The project, partially funded by the UK Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC), will establish if hydrogen fuel cell technology can deliver more zero-emission range to E-Transit customers traveling high mileages, with maximum loads, ancillary equipment such as chillers and with limited charging opportunities in the working shift.
Like the first two versions, the new initiative will capitalize on some of the latest available technology, including by biomethane. “Shell Starship 3.0 will feature some of the best-in-class technologies which are leading the way forward in helping decarbonize the heavy transport sector,” said Selda Gunsel, President of Shell Global Solutions.
The company presented the complete cycle of biomethane in agriculture at Agrishow 2023. During the trade fair, held in Ribeirão Preto (São Paulo, Brazil), it also showed off a full range of technologies and solutions to implement independent energy production and a carbon-neutral virtuous cycle in agriculture.
The company displayed its HPDI™ fuel system on trucks equipped with its commercially available LNG and bio-LNG and its hydrogen capable and proven variant H₂ HPDI. The HPDI system enables existing IC engine architecture to run on a variety of clean fuels (natural gas, biomethane, syngas, hydrogen), as increasingly popular alternatives to diesel engines.
The California Natural Gas Vehicle Partnership collaborated with Cummins to host a media event showcasing the Cummins X15N 15-liter natural gas engine in a Class 8 truck chassis for the first time in North America. Cummins anticipates that starting in 2024, fleets will have the opportunity to order factory-built Class 8 trucks with the X15N engine.
CNH Industrial’s brand has been awarded a 2023 Green Good Design Award for its T7 Methane Power LNG prototype tractor. The unit furthers the company’s position in the quest for viable alternative fuels. It features an LNG system that provides four times the fuel storage of the T6 model, the world’s first commercialized CNG tractor.
Aspro was one of the exhibiting companies at AltFuels 2023 Peru, which brought together the most prominent leaders and brands of the natural gas industry in the region. Its stand featured the characteristic virtual tour of the company’s production plant. A large number of people approached both to ask about the products and services and to virtually tour the facilities.
The AG050 and AG100 stations process the biogas derived from the decomposition of organic waste and transform it into renewable natural gas, which can be used in NGVs. The solution has the capacity to process up to 50-100 cubic meters of biogas per hour, generating about 30-60 cubic meters of biomethane, which can supply between 3 and 10 tractors per day.
Walmart will debut the first North American—and the first of five— 15-liter CNG engine that will be incorporated into its private fleet. The X15N™ engine is supplied by Cummins and fueled by Chevron with CNG linked to renewable natural gas. The Walmart truck will make its inaugural trip from Indiana to California, making stops to refuel at Chevron stations.
The consortium of the European LIFE NIMBUS project opened a biomethane production plant from sewage sludge, which will supply a public bus in the Barcelona metropolitan area. LIFE NIMBUS aims to promote more sustainable transport through the circular economy and is aligned with the Biogas Roadmap, approved in Spain in 2022.
