Transportation

The British Columbia provincial government on Wednesday made changes to its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction regulations to encourage increased use of natural gas vehicles (NGV) and marine vessels. Canadian utilities operating in BC now will be able to offer more incentives to fleet operators to switch to NGVs.

The value of natural gas — compressed and liquefied — as a transportation fuel is likely to grow, displacing future oil demand, according to…

The British Columbia provincial government on Wednesday made changes to its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction regulations to encourage increased use of natural gas vehicles (NGV) and marine vessels. Canadian utilities operating in BC now will be able to offer more incentives to fleet operators to switch to NGVs.

Reaching their highest levels in 60 years, alternative fuels led by biomass-based fuels and natural gas last year accounted for 8.5% of the transportation fuel mix, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported Monday.

Reaching their highest levels in 60 years, alternative fuels led by biomass-based fuels and natural gas last year accounted for 8.5% of the transportation fuel mix, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported Monday.

A group of U.S. Senate Democrats have introduced a bill that would accelerate the phase-out of older rail cars that transport crude oil by incentivizing the process with a tax credit for companies that make upgrades.

A group of U.S. Senate Democrats have introduced a bill that would accelerate the phase-out of older rail cars that transport crude oil by incentivizing the process with a tax credit for companies that make upgrades.

The gloves are off when it comes to competing for up to $200 million in California Air Resources Board (CARB) funding for clean transportation, and hydrogen advocates in the state are ready to go toe-to-toe with natural gas vehicle (NGV) backers and others in the alternative energy sector.

Heeding industry pleas from a subcommittee hearing earlier this month (see Daily GPI, Dec. 5), Congress on Tuesday extended tax credits for natural gas vehicles (NGV) that expired at the end of last year, reversing the defeat earlier in the year of a bipartisan bill from the U.S. Senate that was rejected by the House.