Expreso Brasilia, in collaboration with Gases del Caribe, Ecopetrol, Promigas and Gazel (Terpel), put into service the first interdepartmental bus operated 100% by natural gas, a commitment to sustainability and the country’s energy transition. The Euro 6 CNG vehicle has a Scania chassis and Marcopolo bodywork.
Île-de-France Mobilités is rolling out a new bus service in Val Maubuée and Bassin Chellois, in particular to serve a new district in the municipality of Torcy. This new offer results in the evolution of the route of line 211 and the creation of line 311, operated by the RATP, from April 3, 2023. Travelers will benefit from a fully equipped fleet of CNG-powered buses.
The activity was successfully executed on April 8 in the Port of Antwerp-Bruges in Belgium. The LNG bunkering vessel, Optimus, operated by Titan, completed the ship-to-ship fuel supply on the Jasmine Leader, a pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) owned by the Japanese shipping company NYK Line.
Taxis Libres, the app that connects taxi drivers and passengers who want to travel safely in the Colombian territory, wants to convert 100% of its fleet (more than 18,000 vehicles) to CNG. For this, it signed a strategic alliance with Vanti, which consists of granting up to USD 290 in benefits to drivers who decide to transition to this clean fuel.
Most Recology collection trucks now operate on renewable natural gas and renewable diesel. By shifting to cleaner fuels and optimizing collection routes, the company reduced fleet emissions by 44% in three years (2019-2022). Its transition away from conventional fossil fuels began in the early 1990s, when the company started using CNG and LNG in its vehicles.
The Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM) reported that, through Bill 4482/2022-PE, the government is considering allocating, via supplementary credit, S/ 350 million (USD 92 million) to finance the execution of programs that encourage the widespread use of natural gas both in homes and in economic activities and social support institutions.
UltraTech is making strides in its commitment to decarbonization of its operations with this second deployment of GreenLine’s LNG vehicles, after the first deployment at its Awarpur Cement Works near Nagpur. The use of these LNG trucks, manufactured by Blue Energy Motors, is a significant step towards achieving the company’s sustainability targets.
Scania Argentina delivered a vehicle of the Green Efficiency Line to Logística Urbana SA to be tested for a month in waste collection in the city of Córdoba. With great results, the urban cleaning provider tested a CNG-powered rear-loading P280 4×2 truck, which allowed to verify an excellent driving autonomy.
Through the acquisition of Renewable Transport Fuel Services Limited, the company established a new holding company, ReFuels. It will combine CNG Fuels’ rapidly growing UK network of public bio-CNG stations with RTFS’s upstream biomethane sourcing activities to create one of Europe’s largest fully integrated renewable biomethane suppliers for heavy transport.
IVECO has delivered 10 natural gas trucks to Tservice SPA through Socom Nuova, its dealer in Naples. The IVECO S-Way, model AS440S46T/P LNG, will run on biomethane for a reduction of emissions of up to 121% and will be used for connections between the hubs located on national and international territory.
