, expected to [...]
Anhui Sets Building Program for CNG Stations
August 12, 2011 – 7:51 am
Source: Eobus
China, Anhui
China’s Anhui Province, in the east of the country, has finished compiling its Development Program of Natural Gas Filling Stations as part of its 12th Five-Year Plan, reports Eobus. According to the Program, 172 natural gas filling stations will be added in Anhui, 19 of which will be in Hefei, the province’s capital city. 286 natural gas filling stations [...]
Texas Legislation Establishes Natural Gas Transportation Corridor
July 18, 2011 – 3:56 am
USA, Denton TX
Peterbilt Hosts Governor For Bill Signing Ceremony Peterbilt Motors Company hosted Texas Governor Rick Perry for a special bill signing ceremony and tour of Peterbilt’s truck manufacturing plant in Denton, TX. Accompanied by Senator Jane Nelson, Commissioner Bryan Shaw and Representatives James Keffer and Tan Parker, Governor Perry signed three Texas bills supporting the development [...]
Pensacola’s Pilot Program Prepares City for NGVs
July 5, 2011 – 1:43 am
USA, Pensacola FL
The City of Pensacola, Florida has received a new natural gas-fueled vehicle. The car, a Honda Civic GX, is the first natural gas vehicle (NGV) in Mayor Ashton Hayward’s initiative to transition the City fleet from gasoline-based vehicles to NGVs. Hayward has also called on local businesses to consider including CNG vehicles as a cleaner [...]
Xinjiang Moves Road Transport Industry to Natural Gas
June 20, 2011 – 1:59 pm
China, Xinjiang
The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Department of Transport, Road Transport Authority, in conjunction with state-owned automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer Jianghuai Automobile Co Ltd (JAC), autonomous regions representatives and officials and representatives from more than 360 manufacturers have met in a first-of-its-kind event in this north-west region of China to discuss promotion of green transport [...]
Biomethane Station for Leeds Council
March 26, 2011 – 4:47 pm
United Kingdom, Leeds
Leeds Council in the UK will soon have its own permanent biomethane fuel station, to be opened at Cross Green. The £150,000 (USD 240,000) station will serve the city’s two biomethane gas-powered rubbish trucks, providing fuel storage and easier refilling at the pumps. According to the Council, biomethane offers significant cost savings as well as [...]
As Prices Rise, US States Support Natural Gas Vehicles
March 11, 2011 – 1:32 am
Source: NGVAmerica
USA, Washington DC
“Currently, 23 state legislatures are considering bills that support natural gas as a transportation fuel…” The state of Wyoming has responded to the ever increasing gasoline and diesel prices by passing a law ( HB235) directing two state agencies to begin switching their fleets to natural gas, reports the US natural gas vehicle association NGVAmerica. [...]
Increased NGV-Related Legislative Activity in USA
February 22, 2011 – 3:58 pm
Source: NGVAmerica
USA
Natural Gas Vehicles for America (NGVAmerica) say there has been a sharp increase in state NGV-related legislative activities in the US, one of the latest being the bills introduced in the state of West Virginia to accelerate the use of NGVs in the state, including tax credits for both vehicles and infrastructure, including home refueling. [...]
Pennsylvania Republicans Propose Plan for NGV Expansion
September 29, 2010 – 12:02 pm
Source: NGVAmerica
USA
US State of Pennsylvania’s House Republicans have unveiled a four-part plan to expand the use of the Marcellus shale gas as a transportation fuel, starting with the state’s own fleet of 16,000 vehicles. The proposals are tied into the state’s contentious attempts to implement a new severance tax. Print PDF
Sustainability Must Be Mainstream on Transport Agenda
September 24, 2010 – 1:44 am
United Kingdom and Ireland
Concluding the Sustainable Mobility Convention organised by the CIVINET UK & Ireland Network in London last week Phil Goodwin, professor of transport policy at the University of West of England and emeritus professor at University College London, said that the clear message coming from the event was “sustainable transport should be in the mainstream of [...]
Germany’s Government Aims to Encourage More NGVs – Tax Concessions to Continue
September 17, 2010 – 3:06 am
Source: erdgas-mobiel eV
Germany, Berlin
Germany’s government has outlined its new long-term energy strategy for the promotion of natural gas and biomethane as a fuel for vehicles. Under the title of “The Challenge of Mobility”, the government clearly states: “The Federal Government supports the growing sales of natural gas vehicles”. It plans to continue indefinitely the tax concession for natural [...]
Joint Project Opens First CNG Fuel Station in Kazakhstan
July 20, 2010 – 1:25 pm
Kazakhstan, Almaty
A compressed natural gas fuelling station has been opened in a municipal vehicle park of Almaty city, marking the formal launch of the joint project of KazTransGas and BG Kazakhstan on converting Almaty municipal vehicles to CNG. Minimal capacity of the first CNG station in Almaty and in the Republic of Kazakhstan is about 1200 [...]
Canadian Deployment Roadmap for HD Natural Gas Progresses
July 18, 2010 – 4:26 pm
Canada
Agree to focus on HD vehicles in key corridors and return-to-base fleets in near term A June roundtable was convened by Natural Resources Canada to serve as a checkpoint on work that has been underway since late March when the deployment roadmap for natural gas in transportation was launched, reports Alicia Milner, President of the [...]
