Fueling

Several of the largest fueling equipment suppliers in the natural gas vehicle (NGV) industry marked milestones this month, underscoring the fact that natural gas as a transportation fuel is still in its infancy.

Newport Beach, CA-based Clean Energy Fuels Corp. announced a half-dozen new and extended transit deals, led by a $10 million, multi-year procurement contract with New Jersey Transit, the nation’s third-largest bus, rail and light rail provider.

Compressed natural gas (CNG) interests have made recent advancements in fueling as well as engine technology.

It took $5.25 million and a public-private sector effort to develop the natural gas transportation sector’s near-zero (NZ) emissions engine unveiled earlier this month (see Daily GPI,Oct. 8).

Trillium CNG, a provider of compressed natural gas (CNG) to transportation fleets, reportedly is being put up for sale by its new parent company, Milwaukee-based WEC Energy Group.

Boston-based Xpress Natural Gas (XNG) has plans to bring truckloads of compressed natural gas (CNG) to the energy-starved Olympic Peninsula in the Pacific Northwest on the western side of Puget Sound opposite Seattle.

In the past two years, Texas has seen $261 million invested in natural gas vehicles (NGV) and the corresponding fueling infrastructure needed for them, according to the latest statistics from the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC), which launched a statewide NGV initiative in 2013.

In the past two years, Texas has seen $261 million invested in natural gas vehicles (NGV) and the corresponding fueling infrastructure needed for them, according to the latest statistics from the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC), which launched a statewide NGV initiative in 2013.

A fueling tank technology advance by a Northern California-based startup that promises to make it easier to fuel natural gas vehicles (NGV) at relatively low pressures at home could hold the key to a mass market for NGVs. A state-approved test of a vehicle is ongoing by Fremont, CA-based Cenergy Solutions, and other tests are coming with its partners.