Carrefour Targets Large Biomethane Truck Fleet the First French Retailer to Make a Commitment of This Scale
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Volume 14 #3 Number 160 May 2015 200 green lorries by 2017 Carrefour targets large biomethane truck fleet The first French retailer to make a commitment of this scale. LNG in Finland The Netherlands Decision made on Chart helps Shell to bunkering and fuel pioneer service in infrastructure Rotterdam 2 May 2015 Gas Vehicles Report NGV European News 4 European Association April Report 6 The Italian NGV Industry 8 Ecomotori 10 Ecomotive Solutions 11 LNG Section 12 H2 transportation 18 LPG News 21 Electric Vehicles 23 Worldwide NGV statistics 32 The GVR: 2015 Journalistic Timetable Edition Month Deadline Special report 156 January 14 December LNG vehicles. Potential and applications 157 February 14 January A new challenge to face: biomethane widespread use in transportation. 158 March 14 February Cylinder outlook: market needs and new technologies 159 April 14 March Non-traditional European markets. Business Opportunities.NGVAfrica (Refueling Africa) 160 May 14 April L-NGV 2015 San Diego. 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This mode of delivery can reduce CO2 emissions by 90%, other pollutants by 80% and can Iveco marked its 20th anniversary of manufacturing completely eliminate fine particle emissions. Furthermore, natural gas-powered commercial vehicles with the official these vehicles are in compliance with the PIEK standard launch of its New Daily Natural Power range at the CV Show. which guarantees noise levels of under 65 The company displayed of a New Daily 35S14G on its stand dB – they cut down noise pollution by 50%. – the first of the latest generation New Daily range to be built with a gas-powered engine specifically for the UK market. It Following successful tests over the last two years in Lille and can operate on CNG or biomethane and features a 3.0 liter then Paris, Carrefour has decided to extend this new mode engine producing up to 136 hp, with a maximum torque of of transport to France’s other major urban areas – Lyon, 350 Nm between 1,500 and 2,730 rev/min. Bordeaux and Marseille – starting in 2015. By the end of a three-year roll-out plan, Carrefour will have 200 biomethane “Natural gas is still the most effective and immediately trucks in circulation by 2017, supplying 250 of the retailer’s available technology for solving problems related to air quality city-based stores in France. in urban areas. It’s why we continue to invest in developing the technology and have homologated it for our latest Russia generation New Daily,” said Martin Flach, Product Director at Iveco UK. “From an economic 95 PAZ-329412 buses powered by compressed natural gas standpoint for customers, natural gas costs around 25% were purchased by passenger carriers of Krasnodar under less than diesel, even at today’s pump prices, and in turn the state program on gas vehicles introduction. GAZ Group significantly reduces the total cost of ownership of is the largest Russian manufacturer of buses of all classes gas-powered vehicles.” and purposes running on methane and was the first among domestic manufacturers to develop and start mass produc- New Daily Natural Power models are ideally suited to firms tion of these buses. seeking to reduce their environmental impact, whilst benefiting from a proven alternative fuel technology. Now with The medium-duty PAZ-320412 is designed to serve urban Euro VI certification, New Daily Natural Power models are and suburban routes, able to transport 50 particularly well suited for urban operators which have to passengers, including 29 seats, as well as a specially work within Low Emission Zones, whilst the reduction in equipped place for people with reduced mobility. It is operating noise of 5 dB(A) compared with its diesel completed with a Cummins Euro-5 gas engine offering equivalent gives fleets greater flexibility for night-time and 196.7 hp. CNG is filled in six 62-liter cylinders and a early morning deliveries. 50-liter cylinder, thus allowing a fuel distance of up to 320 km, all-metal cylinders are arranged in the body base. New Dailys running on CNG or CBM offer the same perfor- mance as a diesel engine, plus they are able to access un- Moreover, this bus has a high return on investment due to derground parking areas and travel on ferries, without the effective economic indicators: the low fuel price, the limitations affecting some other alternative fuels. minimum ratio of fuel consumption and a high well-balanced service life of vehicle and powertrain provide Operators can select from many New Daily Natural Power the advantageous cost of ownership and operation. models, starting from 3.5 tons van and chassis cabs with single or twin rear-wheels up to the 7 tons van and 7.2 tons During 2014 about 400 natural gas buses were chassis cabs. The models are fitted with a small gasoline delivered by GAZ Group to such regions as Moscow, Nizhny tank reserve, allowing an additional range of up to 50 miles Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, Izhevsk, and others. in a de-rated engine mode, in the event of running out of na- tural gas. The vehicle range, whilst operating on gas, can Netherlands vary between models, with extended range tanks available for longer wheelbase GDF Suez LNG Solutions, the Dutch subsidiary of GDF Suez, vehicles to allow a range of more than 200 miles. has unveiled at Leeuwarden the first liquefied natural gas filling station for Dutch commercial vehicles in Since Iveco manufactured its first Natural Power vehicle in the north of the Netherlands. According to GDF Suez, 1995, it has gone on to deliver more than 13,000 light, natural gas now offers a realistic alternative to diesel, so this medium and heavy commercial vehicles, and Iveco Buses, new site is central to the Group’s commitment to into service in Europe, including more than 2,000 vehicles in develop clean sustainable mobility solutions. 2013 alone. The project is being run in partnership with the Salland Olie Firezone filling station in Leeuwarden and France FrieslandCampina, the Dutch dairy products cooperative. The new facility will be the template for around fifteen other LNG At the International Weather and Climate Forum, stations to be developed by GDF Suez LNG Carrefour announced that it was rolling out 200 trucks run- Solutions throughout the country. ning on biomethane for its deliveries in France’s main urban areas (Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux, Marseille and Lille) between Dutch local and regional authorities are actively now and 2017. Carrefour is so far the first French retailer encouraging the use of LNG fuel as a route to improving air to make a commitment of this scale to quality. The road transportation industry and the use of a reducing the environmental impact of its deliveries and clean vehicle fuel could make a major contribution to tackling waste. achieving that goal, because LNG fuel reduces CO2, fine particulate and nitrogen oxides (NOx). LNG-fueled engines The company has brought in an ambitious logistics and also run quieter. transportation policy in a bid to reduce its CO2 emissions, the aim being to achieve a 40% reduction in GDF Suez LNG Solutions was established in 2012 to greenhouse gas emissions between 2009 and 2020. This introduce a total LNG solution in the Dutch transport new climate initiative will help Carrefour reduce the market, helping shipping companies to make the switch from environmental impact of its deliveries by avoiding more than diesel to natural gas. It makes a sustainable contribution to 20,000 tons of CO2 emissions between now and 2017. the transport sector by selling LNG as a fuel for heavy road Using biomethane-powered trucks is one solution to the transport and shipping in the Netherlands and investing in major challenges in terms of climate change, public health the LNG stations and bunkering facilities. May 2015 Gas Vehicles Report 5 6 May 2015 Gas Vehicles Report European Association May Report Natural Gas Vehicle Association Europe Finland takes leading role in implementation of EU Directive on alternative fuels infrastructure Finland has taken the lead in implementing the EU Directive on deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure, with strong commitment from both the public and private sector to expand the domestic gas refuelling network, in particular the infrastructure for bunkering and distribution of liquefied natural gas (LNG).