Sentences with phrase «natural gas powered vehicles»

There are lots of natural gas powered vehicles in the world, and an infrastructure of distribution.

It could possibly alleviate some of the range issues that face all - electric and all natural gas powered vehicles.

Even with this small increase in the share of natural gas powered vehicles, the ethanol content of the gasoline pool could rise to 34 %, posing an even greater problem for the future viability of E10 and E85 gasoline.

For example, if substitution to natural gas powered vehicles impacted only 12 % of the vehicle fleet by 2022, this would further trim gasoline consumption from 8.1 MMB / D to 7.1 MMB / D by 2022.

The 2013 guide contains information on nearly 80 hybrids, battery electric vehicles, partial zero emission vehicles, compressed natural gas powered vehicles, clean diesels and fuel economy leaders.

Chrysler Group LLC, Fiat's global business partner, is «excited about the potential for natural gas powered vehicles becoming successful in the marketplace,» Reg Modlin, director of regulatory affairs at Chrysler, said in his testimony to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in July.

The entrance of the Scirocco R Cup car into the ROC is especially newsworthy simply because this will mark the first time a bio natural gas powered vehicle will make a run in the race.

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Imagine a world in which most of the vehicles are electric and yet they are powered off the grid by natural gas and solar.

The Middle Eastern firm is going the extra mile, however, utilizing other electric vehicles, machines that run on compressed natural gas and biodiesel, as well as solar - powered boats that are capable of cleaning lakes and other bodies of water for its operations.

In 2010, the United States used 683 trillion cubic meters of natural gas in anything from creating electricity to powering stoves, water heaters, and even vehicles.

Meanwhile, a lot of the «clean energy» options (like hybrid / electric vehicles) still require the power grid, which — you guessed it — largely uses traditional energy sources (like natural gas).

Those supply issues and a surge in natural gas demand for fueling power plants and vehicles could drive up gas prices over time.

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If they can figure out how to make large quantities of the stuff, the material could spark the development of high - capacity gas tanks and propel wider adoption of natural gas — powered vehicles.

If they succeed it could help give natural gas vehicles some new momentum to zip past their gasoline - powered rivals.

Millions of environmentally friendly, natural gas — powered vehicles cruise the world's roads, but they still account for just a tiny fraction of new autos sold.

For example, Yaghi and others recently designed MOFs that absorb — and later release — methane, making them a type of high - capacity gas tank for natural gas — powered vehicles.

And the Vehicle Research Institute at Western Washington University is employing a modest $ 250,000 grant to implement its pro-vocative design for a solar - powered electric car incorporating a small gasoline or natural - gas burning engine to extend its range.

In the «business as usual» scenario, the auto industry followed its current rate of vehicle diversification — utilizing efficient internal combustion, electric and hybrid models, and the power sector utilized mostly natural gas and renewable plants.

Whether it's swapping your car for an electric vehicle, or your natural gas furnace for geothermal heating, transitioning from fossil fuels to electric - powered technology is widely believed to be the best way to lower carbon emissions.

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Because economic growth continues to boost the demand for energy — more coal for powering new factories, more oil for fueling new cars, more natural gas for heating new homes — carbon emissions will keep climbing despite the introduction of more energy - efficient vehicles, buildings and appliances.

The relatively low growth is linked to both the adoption of more fuel - efficient vehicles and the replacement of coal - powered electricity with renewable energy sources and relatively cleaner - burning natural gas.

A GE Energy Jenbacher gas engine is powering the world's first commercial landfill gas (LFG)- to - liquid natural gas (LNG) conversion facility designed to create alternative fuel for vehicles.

The new systems could also generate enough electricity to power 13,553 homes or enough renewable natural gas to fuel 33,825 vehicles, according to ABC.

Perhaps it's to be expected that the B - Class has been Mercedes - Benz's vehicle of choice for developing cars powered by alternative fuels, including compressed natural gas, hydrogen fuel cell, and now battery - powered electricity.

A study of greenhouse gas - emissions by the Advanced Power and Energy Program at the University of California at Irvine shows fuel - cell vehicles running on hydrogen derived from natural gas ultimately create far less GHG emissions than BEVs running off the U.S. grid, which is powered mostly by coal and natural gas.

Chevrolet is taking compressed natural gas - powered vehicles seriously with so many of its trucks being used in commercial fleets, so it was perhaps no surprise that we'd see a version of the 2015...

Opel's natural gas - powered ecoFLEX vehicles also boast impressive environmental qualities.

[166] The study considered the mix of power sources for 13 U.S. regions that would be used during recharging of vehicles, generally a combination of coal, natural gas and nuclear energy, and to a lesser extend renewable energy.

Honda's Environmental Leadership Honda has a long history of environmental innovation, including the retail introduction of America's first hybrid (1999 Honda Insight), delivery of the first fuel - cell electric vehicle in the U.S. (2002 Honda FCX) and the first gasoline - powered vehicles in the hands of consumers to meet stricter emissions standards, including the 1996 Honda Civic, the first gasoline Low Emissions Vehicle (LEV); the 1998 Honda Accord, the first gasoline Ultra-Low Emissions Vehicle (ULEV); the 2000 Honda Accord, the first gasoline Super Ultra-Low Emissions Vehicle (SULEV) in the hands of consumers; the 2001 Civic Natural Gas, the first vehicle to qualify as an Advanced Technology Partial - Zero Emissions Vehicle (AT - PZEV); and, most recently, the 2014 Honda Accord Plug - In, the first Super Ultra-Low Emissions 20 Vehicle (LEV 3 / SULEV 20), now available for lease and sale in California and New Yorkvehicle in the U.S. (2002 Honda FCX) and the first gasoline - powered vehicles in the hands of consumers to meet stricter emissions standards, including the 1996 Honda Civic, the first gasoline Low Emissions Vehicle (LEV); the 1998 Honda Accord, the first gasoline Ultra-Low Emissions Vehicle (ULEV); the 2000 Honda Accord, the first gasoline Super Ultra-Low Emissions Vehicle (SULEV) in the hands of consumers; the 2001 Civic Natural Gas, the first vehicle to qualify as an Advanced Technology Partial - Zero Emissions Vehicle (AT - PZEV); and, most recently, the 2014 Honda Accord Plug - In, the first Super Ultra-Low Emissions 20 Vehicle (LEV 3 / SULEV 20), now available for lease and sale in California and New YorkVehicle (LEV); the 1998 Honda Accord, the first gasoline Ultra-Low Emissions Vehicle (ULEV); the 2000 Honda Accord, the first gasoline Super Ultra-Low Emissions Vehicle (SULEV) in the hands of consumers; the 2001 Civic Natural Gas, the first vehicle to qualify as an Advanced Technology Partial - Zero Emissions Vehicle (AT - PZEV); and, most recently, the 2014 Honda Accord Plug - In, the first Super Ultra-Low Emissions 20 Vehicle (LEV 3 / SULEV 20), now available for lease and sale in California and New YorkVehicle (ULEV); the 2000 Honda Accord, the first gasoline Super Ultra-Low Emissions Vehicle (SULEV) in the hands of consumers; the 2001 Civic Natural Gas, the first vehicle to qualify as an Advanced Technology Partial - Zero Emissions Vehicle (AT - PZEV); and, most recently, the 2014 Honda Accord Plug - In, the first Super Ultra-Low Emissions 20 Vehicle (LEV 3 / SULEV 20), now available for lease and sale in California and New YorkVehicle (SULEV) in the hands of consumers; the 2001 Civic Natural Gas, the first vehicle to qualify as an Advanced Technology Partial - Zero Emissions Vehicle (AT - PZEV); and, most recently, the 2014 Honda Accord Plug - In, the first Super Ultra-Low Emissions 20 Vehicle (LEV 3 / SULEV 20), now available for lease and sale in California and New Yorkvehicle to qualify as an Advanced Technology Partial - Zero Emissions Vehicle (AT - PZEV); and, most recently, the 2014 Honda Accord Plug - In, the first Super Ultra-Low Emissions 20 Vehicle (LEV 3 / SULEV 20), now available for lease and sale in California and New YorkVehicle (AT - PZEV); and, most recently, the 2014 Honda Accord Plug - In, the first Super Ultra-Low Emissions 20 Vehicle (LEV 3 / SULEV 20), now available for lease and sale in California and New YorkVehicle (LEV 3 / SULEV 20), now available for lease and sale in California and New York state.

In addition, the brand will remain committed to vehicles powered with compressed natural gas (CNG) as well as internal combustion engines.

The Fit EV is based on the popular Fit hatchback and is a part of the company's diverse portfolio of alternative fuel vehicles that includes gasoline - electric hybrid, plug - in hybrid, fuel cell - electric and natural gas - powered models.

In 2001, the 2001 Civic GX powered by compressed natural gas was the first certified Advanced Technology Partial Zero - Emission Vehicle (AT PZEV).

Honda Environmental Leadership Honda's diverse portfolio of alternative fuel vehicles has included numerous technologies to improve fuel efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions including the first EV leases in California (1997 Honda EV Plus), the retail introduction of America's first hybrid (1999 Honda Insight), delivery of the first fuel - cell electric vehicle in the U.S. (2002 Honda FCX), five generations of the Civic Natural Gas (first introduced in 1998) and the first gasoline - powered vehicles in the hands of consumers to meet stricter emissions standards.

«For customers looking to purchase vehicles that have low CO2 emissions, Honda has two great options on KBB.com's list — the fun - to - drive, fuel efficient Accord Hybrid and the Civic Natural Gas powered without a drop of gasoline,» said Steven Center, vice president of the Environmental Business Development Office at American Honda Motor Co., Inc. «This recognition from Kelley Blue Book validates the efforts of Honda engineers who for decades have continued to work towards our goal to leave «Blue Skies for our Children.»»

According to a new lifecycle analysis by a team at Carnegie Mellon University, a battery electric vehicle (BEV) powered with natural gas - based electricity achieves around an average 40 % lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction when compared to a conventional gasoline vehicle.

When the event started, apart from diesel - powered models, the only alternative fuel vehicle offered by any automaker was the Honda Civic Natural Gas.

A natural - gas - powered engine debuted for 1995 but was not popular and was only used in fleet vehicles on a very limited production run.

Meanwhile, a lot of the «clean energy» options (like hybrid / electric vehicles) still require the power grid, which — you guessed it — largely uses traditional energy sources (like natural gas).

Along those lines, natural gas in China has continued to grow as a fuel source for both power and use in vehicles.

Natural Gas — Expensive, and best used for peak power generation and vehicle fuel.

In the end, the only way to keep this carbon in the ground is to 1) reduce demand with greatly improved efficiency, and 2) introduce low - carbon alternatives in the transport sector that people actually WANT to drive (e.g., electric vehicles running on power produced with natural gas, renewables or nuclear).

Fittingly, President Obama today was at Georgetown University, where he outlined a broad initiative to cut oil imports, boost domestic production of oil and gas, and increase the use of cellulosic ethanol and natural gas to power vehicles.

Obviously wind power was not an immediate substitute for liquid fuels to drive motor vehicles, but as petroleum shortages began to manifest themselves, many utility and industrial users who were using coal or natural gas, began to seriously consider wind power as a substitute.

DERs can include solar panels, combined heat and power plants, electricity storage, small natural gas - fuelled generators, electric vehicles and controllable loads, such as HVAC systems and electric water heaters.

There would be nothing wrong with promoting natural gas - powered vehicles, especially since we have a huge supply of low - cost natural gas.

If the U.S. were instead to use that natural gas to generate electricity as part of a portfolio with renewable sources of electricity, the analysis shows that «if the entire vehicle fleet were converted to electric vehicles and high efficiency natural gas combined - cycle power plants were used to generate all the additional electricity required, the increase in natural gas demand would be significantly less» than if the entire fleet was burning natural gas in its combustion engines — roughly a decrease in natural gas usage of 19 billion cubic feet per day.

1 Executive Summary 2 Scope of the Report 3 The Case for Hydrogen 3.1 The Drive for Clean Energy 3.2 The Uniqueness of Hydrogen 3.3 Hydrogen's Safety Record 4 Hydrogen Fuel Cells 4.1 Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell 4.2 Fuel Cells and Batteries 4.3 Fuel Cell Systems Durability 4.4 Fuel Cell Vehicles 5 Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure 5.1 Hydrogen Station Hardware 5.2 Hydrogen Compression and Storage 5.3 Hydrogen Fueling 5.4 Hydrogen Station Capacity 6 Hydrogen Fueling Station Types 6.1 Retail vs. Non-Retail Stations 6.1.1 Retail Hydrogen Stations 6.1.2 Non-Retail Hydrogen Stations 6.2 Mobile Hydrogen Stations 6.2.1 Honda's Smart Hydrogen Station 6.2.2 Nel Hydrogen's RotoLyzer 6.2.3 Others 7 Hydrogen Fueling Protocols 7.1 SAE J2601 7.2 Related Standards 7.3 Fueling Protocols vs. Vehicle Charging 7.4 SAE J2601 vs. SAE J1772 7.5 Ionic Compression 8 Hydrogen Station Rollout Strategy 8.1 Traditional Approaches 8.2 Current Approach 8.3 Factors Impacting Rollouts 8.4 Production and Distribution Scenarios 8.5 Reliability Issues 9 Sources of Hydrogen 9.1 Fossil Fuels 9.2 Renewable Sources 10 Methods of Hydrogen Production 10.1 Production from Non-Renewable Sources 10.1.1 Steam Reforming of Natural Gas 10.1.2 Coal Gasification 10.2 Production from Renewable Sources 10.2.1 Electrolysis 10.2.2 Biomass Gasification 11 Hydrogen Production Scenarios 11.1 Centralized Hydrogen Production 11.2 On - Site Hydrogen Production 11.2.1 On - site Electrolysis 11.2.2 On - Site Steam Methane Reforming 12 Hydrogen Delivery 12.1 Hydrogen Tube Trailers 12.2 Tanker Trucks 12.3 Pipeline Delivery 12.4 Railcars and Barges 13 Hydrogen Stations Cost Factors 13.1 Capital Expenditures 13.2 Operating Expenditures 14 Hydrogen Station Deployments 14.1 Asia - Pacific 14.1.1 Japan 14.1.2 Korea 14.1.3 China 14.1.4 Rest of Asia - Pacific 14.2 Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) 14.2.1 Germany 14.2.2 The U.K. 14.2.3 Nordic Region 14.2.4 Rest of EMEA 14.3 Americas 14.3.1 U.S. West Coast 14.3.2 U.S. East Coast 14.3.3 Canada 14.3.4 Latin America 15 Selected Vendors 15.1 Air Liquide 15.2 Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. 15.3 Ballard Power Systems 15.4 FirstElement Fuel Inc. 15.5 FuelCell Energy, Inc. 15.6 Hydrogenics Corporation 15.7 The Linde Group 15.8 Nel Hydrogen 15.9 Nuvera Fuel Cells 15.10 Praxair 15.11 Proton OnSite / SunHydro 15.11.1 Proton Onsite 15.11.2 SunHydro 16 Market Forecasts 16.1 Overview 16.2 Global Hydrogen Station Market 16.2.1 Hydrogen Station Deployments 16.2.2 Hydrogen Stations Capacity 16.2.3 Hydrogen Station Costs 16.3 Asia - Pacific Hydrogen Station Market 16.3.1 Hydrogen Station Deployments 16.3.2 Hydrogen Stations Capacity 16.3.3 Hydrogen Station Costs 16.4 Europe, Middle East and Africa 16.4.1 Hydrogen Station Deployments 16.4.2 Hydrogen Station Capacity 16.4.3 Hydrogen Station Costs 16.5 Americas 16.5.1 Hydrogen Station Deployments 16.5.2 Hydrogen Station Capacity 16.5.3 Hydrogen Station Costs 17 Conclusions 17.1 Hydrogen as a Fuel 17.2 Rollout of Fuel Cell Vehicles 17.3 Hydrogen Station Deployments 17.4 Funding Requirements 17.5 Customer Experience 17.6 Other Findings

Along with the company's portfolio of conventional coal, nuclear and natural gas power plants, Crane began investing in the mid-2000s in large wind and solar power plants, and acquiring companies involved in rooftop solar installations, home efficiency tools and electric vehicle charging networks.