FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 2004

ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION FUELS TODAY

A Daily News Summary Covering Natural Gas, Propane & Biofuel

New B20 Fueling Stations Open in East Tennessee

Three Mr. Gas Texaco stations in east Tennessee have begun offering biodiesel fuel to local customers.

The fueling stations in both Alcoa and Newport sell B20, a fuel blend of 20 percent biodiesel and 80 percent standard petroleum diesel, while the station in Loudon offers 100 percent biodiesel.

The effort to bring biodiesel fuel to the region was led by McNutt Oil.

Contact: Pete Gale, McNutt Oil, phone 865-983-4280.

(EIN STAFF: 4/14)
 

New Ethanol Plant Opens in West Burlington, IA

Local Iowa television station WQAD recently reported the opening of a new $55-million ethanol production facility in the city of West Burlington.

According to facility manager Edgar Seward, the Big River Resources ethanol plant is expected to generate enough of the alternative fuel in one year's time "to fill 30 million cars with 10-percent blend one time."

In addition to proving a boon to local corn growers, WQAD said the new plant will create 34 new employment opportunities.

(WQAD-TV: 4/7)
 

IOC to Power Buses with HCNG Blend

IndiaExpress recently reported that the government-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) plans to launch a 1-billion-rupee (about $22.7-million) "Hydrogen Blue Print" initiative that will include the use of a hydrogen and compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel blend (HCNG) to power the company's bus fleet.

According to the newspaper, IOC plans to produce hydrogen at either its Mathura or Panipat refinery.

"No engine modification is needed if eight to 10 percent of hydrogen is mixed with CNG," said IOC chairman M S Ramachandran. "We plan to mix hydrogen and CNG in a one to 10 ratio and use the doped fuel to run our buses at either of the refineries on an experimental basis."

The newspaper noted that IOC expects to begin operating an initial set of buses with HCNG by next year.

(INDIAEXPRESS: 4/14)
 

Weekly Update

NORTH AMERICAN GAS STRATEGIES CONFERENCE, April 19-20, 2004, Houstonian Hotel, Houston, TX

10TH NATIONAL CLEAN CITIES CONFERENCE AND EXPO, May 2-5, 2004, Greater Ft. Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

2004 TOUR DE SOL: THE GREAT AMERICAN GREEN TRANSPORTATION FESTIVAL, May 21-25, 2004, Burlington, NJ, Trenton, NJ, New York, NY

10TH ANNUAL EUROPEAN NGV CONFERENCE & EXHIBIT AND ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MEMBERS, May 25-27, 2004, TBA, Graz, Austria

14TH ANNUAL EPAC ETHANOL CONFERENCE, June 13-15, 2004, Great Northern Hotel, Helena, MT

WINDSOR WORKSHOP: TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY & FUELS FORUM, June 14-17, 2004, Westin Harbor Castle, Toronto, Ontario

CLIMATE CHANGE CENTRAL CONFERENCE -- SHIFTING GEARS: SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY FOR WESTERN MUNICIPALITIES, June 16-17, 2004, Westin Hotel, Edmonton, Alberta

BBI INTERNATIONAL'S 20TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL FUEL ETHANOL WORKSHOP & TRADESHOW, June 22-25, 2004, Monona Terrace Convention Center, Madison, WI

INTERNATIONAL HYDROGEN DRIVE 2004, June 28-July 12, 2004, Los Angeles, CA to Vancouver, BC

4TH NATIONAL FEDERAL FLEET MANAGER WORKSHOP AND INFORMATION FAIR -- FEDFLEET 2004: THE ROAD TO THE FUTURE IS NOW, July 20-22, 2004, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York, NY

ACE ANNUAL MEETING & ETHANOL CONFERENCE, August 10-12, 2004, Duluth Entertainment Convention Center, Duluth, MN

ENERGY TECHNOLOGY EXPO & CONFERENCE, August 31-September 1, 2004, Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO

ALTWHEELS TRANSPORTATION FESTIVAL, September 17-19, 2004, Larz Anderson Museum of Transportation, Brookline, MA

CLEAN VEHICLE EDUCATION FOUNDATION'S 22ND NATIONAL NGV CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION, September 19-21, 2004, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, TX

MICHELIN CHALLENGE BIBENDUM 2004, October 12-14, 2004, TBA, Shanghai, China

NGV 2004: A ROAD TO A BETTER WORLD -- 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION FOR NATURAL GAS VEHICLES, October 26-28, 2004, Centro Costa Salguero, Buenos Aires, Argentina

(EIN STAFF: 4/16)