By 2050, there will be two billion vehicles in the world - 1.2 billion more than today - doubling energy demand from 2000 levels, and most of them will still be powered by conventional liquid fuels. Meanwhile, every single litre of diesel ...
Tags: Energy, Transportation
PetroChina Co Ltd, the nation's leading oil and natural gas producer, said on Thursday it expects a 20-billion-yuan ($3.3 billion) annual profit boost from the government's natural gas price reform. That inflow will further buoy the ...
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Bill Bennett, BC's minister of energy and mines and minister responsible for Core Review, directed BC Hydro to release its draft Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) and undertake a final round of consultation with First Nations, key stakeholders ...
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Wärtsilä, the marine industry's leading solutions and services provider, is to supply the main propulsion generating sets for a new, environmentally sound, double ended ferry. The ship, which is the first gas fuelled ferry for a ...
Mack Trucks showcased its liquefied natural gas (LNG) powered MACK® Pinnacle™ model to the transportation community today during the Alternative Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo. The on-highway tractor displayed at the show was ...
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It’s reported that Chinese Zhejiang-based stainless steel pipe maker Jiuli Hi-tech Metals planned to initiate hot trails of large-diameter welded pipe mill with annual capacity of 20,000 tons in late September. It’s ...
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On July 18, SINOTRUK Hohhot Branch delivers HOWO LNG trucks to Inner Mongolia Kunlun Energy Co., Ltd. These trucks are mainly used for transporting liquefied natural gas. SINOTRUK HOWO Over recent years, many diesel trucks users are ...
Wärtsilä, the marine industry's leading solutions and services provider, has been awarded an important retrofitting contract by the German shipyard, BVT - Brenn - und Verformungstechnik Bremen GmbH. The project entails converting ...
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Indonesia’s largest petrochemical firm PT Chandra Asri and German company Ferrostaal Industrial Projects GmbH have signed an agreement to set up a methanol-based olefin production complex in Indonesian province of West Papua. ...
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The Obama administration's ongoing delay in ruling on 20 pending applications to export liquefied natural gas is stalling US job creation and GDP growth, according to a new report from a conservative economic think tank. The report, ...
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According to Kenworth’s national sales manager for specialty markets, Andy Douglas, the third annual update on Kenworth’s natural gas progress has customers approaching the topic more proactively. Attitudes are changing from ...
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According to the Government of British Columbia, there will be an estimated one million job openings in the province over the next decade, with opportunities in liquefied natural gas, mining and mineral exploration, and shipbuilding. Of ...
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The response of Asian and global markets to US liquefied natural gas exports will be much stronger and will happen much sooner than many anticipate, putting strong downward pressure on Asian prices, Rice University fellow Kenneth Medlock ...
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Shell's hopes for a new gas-to-liquids mega project on the US Gulf Coast would benefit from much-improved process efficiencies, but any resulting cost savings could be limited by the need to build most of the plant outside the US, Shell ...
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Beijing plans to increase the number of taxis that run on natural gas from the current 99 to 2,000 by the end of July in a trial project to promote the use of clean energy in public transportation. Beijing now has 2,000 vehicles powered ...
Tags: natural gas, clean energy