Fueling

Adsorption Technology Could Be NGV Fueling Breakthrough

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.

April 17, 2015
More NGV Fueling Stations Opening Across Country

More NGV Fueling Stations Opening Across Country

Newport Beach, CA-based Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has opened four additional fueling stations for natural gas vehicles (NGV) in Arizona, California and Kansas and said it has a series of fueling deals for fleet operators, transit and refuse customers.

April 16, 2015

Technology Pumps Up CNG Fueling Equipment

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.

February 20, 2015
CNG Providers Stay Optimistic About NGV Market

CNG Providers Stay Optimistic About NGV Market

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.

February 17, 2015
More Models for CNG Fueling Technology Take Shape

More Models for CNG Fueling Technology Take Shape

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.

October 23, 2014
Clean Energy Adds Heavy-Duty Fueling Deal

Clean Energy Adds Heavy-Duty Fueling Deal

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.

October 9, 2014
NGVs Roll Both Ways: GM Recalls Vans as More Buses Hit Streets

NGVs Roll Both Ways: GM Recalls Vans as More Buses Hit Streets

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.

September 19, 2014
Texas Finds Gusher in NGV Fueling; Industry Applauds

Texas Finds Gusher in NGV Fueling; Industry Applauds

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.

August 21, 2014

Out of the Blu(LNG): Gas Recapture System Is Born

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.

August 15, 2014
BioCNG Begins to Rock as CNG Rolls On

BioCNG Begins to Rock as CNG Rolls On

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.

August 5, 2014