By admin | February 5, 2010
The Louisiana Oil and Gas Association are hopeful to convince Lafayette city-parish government and local companies to change over sufficient fomites to natural gas. This has to be done so that an exceptional refuelling station can be supported.
Apache Corporation which is an oil-and-gas company based at Houston is taking into account the construction of the natural gas station if there is a home committedness to change 50 to 100 vehicles. Spokespeople from LOGA and Apache visited the town on Monday to stimulate awareness.
City-Parish President Joey Durel quoted that “Everything we are hearing is that it could save us quite a bit of money.” He further added that there was a second advantage which is that there is a plentiful supply of natural gas in Louisiana, particularly after the foremost Haynesville Shale breakthroughs in the northern part of the state.
He stated that the city was working with LOGA to compute the cost of conversion of city vehicles to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). Calculations as to how much the city could economize by utilizing the billed CNG as a ‘cleaner-burning gas’ which is domestic and a cheap substitute to gasoline is also going on.
LOGA Vice President Gifford Briggs stated on Monday at an event that “If it doesn’t save us money, none of us would be here talking about it.” He further stated that “But the switch to using it as a fuel for vehicles would take some work.”
Source: 2Theadvocate
By admin | January 27, 2010
On January 22 in the City of Palm Desert the first new compressed natural gas powered ambulance and medic unit will be unveiled. This CNG powered ambulance will be first of its kind in the United States on. Faced with the requirement to substitute a senescing diesel ambulance and medic unit, the Palm Desert City Council guided staff to research the option of buying an ambulance which could run on compressed natural gas (CNG) instead of gasoline or diesel.
As CNG-powered ambulances did not exist in the United States the City staff determined to alter existing ambulance component parts. They made use of a Frazer Type III 14-foot patient compartment and a 2009 Ford E450 6.8L gasoline body. All these elements were combined and changed so that a dedicated CNG engine would allow the instalment of three cylinders which could carry around 26 gallons equivalent of CNG resulting in a total cost of roughly USD 186,000.
Frazer Ambulance, a Texas-based constructor of generated power ambulances, and BAF Technologies which is a specified natural gas vehicle transition company worked jointly to alter the ambulance so that it could make use of compressed natural gas.
The unit will be grounded at Fire Station 71, located at Portola Avenue and Country Club Drive. The new CNG-powered ambulance will begin to respond to calls from this location. Station 71 was picked out for the reason that it had very high call volume with a mean of 200 ambulance calls per month.
By admin | August 31, 2009
Omnitrans which is a public transportation agency helping the San Bernardino Valley, California, is finishing its changeover to a 100% alternative-fuel-led fleet. Deliverance and commissioning of 27 new 40-foot low-floor CNG buses constructed by New Flyer Inc. of Canada will conclude the transition stage which had commenced in the year 1997.
Durand L. Rall who is the CEO/General Manager of the corporation stated that “Omnitrans embraced CNG bus engine technology early on as part of our commitment to being environmentally friendly. “With this purchase, we are replacing the last of our diesel buses as well as our first generation of CNG buses.”
Omnitrans has remarked on the benefits of the environment when using CNG. The corporation has remarked that “Natural gas buses reduce smog-forming emissions by 87% compared to diesel buses. Using Omnitrans for one day instead of driving cuts carbon emissions by 20 pounds. Over a year, that translates to nearly 5,000 pounds of emissions.”
Source: NGV Global
By admin | August 31, 2009
Altech-Eco Corporation, which is a ground breaker in alternative fuel transition technologies for automobiles, declared they have received a Certificate of Conformity from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for their compressed natural gas (CNG) devoted alteration system for the Ford Focus models 2008 & 2009 which is equipped with the 2.0 liter engine.
Under the EPA’s categorization system this dedicated transition conversion system has now attained the cleanest possible expelling rating for an inner combustion engine. Thus it qualifies for a $4,000.00 Federal Tax Credit.
This CNG Focus attains innovative cleaner discharges while representing the enormous environmental welfares and big cost savings of natural gas as a conveyance fuel. Par Neiberger the Director of Certification and Regulatory Affairs of Altech-Eco, said “We are extremely proud that this is the cleanest CNG conversion system in today’s marketplace, and that it achieves emissions results cleaner than any internal combustion vehicle currently being produced by an automotive manufacturer. This vehicle is now available for immediate sale to Government, municipalities and industry, as well as the consumer”. Altech-Eco’s EPA permitted CNG fuel transition system helps the environment by allowing for the cleanest discharges of any production inner combustion vehicle.
The Golf Plus at present is also available with LPG alternative. This utilization of alternative fuel has led to a decrease of about 10% in CO2 expelling and fuel preservations of €6.10 per 100 kilometers. This is because of the cut down German fuel tax which will be vogue till 2018.
The new Golf Plus along with its bi-fuel system can also be operated on petrol at the flip of a switch. This results in decreased amount of consumption and emissions. The 1.6-litre, 4 cylinder engine with 72 kW / 98 PS calls for a mean of 9.8 liters of LPG per 100 kilometers (159 g/km CO2). The Golf Plus BiFuel becomes even more economical when burning petrol.
The installed plant for the new Golf Plus BiFuel is significantly more beneficial than a converter for a LPG.
Source: Autoblog Green
On the 30th of June AT&T along with BAF Technologies a Dallas-based company declared the switch of vehicles bought by AT&T to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). BAF Technologies, a supplier of natural gas vehicle, will convert 600 Ford E-Series vans to CNG technology in 2009.
AT&T has plans to spend an anticipated $350 million to buy about 8,000 CNG vehicles. The Center for Automotive Research (CAR) in Ann Arbor, Mich., figures that the AT&T’s fleet purchase plan will be able to provide more than 1,000 jobs in the United States.
In summation to the economic benefits, CAR approximates the novel vehicles will preserve 49 million gallons of gasoline and cut down carbon discharges by 211,000 metric tons over the 10-year readying period.
Source: Automotive Fleet
Toyota is extending a unique variant RAV4 called Granite. This vehicle comes with rock-solid quality. It is fitted with 17-inch 9 spoke alloy wheels and Pirelli tyres. It also includes chrome back light shielders and chrome sidebars. In addition to this the vehicle contains special carpet mats, aluminum drag plates and a 6 disc record changer.
Other tools which is included are ABS, driver, passenger and frontage side curtain airbags, forepart and back end electric windows, air conditioning, steering wheel and gear knob wrapped up in leather, front daze lamps, colour-keyed glasses and roof rails.
Its engine is of 2.0-litre VVT-i petrol 147 bhp, and is obtainable in metallic Cadmium Green, Argenta Silver or Astral Black paint. 3 and 5 door variants are accessible, and mechanical transmission priced at £1000 is optional.
Prices begin from £18,495 for 3 door manual and £19,995 for 5 door manual, with metallic paint an additional £350.
Two natural gas Volkswagen Scirocco race cars reached the top and were honored in the alternative-fuel class of the 24-hour endurance race. The race was not tough for the two Volkswagen because they were the only cars belonging to the category. One of the two cars took the 17th place in the overall race and it stood ahead of the Porsches and BMWs.
The race was conducted at the well-known and dreaded Nurburgring Nordschleife. Vanina Ickx drove the No. 115 GT24-CNG Scirocco. Peter Terting, Klaus Niedzwiedz and Thomas Klenke stood first in the alternative-fuel class and 17th overall.
It was a superior weekend for the 5 Sciroccos which Volkswagen had sent to the ‘Ring. Apart from the 2 natural gas racers, a gasoline burning ‘rocco stood on 15th spot overall and first place in the 2.0-liter turbo class. This is Volkswagen’s 3 victory in a row in this category.
Source: Wired
The zooming mercury has contributed to a new gush in demand for CNG changeover kits in the city of Surat, India. The number of car owners switching over to CNG has more or less doubled in the last two months. The climb in the demand is comprehensible. With CNG evidencing a cheap alternative against petrol, Surtis are vanquishing the heat in the console of their cars.
The official data from Regional Transport Office also confirms that the registration of CNG kits in private cars has nearly doubled in March and April when compared to previous months. In April alone, there was a registration of around 1,000 cars against the average 500 per month. It is expected that the CNG kit registration will increase further by the end of May.
There are approximately 100 retrofitters marketing CNG kits fabricated by around 29 companies in the country and also in countries like Japan and Italy. The prices of CNG kit, which was between Rs.45,000 and Rs. 50,000, is now only between Rs. 30,000 and Rs. 40,000
Source: Times of India
The Natural Gas Vehicle (NGV) manufacturers are promoting a range of standards for natural gas fuel technology and infrastructure growth to stimulate the economy. These proposals have been put forward in a landmark meeting with Italian government representatives which was arranged by NGV System Italia.
The NGV System Italia Director and EU Affairs Manager for the Fiat Group, Michele Ziosi – came that the meeting was a success. He stated that “The meeting achieved a synthesis of the industrial, environmental and institutional expectations and that is going to open the door for further concrete political actions, now clearly identified, for a real development of the NGVs market and the Italian industrial chain.” The participants were representatives from Fiat Group Automobiles, ENI, Fiat Powertrain Technologies, IVECO, Landi Renzo, Gas Natural Vendita Italia S.p.A.
Fiat which is a dedicated user of methane as its fuel, anticipates that its natural gas power vehicle sales will surpass 2008 sales by 20%, increasing to 120-140 thousand units.