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Daimler to provide natural gas-powered trucks to California port company
Posted by admin on 10 Dec 2008 | Tagged as: Natural Gas
California Cartage, a drayage company in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, will begin using 132 natural gas-powered Daimler trucks by the end of the year.
Cal Cartage is taking delivery of 132 Sterling Set-back 113-inch, 320-hp daycabs by the end of the year as part of a long-term plan to make trucks under its control greener. The company is exchanging the 2010-compliant LNG trucks for the oldest, most heavily polluting trucks driven by its owner-operators.
Construction begins on hybrid solar plant
Posted by admin on 05 Dec 2008 | Tagged as: Natural Gas, Solar
Florida Power and Light began construction on the world’s first hybrid solar plant on December 2nd. The solar-natural gas hybrid will be operational in 2010.
Once complete, the new facility will pair a solar-thermal field with a combined-cycle natural gas power plant. Together, they’re expected to use less fossil fuel when the sun is out while helping to produce steam to generate electricity.
Toyota unveils compressed natural gas Camry
Posted by admin on 20 Nov 2008 | Tagged as: Natural Gas
Toyota’s new compressed natural gas-fueled Camry was unveiled at the Los Angeles Auto Show on November 19.
The combined fuel-economy rating is 33 mpg–close the conventional hybrid’s 34 mpg–and it doesn’t use a drop of gasoline. The two CNG tanks are installed in the well for the spare tire, and they have the equivalent of eight gallons of gasoline and a range of at least 250 miles.
Compressed natural gas vehicles are now available
Posted by admin on 18 Nov 2008 | Tagged as: Natural Gas
Owners of the new Honda Civic that runs on compressed natural gas find the vehicles economical and environmentally-friendly.
Francis invested in this natural gas pump for his garage at home called the “Phill”. The Phill station connects right to your home natural gas line, and as a result you save even more money than buying at a local national fuel station. Francis is paying a dollar ten to a dollar twenty for a gallon of gas, he says, “its a beautiful car, runs great and the emissions are zero, or near zero.”
