Fueling

The compressed natural gas (CNG) equipment that is a key to fueling future growth of natural gas vehicles (NGV) is riding a wave of technology advancements that is pumping new energy into the efforts to develop a more widespread fueling network for natural gas transportation.

Keeping up a happy face amid the oil price crash isn’t all that difficult for the natural gas vehicle (NGV) sector, according to a couple of major suppliers of natural gas used in transportation and its fueling network. Large fleet owners are used to volatility in the fuels markets, they contend.

Natural gas vehicle (NGV) start-up GSD Systems is working on compressed natural gas (CNG) architecture for pressure vessels that would allow 20% more fuel to be stored in a back-of-the-cab structure on heavy-duty truck cabs.

California-based Clean Energy Fuels Corp. and Texas-based Dillon Transport have inked a multi-year fueling agreement and plan to open three more compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations.

General Motors (GM) on Thursday said it was recalling 3,196 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana full-size vans with a compressed natural gas (CNG) option to check for a possible hazard in the vehicles CNG regulator. GM said the recall also includes an additional 13 vehicles in Canada.

For the fiscal year ended July 31, Texas tax revenues from the sale of natural gas for transportation were more than double the expected total, reaching $2.17 million, according to the state comptroller. People connected with initiatives for getting more natural gas vehicles (NGV) on the road in Texas and elsewhere welcomed the news.

Utah-based natural gas vehicle (NGV) fueling station developer/operator BluLNG has launched a gas recapture system for its compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) stations at an existing facility in Nampa, ID.

A wastewater-derived compressed natural gas (CNG) has rocked into prominence in Grand Junction, CO, for fueling transit bus and waste-hauling fleets, the sixth location nationally for the renewable version of CNG used in natural gas vehicles (NGV) of all sizes.

Even though its hydrogen/electric dole garnered most of the headlines (see Daily GPI, July 23), the California Energy Commission (CEC) also with less fanfare awarded $4.3 million for natural gas vehicle (NGV) expansion in the form of state funded rebates and other incentives for fleets and individual drivers to switch to NGVs.