Transportation

NGL Energy Partners LP, which transports oil and also treats, recycles and disposes of water generated as part of the energy production process – said it got off to a slow start in calendar 2021 because of Winter Storm Uri and lingering effects of the pandemic. But the Tulsa-based company sees brighter days ahead with…

Energy stakeholders endorsed President Biden’s strengthening of U.S. climate change commitments on Thursday, but they also stressed the importance of natural gas in achieving deep decarbonization of the economy. Biden said Thursday the United States will target a 50-52% reduction in economy-wide greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution by 2030 versus 2005 levels. The announcement, made during…

Xcel Energy and Black Hills Energy, Colorado’s two investor-owned utilities, filed applications last week seeking to support plans for widespread electrification of transportation.

California’s trade organization for promoting hydrogen as a more widely used transportation and stationary fuel has endorsed Southern California Gas Co.’s (SoCalGas) initiative to shift increasingly to the use of renewable natural gas (RNG), or biomethane, seeing there is an opening for hydrogen ultimately becoming the primary source of decarbonized gas produced at a mass scale.

California Gov. Jerry Brown signed 16 bills covering zero-emission vehicles (ZEV) and climate change mitigation efforts last week, as university researchers published a study verifying the long-term viability of renewable natural gas (RNG) sources in the state.

The California Energy Commission (CEC) on Wednesday awarded more than $36 million for clean energy freight transportation in the Los Angeles/Long Beach ports and other clean transportation projects — $24 million for freight transportation and $12 million for other projects. The South Coast Air Quality Management District and Long Beach Harbor Department each received $10 million, and the Los Angeles Harbor Department received $4.5 million to carry out field demonstrations of medium- and heavy-duty cargo handling equipment that have zero and near-zero emissions. Last year, CEC launched the state’sSustainable Freight Action Plan, supported by grants from the statewide alternative/renewable fuel and vehicle technology program. Zero emission and near-zero emission technologies are involved in the program.

Renewable natural gas (RNG), or biomethane, could be a major job-creator in California and add up to $14 billion to the state’s economy, according to a report released Monday at the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo in Long Beach, CA.

Alternative transportation manufacturer Cummins Westport Inc. has begun production of the near-zero (NZ) variant of the 8.9-liter ISL G natural gas vehicle (NGV) engine in Rocky Mount, NC. The NZ engine was first certified a year ago (see Daily GPI,Oct. 8, 2015).

Large-volume natural gas users in California are feeling the aftershocks in markedly higher pipeline transportation rates after the San Bruno pipeline and Aliso Canyon storage well infrastructure breakdowns, according to comments and questions at a recent industry meeting in Denver.