NGV System Italia, the Italian consortium for natural gas in transport, has unanimously elected Mariarosa Baroni, CNG Business Director of the Cavagna Group, as the new President of the Management Board. At the General Meeting of Shareholders and Management Board on September 28, outgoing President Vanni Cappellato announced his decision to step down as head of the association and was thanked for his...

A current model Thomas Saf-T-Liner HDX CNG school bus North American school bus manufacturer Thomas Built Buses is to expand its alternative-powered product offerings with the addition of a compressed natural gas (CNG)-fueled Saf-T-Liner® C2 school bus. The company plans to utilize the Cummins Westport ISB6.7 G, a mid-range 6.7 liter natural gas engine, currently in development and expected to be...

NGV Global invites delegates and visitors to NGV Global 2012 Mexico City to participate in our first Technical Forum, being held at the Sheraton Maria Isabel Hotel on November 6th, 11 am – 2 pm. The Technical Forum is an open program, free of charge to all conference delegates, exhibitors and visitors. Chaired by NGV Global’s Technical Chair, Dr Alex Lawson, the session will explore technical issues...

U.S. Company Frito-Lay Transportation Inc. (FLTI), a division of Frito-Lay which in turn is part of the PepsiCo Group, is seeking proposals from qualified heavy-duty compressed natural gas (CNG) station owners to design, construct, maintain, and commercially operate CNG refueling stations to supply committed volumes of CNG to heavy-duty trucks. Gladstein, Neandross and Associates (GNA) will be accepting...

In the Netherlands, the electric car (EV) and a ‘green gas’ biomethane-powered car are equally valued by government agencies, above the car with regular combustion engine. Moreover, these agencies are willing to pay extra for a car on alternative fuel. These are the findings of research carried out by a Research Master at Utrecht University on behalf of NL Agency, part of the Ministry of Economic...

National Grid’s Isle of Grain LNG Terminal National Grid Grain LNG, the operator of a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) importation terminal on the Isle of Grain in England’s south east county of Kent since 2005, is looking at plans to develop an LNG loading service for road tankers. The company said that by developing a new loading service it can enable the distribution of LNG fuel to HGV refuelling...

Following discussions during the St. Petersburg Economic Forum in June 2012 Gazprom Export (Russia) and Gasunie (the Netherlands) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in the field of development of small scale LNG. The Memorandum was signed by Alexander Medvedev, General Director of Gazprom Export LLC and Paul van Gelder, Chairman of the Executive Board, CEO of Gasunie. The purpose is...

OMV Prototype H2 Station at Shuttleworthstraße On 17 October 2012, OMV opened the first public hydrogen filling station at Shuttleworthstraße in Vienna’s 21st district. OMV says this latest development therefore signifies a further step towards sustainability and emission-free mobility. Hydrogen vehicles operate without producing on-road emissions, because only water vapor comes out of the exhaust....

All Gasum stations serve only compressed biomethane/natural gas (Image: Gasum) Finland-based natural gas importer and retailer Gasum has opened a new bio-and natural gas filling station in Imatra, in eastern Finland. The opening brings the total of Gasum natural gas fuelling stations in the country to seventeen. The company says it is continually evaluating new locations to expand its gas network....

Omnitek Engineering Corporation, developer of natural gas engines and diesel- to-natural gas conversion systems, has shipped an initial order valued at approximately USD 100,000 to the company’s newly recapitalized Peruvian joint venture, representing the expected acceleration of diesel-to-natural gas conversions in the country and the anticipated opening of additional conversion centers in Peru. In...