"GREEN" NEWS
* New Zealand - Christchurch Buses To Trial BiodieselHavelock Nth,Hawkes Bay,New Zealand -newswire.co.nz -11 Sep 2006: -- Biodiesel is being trialled as an alternative fuel on some Christchurch buses to help decide whether it is a viable option for the future... Canterbury Regional Council is launching a 12-month trial of the buses today to assess how the fuel performs in the Canterbury climate... Four buses using a blend of plant oil and animal fat will be trialled, but other types of biodiesel may be introduced on other buses during the year... She says biodiesel tends to crystallise in engine components in the cold...
* Canada - Bus of the future debuts in Winnipeg
Winnipeg,Canada -The Winnipeg Sun -13 Sept 2006: -- The zero-combustion vehicle is more advanced than previous generations of hydrogen-powered buses and emits no pollution, only water vapour... Hydrogenics Corporation, a major Canadian developer and manufacturer of fuel cells and hydrogen production systems, is the lead partner in the project... Hydrogenics developed the bus with financial support from Natural Resources Canada in collaboration with Winnipeg's New Flyer Industries, Dynetek Industries of Calgary, and ISE Research and Maxwell Technologies of California...
* USA - SunLine Purchases Eco-Friendly Buses
THOUSAND PALMS, Calif.,USA -CBS -Sep 14, 2006: -- SunLine Transit Agency purchased 15 new passenger buses, including a low-emission hydrogen hybrid bus and a zero-emission fuel cell bus... The buses are part of an effort to replace its old fleet to better meet the demands of the growing Coachella Valley... The new 40-foot, 47-passenger "Orion V" buses produced by Daimler-Chrysler run on compressed natural gas and were obtained with grant funding from the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee... (Photo: CBS file - SunLine Transit Agency to buy new buses)
* USA - Portland's yellow fleet of green buses
Portland,OR,USA -OregonLive.com, by Chatten Hayes -Sept 14, 2006: -- ... Battered by the fuel crisis of the late 1970s and increasingly strict air-quality regulations, Portland Public Schools began to convert its bus fleet to propane in 1983, requiring its contractor, Laidlaw Education Services, to do the same. The fleet totals 310 vehicles; 269 are converted. Of those, 110 buses belong to the district, and the others are contracted to Laidlaw... Portland Public School fleet manager Phil Weber wasn't a fan of propane when he took the job, but he was happily surprised. "It was the fiscal thing, and the fact that it could run reliably," Weber says. "It's a good fuel." ...
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