[:es]26 de Enero de 2018. La Empresa Municipal de Transporte (EMT) prevé contar con una estación de servicio propia para suministrar a la flota de nuevos autobuses propulsados por gas natural comprimido (GNC), según anunció Joan Ferrer, concejal de Movilidad de Palma, España. Este martes se aprobarán en el consejo de administración de la EMT…
[:es]The city of Jerez in southern Spain has entered into a contract to acquire nine Mercedes-Benz Citaro NGT buses powered by Compressed Natural Gas. The city buses will be financed with European funds through the Strategy of Integrated Sustainable Urban Development (EDUSI), an action co-financed by the European Union through the Operational Program of Sustainable Growth…
[:es]El Grupo HAM puso en marcha la primera estación de GNL de Eslovenia. Se trata de una estación móvil y es parte del proyecto cHAMeleon, financiado por la Comisión Europea a través de la Agencia Ejecutiva de Innovación y Redes (INEA), para impulsar el desarrollo de la red de infraestructura de repostaje de GNL en…
[:es]Cummins Westport Inc. recibió las certificaciones de la Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA) de los Estados Unidos y de la Junta de Recursos del Aire (ARB) de California para su motor a gas natural 201X ISX12N. Al igual que el motor Cummins Westport L9N, el ISX12N cumple con la norma opcional de la ARB de…
[:es]Two new Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) filling locations have been opened in The Netherlands. These LNG filling locations, owned by PitPoint.LNG, are situated at DCB-owned TruckEasy filling stations, one at Den Hoorn and the other at Greenportlane in Sevenum/Venlo. PitPoint says LNG has been used as fuel for heavy road transport in the Netherlands for years and…
[:es]Spanish shipping company Baleària Group has used the International Tourism Fair of Madrid to introduce the first two ferries powered by Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) that will operate in the Mediterranean. Both vessels are being built in the Italian shipyard of Cantiere Navale Visentini. The first of the two vessels is expected to enter operations…
[:es]Urban Transport of Seville, Municipal Public Corporation (TUSSAM) has acquired 13 Iveco Urbanway vehicles of 12 meters in length, which use compressed natural gas (CNG) as fuel. The bus purchase is in line with TUSSAM’s commitment to reduce the consumption of fossil fuels and associated polluting emissions. These low-floor vehicles, whose investment has amounted to…
[:es]The European Commission-funded project ECO-GATE, the acronym for European COrridors for natural GAs Transport Efficiency, has been joined by Galp Energia, SGPS, S.A. (Galp), Portugal’s only oil and natural gas integrated operator. Galp has been granting funding to build several natural gas filling stations on the Iberian Peninsula during 2019. As reported by Iberian news service posventa.info,…
[:es]In France, the publicly-financed vehicle fleet of Paris City Hall, which since 2014 has halted the purchase of diesel vehicles as a matter of ecological policy, has taken delivery of 11 new heavy goods vehicles and utilities vehicles with Allison transmissions and powered by natural gas. Iveco and Renault models were selected. When comparing the…
[:es]DNV GL recently published the Maritime Forecast to 2050 which analyses the impact of the changing global energy system on the shipping industry through to 2050. The report proposes that by 2050, “only 47% of energy for shipping will be from oil-based fuels. The share of gas in the fuel mix will rise to 32%.”…