Calysta Energy Targets Natural Gas as Advantaged Feedstock for Transportation Fuels and Chemicals
Oct 22, 2012
Calysta Energy, a new company, today announced it has been established to use natural gas, an advantaged feedstock, to develop new liquid transportation fuels and high value chemicals that are cost-effective, scalable and reduce environmental impact. Current technology approaches to creating new fuels and chemicals hav ... Continue reading
T. Boone Pickens Comments on Energy in The Debate
Oct 17, 2012
T. Boone Pickens, the architect of The Pickens Plan to achieve greater energy security in the U.S., released the following statement on the energy comments by Governor Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama during last night's second presidential debate: "After four long years of helping candidates and public officials ... Continue reading
Go Natural Converts an F150 to Bi-Fuel CNG in Just 2 Hours and 15 Minutes
Oct 17, 2012
Go Natural CNG manufactures the least invasive, easiest and quickest to install CNG conversion kits on the market. Lucas Kjar, the President of Go Natural, knew that this statement was true. The challenge was developing a way to convince potential customers. ... Continue reading
EcoDual and W. W. Williams Announce Distribution Agreement
Oct 11, 2012
EcoDual, LLC, a leading provider of diesel to natural gas dual fuel conversion systems for heavy duty diesel powered trucks and The W. W. Williams Company, one of the nation's largest industrial distribution, repair and service companies, have announced an arrangement under which W.W. Williams will serve as a master di ... Continue reading
Oct 9, 2012
Fighting back against a spike in gasoline prices and building on momentum from record sales of the Civic Natural Gas Vehicle, American Honda today announced that it is working with Clean Energy Fuels Corp., America's largest owner of public compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations, and participating Honda dealers ... Continue reading
Love's Opens First 'Fast Fill' CNG Facility for Heavy-Duty Trucks
Oct 8, 2012
Love's Travel Stops announced today the opening of its first compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel facility designed for rapid fueling of heavy-duty trucks. Additionally, the company announced they are testing their first 11.9-liter CNG engine with plans to purchase more for their 300-truck, fuel delivery fleet. ... Continue reading
Quantum's High Capacity Natural Gas Fuel Tank Featured at the Green Fleet Conference and Expo 2012
Oct 8, 2012
Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. , a global leader in natural gas, hybrid/electric and hydrogen vehicle technologies, announced today that its ultra-lightweight carbon composite natural gas vehicle (NGV) tank was showcased to the nation's leading fleet professionals at a live event held on October 2 nd ... Continue reading
GE and Chesapeake Energy Launch CNG In A Box System at NACS 2012
Oct 8, 2012
GE and Peake Fuel Solutions, an affiliate of Chesapeake Energy Corporation , today launched the CNG In A Box system, which allows easier adoption of compressed natural gas (CNG) refueling options for large- and small-scale retailers. The solution was unveiled at the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) 201 ... Continue reading
Ram Truck Dealers to Supply 19 States with Ram 2500 Heavy Duty CNG-Powered Pickup Trucks
Oct 7, 2012
Chrysler Group LLC announced today that 13 Ram Truck dealers landed contracts with 19 states to supply their fleets with the new Ram 2500 Heavy Duty CNG pickup truck. The successful Ram Truck dealers were disclosed today by Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin and Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper who are leading a bipartis ... Continue reading
Oct 7, 2012
Cleantech Group, a leading global research and advisory firm focused on energy and environmental innovation, today released the fourth annual Global Cleantech 100 list and report. The list recognizes the one hundred most promising and innovative companies in areas such as energy efficiency, biofuels & biochemicals, sma ... Continue reading
Oklahoma and Colorado Governors Announce Winners of CNG Vehicle Initiative
Oct 6, 2012
Today, 22 states selected dealers from four of the nation's largest auto manufacturers including Chrysler, Ford, GM and Honda to deliver compressed natural gas cargo, utility and passenger vehicles for use in their state fleets. For the past year, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin and Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper ha ... Continue reading
Oct 2, 2012
At a ceremony opening his annual Conference on Energy, Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell today signed an agreement with Clean Energy Fuels Corp. to enable the Commonwealth and local Virginia governmental entities to purchase Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) from Clean Energy for their vehicle fleets. Commonwealth, county, ... Continue reading
SoCalGas Conference Accelerates Interest In Natural Gas-Powered Vehicles
Sep 30, 2012
The dramatic cost savings realized by fueling cars and trucks with natural gas instead of gasoline or diesel was on display today as Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) hosted its first Light-Duty Natural Gas Vehicle Conference at the company's Energy Resource Center in Downey, Calif. The conference featured the lat ... Continue reading
Sep 25, 2012
Florida's top energy official, Agriculture & Consumer Affairs Commissioner Adam Putnam, today hailed the opening of Nopetro LLC's state-of-the-art compressed natural gas (CNG) facility, which for the first time offers Florida and the Southeast the prospect of a viable natural gas solution not seen anywhere outside of C ... Continue reading
99 Cents Only Stores Leases 40 Heavy Duty Natural Gas Trucks from Ryder
Sep 18, 2012
Ryder System, Inc. , a leader in commercial transportation and supply chain management solutions, today announced it has been selected by 99 Cents Only Stores to provide a full service lease for 40 compressed natural gas (CNG) tractors to replace diesel tractors in the retailer's fleet. The natural gas-powered vehicles ... Continue reading
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