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Innovations Pump Up NGV Fueling Sector

Two recognized names in the natural gas vehicle fueling industry -- Nebraska-based Hexagon Lincoln and California-based Clean Energy Fuels Corp. -- made moves... Read More

Clean Energy Acquires CNG Supplier, Sets Fueling Milestone

Newport Beach, CA-based natural gas transportation fuel provider Clean Energy Fuels Corp. on Tuesday closed its acquisition of a controlling interest in privately-held NG Advantage, and delivered, for the first time, more than 50 million compressed natural gas (CNG) gallons in the last quarter. Read More

Pace of North American NGV Market Slows, Volvo Says

The pace of development of the alternative fuel vehicle market has slowed, prompting Volvo Trucks to cut back on its development efforts in the natural gas vehicle (NGV) sector. Read More

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. Read More

NGV Technology Advances Coming, Says Westport Exec

Technology advances for natural gas vehicles and traditional gasoline-powered engines are likely to push NGVs to become 10-15% of some transportation segments, such as heavy duty vehicles, by 2020, according to the chief technology officer (CTO) of Vancouver, BC-based Westport Innovations. Read More

Texas Boasts $174M in NGVs, Fueling Statewide

Like other areas of the country with plentiful supplies, Texas is cashing in on natural gas use in vehicles and the fueling infrastructure that goes with them... Read More

Plans Unveiled for Gulf LNG, CNG Transportation Center

Tenaska NG Fuels LLC (TNG Fuels) and Waller Marine Inc. have agreed to develop and operate Louisiana's first natural gas liquefaction and fueling facility along the New Orleans-Baton Rouge corridor of the Mississippi River with access to the Gulf of Mexico, the companies said Tuesday. Read More

New Engine Advances Unveiled for NGVs

Vancouver, BC-based Westport Innovations led a series of engine advances for natural gas vehicles (NGV) that were unveiled in September, introducing its newest proprietary technology, a first generation of an enhanced spark-ignited (ESI) natural gas engine aimed at the medium-duty truck market. Read More

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. Read More

NatGas Gives Lift to Diesel, Gasoline in New Partnership

Compressed natural gas will be used to haul supplies of diesel fuel and gasoline under a partnership between Newport Beach, CA-based Clean Energy Fuels Corp. and energy supply/logistics company Mansfield Energy Corp. Read More