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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

Japanese Alliance Would Be World's Largest LNG Customer

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco) and Chubu Electric Power Co. have signed a memorandum of understanding on the formation of an alliance covering the entire energy supply chain, from upstream investments and fuel procurement through power generation. It would, among other things, create the world's largest buyer of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Read More

Pennsylvania DEP Fines NFG Unit $250K for Pipeline Violations

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has levied a $250,000 fine against a pipeline company for more than a dozen construction violations that occurred over a seven-month period in Lycoming County, in the heart of the Marcellus Shale. Read More

EIA: Excluding Northeast, NatGas Losing Market Share for Heating

Natural gas continues to be the primary source of fuel for heating at the national level, but excluding the nine states that comprise the Northeast... 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

Puget Sound LNG Transport Project Advances

Plans by Puget Sound Energy (PSE) to develop a $275 million liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage and transportation facility at the Port of Tacoma south of Seattle moved ahead with the recent approval of a lease by the port's governing board. Construction is slated to begin next year and be completed by the end of 2018. Read More

BioCNG Begins to Rock as CNG Rolls On

A wastewater-derived compressed natural gas has rocked into prominence in Grand Junction, CO, for fueling transit bus and waste-hauling fleets, the sixth location... Read More

Market Ripe for Medium-, Heavy-Duty NGVs

Because of its high fuel use and average miles driven, the fleet sector using medium- and heavy-duty vehicles provides a global market plum waiting to be picked by the alternative fuel vehicle providers, including natural gas vehicles (NGV), according to a report from Navigant Research. Read More

More U.S. CNG Milestones Passed

AT&T passed a milestone Wednesday with the delivery of the 8,000th compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicle for its fleet operations at a public fueling station at the St. Louis Lambert Airport. Read More

LNG Marine Market Eyed in Canada; U.S. CNG, Propane Vie for Fleets

A new study in Canada finds great potential for liquefied natural gas (LNG) use in marine transportation along that nation's West Coast, and compressed natural gas (CNG) in fleet vehicle transportation is getting increased competition from propane. Read More