natural gas
Hyliion Electrified Powertrain Steps Up to Go 1,000 Miles on a Tank
A Hyliion heavy-duty truck on display at an industry show in 2018. Hyliion calls its longhaul, fully electric powertrain the Hypertruck Electric Range Extender (ERX). (Hyliion)
Thomas Healy, the founder and CEO of Hyliion Inc., used to feel like he was on the sidelines of trucking’s electric playing field, but not anymore.
June 30, 2020Clean Energy Fuels Offers Cost Calculator to Fleets
A Clean Energy Fuels filling station in Hunts Point, N.Y. (Clean Energy Fuels)
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. announced it launched an online calculator to estimate the cost of transitioning an individual vehicle or an entire fleet to natural gas from diesel fuel.
April 24, 2020Trillium Expands CNG Fueling Network
Trillium, a provider of alternative fuels systems and renewable fuels, is adding two public compressed natural gas fueling stations to its California network that will be accessible by heavy-duty vehicles operating in the state’s central valley.
January 3, 2020Natural Gas Glut Has US Exporters Facing Worst-Case Scenario
The Cheniere Energy Inc. liquefied natural gas export terminal in Corpus Christi, Texas. (Eddie Seal/Bloomberg News)
A global glut of natural gas has gotten so massive that U.S. exporters could soon face their worst-case scenario: Halting shipments to get supply and demand back in balance.
November 25, 2019Williams CEO Says Its Gas Pipe Can Help Cuomo’s NY Green Goals
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo by Peter Foley/Bloomberg News
A natural gas pipeline that has been held up by New York could help Gov. Andrew Cuomo meet his ambitious clean energy goals if he approves it, according to the developer behind the $1 billion project.
October 22, 2019Trump to Promote Turning Natural Gas Into Plastics in Pennsylvania
Petrochemical plant being built on the banks of the Ohio River in Monaca, Pa., for the Royal Dutch Shell company. (Gene J. Puskar/AP)
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. — President Donald Trump is showcasing growing efforts to capitalize on western Pennsylvania’s natural gas deposits by turning gas into plastics.
August 13, 2019TruStar Energy Reaches Construction Milestone
A TruStar fueling station. (TruStar Energy Corp.)
TruStar Energy announced it completed construction of its 250th compressed natural gas fueling station, a UPS Inc. facility in Plainfield, Ind.
April 22, 2019Two Texas Oil Towns Among Metros With Fastest Population Growth
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Two Texas economies are reaping the benefits from the oil boom in the Permian Basin with people “voting with their feet.”
April 19, 2019Fortistar Acquires Landfills for Renewable Natural Gas
Clean energy supplier Fortistar, in partnership with financial company Ares Capital Corp., announced it acquired two landfill renewable natural gas facilities in western Pennsylvania from EDF Renewables North America.
April 5, 2019The Case for Natural Gas Engines
UPS is an early adopter of trucks powered by natural gas engines. (UPS Inc.)
I’ve speculated in the past that fleets would tire of natural gas engines, particularly as legislators or regulators began taxing the alternative fuel on the same basis as diesel.
September 21, 2018