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3.11.14

ALTERNATIVE FUELS * USA - Study: Natural Gas

* California - Study  shows biodiesel blends in buses reduce PM 

San Jose,CAL,USA -Busworld (Belgium) -3 Nov 2014: -- A new study on the combustion properties of biodiesel for use in urban transit buses found that using biodiesel can effectively reduce the mass of particulate matter released in both hot and cold idle modes...  The study, published by the Mineta National Transit Research Consortium (MNTRC), observed a reduction in amount of particulate matter, number of elements, and elemental carbon; the reduction is considered beneficial to promoting the clean air and human health... The researchers found that biodiesel has many advantages over regular diesel even in a very low blend percentage, including low emissions of particulate matter, combustion elements (mainly sulfur), elemental carbon, and carbon monoxide. In sum, they recommended that governments consider using blends of biodiesel in urban and commercial vehicles to enhance air quality... Particulate matter (PM) samples were collected through field tests of 10 different transit buses to investigate the source of elements in the emission gases. A similar procedure was followed to collect and analyze PM from the laboratory combustion experiments to determine precisely which elements are from biodiesel fuels. A total of eleven inorganic and metal elements were detected in the laboratory experiments, while fifteen elements were observed in field experiments. Calcium (Ca), sodium (Na), and iron (Fe) were the major elements found in the PM emissions in both the field experiments (77 to 85 wt %) and the lab experiments (up to 90 wt%)...
* Tennessee - Study: Best current use of N.G. in efficient production of electriciby for EV's

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Oak Ridge,TN,USA -Green Car Congress, by Mike Millikin -13 Oct 2014: -- A well-to-wheels analysis of the use of natural gas for passenger vehicles by a team of researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has found that, with a high PTW (pump-to-wheels) efficiency and the potential for high electrical generation efficiency with NGCC (natural gas combined cycle) turbines, natural gas currently is best used in an efficient stationary power application for charging EVs... However, they also noted, high PTW efficiencies and the moderate fuel economies of current compressed natural gas vehicles (CNGVs) make them a viable option as well. If CNG were to be eventually used in hybrids, the advantage of the electric generation/EV option shrinks... The study investigated the WTW energy and emissions from the use of natural gas in CNGVs with a range of CNGV fuel economy and natural gas compressor efficiency. The authors compared these results to a range of fuel economies from an EV that was charged from electricity produced from the US mix and a range of natural gas turbines with varying efficiencies...

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28.2.11

GREEN NEWS * USA - CARB announces second year of grants for hybrid trucks and buses

Sacramento,CAL,USA -The Trucker News Services -22 Feb 2011:  --  The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has initiated its second year of grants totaling $19 million for hybrid vehicle technology that significantly reduces smog-forming and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions... The Hybrid Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Program will provide vouchers on a first-come, first-served basis to help California fleets purchase fuel-efficient hybrid medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. At least $2 million of these funds will be set aside for California public fleets to increase the number of hybrid vehicles... Interested public and private fleets can reserve a voucher for up to $40,000 through a participating dealership at the time the vehicle is ordered. The voucher is then redeemed at the time of purchase...

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14.10.10

GREEN BUSES * USA - Operator Gary Bauer Introduces Solar Bus at BusCon

The solar powering system retrofitted to a 52-passenger Setra motorcoach can handle onboard electronics with the engine off

Chicago,ILL,USA -Solar Hybrid Bus -October 6, 2010: -- To help transportation companies nationwide comply with strict anti-idling laws, Gary Bauer of BAUER’S INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION in San Francisco introduced a bus featuring the new Solar Hybrid Bus Powering System at the BusCon Conference & Expo last week...   The Solar Bus consists of four thin film solar panels that run the length of the bus and charge an on-board battery bank. When the bus engine is off, the batteries power the air-conditioning and wireless connectivity equipment, enabling the buses to effectively meet anti-idling standards without compromising passenger comfort...   Bauer said the new bus may also provide a savings of up to $14,000 in fuel per bus per year and reduce up to 345,000 grams of NOx per bus per year while conforming to the Airborne Toxic Control Measure. The law states that a vehicle cannot idle for more than five minutes, and only 30 seconds when parked within 100 feet of a school... (Photo: The 57-passenger Setra with rooftop solar panels has been reconfigured for an interior floor plan with 52 seats and some table seatings)

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15.4.10

Enviro-friendly Gadgets * USA - Older school buses getting enviro-friendly gadgets ones


(Photo by Meredith Spencer/The Vicksburg Post - Donald Johnson of Waters Truck and Tractor installs one of the new diesel oxidation catalysts on a bus)

Vicksburg,MISS,USA -The Vicksburg Post, by Danny Barrett Jr. -April 7, 2010: -- Public school students in Vicksburg and Warren County might be breathing a bit easier due to green technology installed this week on the oldest buses in the Vicksburg Warren School District’s fleet..

(Photo: A pile of the old catalytic converters)Diesel Oxidation Catalysts, or DOCs, are replacing traditional catalytic converters on eligible buses statewide built between 1998 and 2006, including 35 here.
The newer converters contain a porous, honeycomb-like structure that is coated with a material that triggers a chemical reaction to reduce pollution. No maintenance is needed for DOCs and they don’t affect the fuel economy of the buses, according to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, which bought and paid for installation with money from the federal stimulus act and grants from the Environmental Protection Agency. Emissions of particulate matter should be cut 40 percent and hydrocarbons cut 70 percent as a result of the DOCs, according to MDEQ...

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15.1.10

GREEN NEWS * USA - Pearl buses getting catalysts to reduce emmissions

Rankin,MISS,USA -Rankin Ledger -January 14, 2010: -- Starting Thursday, school buses of the Pearl Public School District will be equipped with catalysts to reduce emissions, environmental officials say... The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality will begin installation as an effort to protect student’s health through reducing harmful emissions, department spokesman Robbie Wilbur said in a news release today... The diesel oxidation catalysts reduce particulate matter by 40 percent, hydrocarbons by 70 percent and carbon monoxide by 40 percent, according to the release... The catalysts are being put on buses built before 2006. Newer school buses don’t need them...

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14.5.09

GREEN NEWS * Sweden - 50 Cars or 1 Bus?



Stockholm,Sweden -Eco Street (UK)/Responsible Transport, by Tracy Stokes -May 4, 2009: -- Swedish advertising agency, Acne, have built an enormous bus out of 50 cars at the side of the road on the way to the airport... This very effective “billboard” highlights the fact that while each car driving to the airport takes only 1.2 passengers, the Airport Coach takes over 50... The emissions saved by taking the bus are considerable, because the bus only emits that CO2 that 4 cars would... (Video from YouTube, by ACNEDigital -29 April 2009)

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2.2.08

"GREEN" NEWS * India - City buses to switch over to CNG soon

Nearly 50 per cent of the APSRTC fleet in the twin cities will switch over to CNG fuel in the next three months

Hyderabad,India -The Times of India -30 Jsn 2008: -- ... Stating that 35 per cent of the gross earnings was being spent on fuel alone, Dinesh Reddy said that the corporation would save Rs 108 crore if the current efficiency of 5.23 kilometres per litre KMPL) was improved to 5.6 KMPL. Nearly 2,675 city buses are plying in the twin cities and 50 per cent of them would switch over to CNG in the next three months...

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13.1.08

GREEN NEWS * Brazil - São Paulo joins EU's BEST project with pure ethanol bus trial; over 400 in operation so far

Sao Paulo,Brazil -Biopact (Brussel,Belgium) -January 13, 2008: -- The University of São Paulo's (USP) Cenbio (National Center for Biomass Technologies) of the Electrotechnical Institute of Energy (IEE), has joined an EU-led international project aimed at researching and stimulating the use of ethanol in public transport... The €17.7 million BEST project (Bioethanol for Sustainable Transport) now has more than 160 buses running on the fuel in cities across Europe and in China. Sweden is the leader and has been operating ethanol buses for over 15 years, with more than 400 now on the road... The participation of Brazil is logical, because the country is the largest user of the biofuel. Under BEST, the megacity of São Paulo will trial a set of buses running on a special E95 hydrous alcohol fuel for one year to demonstrate the nearly pure biofuel's viability and to study its emissions profile. The vehicles will serve the metropolitan Jabaquara corridor, with nine terminals and four municipalities: São Paulo, Diadema, São Bernardo do Campo and Sainto André. This 33-km line will transport 1900 travelers per day. (See video at O Globo).

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7.1.08

GREEN NEWS * USA

* Better technology increases efficiency of Daimler hybrid buses

New York,NY,USA -Ecofriend.org, by mahua -Jan 5 2008: -- The Daimler hybrid diesel-electric buses running in New York City have been a hit and Daimler has received to add few more of these... These buses boast of high technological development. The regenerative braking technology helps save energy every time a bus slows down, this again is converted ad stored in the energy storage system... Reducing wearing of brakes, these buses also ensure economical fuel use as the efficient propulsion system equally plays its part... These buses promise 30% better fuel economy, 90% less particulate matter and 30% fewer greenhouse gas emissions. The buses not only look hi-tech but also are ready to fight for a cause to keep our planet free from greenhouse gases...



* Florida's Diesel Electric Hybrid Buses


Sarasota,FL,USA -Green-trust.org, by Steve Spence -January 05, 2008: -- Farther away from the beach I saw this city bus. Hybrid diesel-electric. It was really quiet zooming away from a stoplight & was hitting 40 mph... The GILLIG Hybrid is a variant of the Low Floor model that is powered by a clean diesel hybrid electrical propulsion system. It reduces emissions, saves on fuel and is smoother and quieter than a conventional bus, so it is environmentally and economically responsible while also being passenger and community friendly... The hybrid drive system is supplied by GM’s Allison Division, and uses the latest parallel drive technology which is more efficient than the traditional series systems. Long life, non-hazardous, and maintenance free NiMH batteries capture and store braking energy and advanced solid state controllers manage and blend power sources to optimize performance and efficiency...


* Commuting by Road, but Not by Car

New York,NY,USA -The New York Times, by DAVID McKAY WILSON -January 6, 2008: -- For eight years, Brenda J. Murtha, a pension consultant with Aetna, drove 50 miles round-trip from her home in Colchester, Conn., to her job in downtown Hartford. But when Aetna recently announced that employees would be charged to park, she decided to try CT Transit’s Marlborough-Colchester Express bus... Two months later, Ms. Murtha is still enjoying the ride. She says she saves about $300 a month in gas by leaving her Ford Explorer in Colchester, and with Aetna’s monthly mass-transit incentive jumping to $50 this month, she will be spending just $15 a month to commute... (Photo by Thomas McDonald/The New York Times - Brenda J. Murtha commutes by bus to her job in Hartford)

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20.12.07

SOLAR SYSTEM * USA - Metro Buses Going 'Green'

Solar Panel System To Save Metro $200,00 Per Year

Los Angeles,CA,USA -CBS 2 -Dec 19, 2007: -- Metro officials Wednesday showed off their new 498-kilowatt solar power system at its Carson bus division's maintenance facility. With 1,632 solar panels, the system is claimed to be the largest solar power installation in a single transit site in the United States... The Metro Transit Agency expects to save $200,000 per year in enrgy costs... The $4.2 million system was paid for in part with $1.2 million in incentives from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and Southern California Gas Company's Self-Generation Program... (Photo: Metro officials expect to save $200,000 in power costs with the new solar plant)

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22.11.07

"GREEN" NEWS * USA - Texas Gives Rebates for Clean Running School Buses

Austin,TX,USA -Enviromental News Service -November 12, 2007: -- The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is reimbursing school districts for the cost of reducing diesel exhaust emissions from their school buses... The commission began accepting applications on November 10 from Texas school districts who would like to get back the $800 to $7,500 they have spent on each pollution control device used on a school bus to limit toxic exhaust gases...

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8.11.07

CLEAN AIR * Colombia - Puradyn Receives Green Light for Buses in Colombia

Bogota,Colombia -CNNMoney.com (USA) -November 06, 2007: -- Puradyn Filter Technologies Incorporated, today announced its distributor in Colombia, Arbel Trading Company LTDA ('Arbel'), has received a purchase order for an additional 120 puraDYN® oil filtration systems from a major Colombian bus company, bringing the total of systems for transmissions ordered to over 300... This purchase order is the result of Puradyn's successful conclusion of a year-long evaluation on bus transmissions. With this most recent order, the population of puraDYN systems on bus engines and transmissions in Colombia now exceeds 700 units.

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* China - Clean Air Technology for Beijing buses

Beijing,China -Jobwerx(Seattle,WASH,USA) -5 Nov 2007: -- BASF Catalysts brings clean air technology, the first in mainland China, to Beijing transit buses by supplying selective catalytic reduction systems... To meet Euro IV emission standards, selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalysts are part of first Euro IV diesel engines in China... About 450 of the specially equipped buses will be on Beijing streets by the end of 2007, with an additional 600 buses scheduled for 2008. The SCR systems, from BASF Catalysts, are projected to cut NOx (nitrogen oxides) emissions from the buses by more than 60 percent... (Photo berichte.basf.de: Vehicle catalysts are tested under long-term conditions at BASF's catalyst testing facility in Union, New Jersey. Complex electronic sensors are used to record all exhaust gas values during testing. The experts at BASF Catalysts are among the leading innovators in the development and optimization of catalysts for gasoline and diesel engines)

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12.10.07

"GREEN" News * Malaysia - Nadicorp gets US$53m loan for CNG buses

Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia -The Star -October 9, 2007: -- Nadicorp Holdings Sdn Bhd has finalised a syndicated loan agreement for US$53mil to invest in compressed natural gas (CNG) engine technology that will see the group becoming the first bus operator in Malaysia using CNG-powered buses... "With CNG technology, Nadicorp would be able to mitigate escalating diesel costs with up to 24% or RM300 fuel savings per month per bus,” executive chairman Datuk Mohd Nadzmi Mohd Salleh said after the signing ceremony yesterday...

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5.10.07

Iconic Bus Goes Green * UK - London’s Double Decker

London,UK -Inhabitat (USA), by Jorge -October 2, 2007: -- We’re all familiar with London’s iconic Double Decker buses, which have been a part of the British transportation system and pop culture for the better part of the last 50 years. And now those iconic buses are going from red to green, turning to hybrid diesel-electric engines... As part of the Mayor of London’s plan for an increased reliance on energy efficient vehicles to power the city’s transport infrastructure, Transport for London, the British agency responsible for public transportation, has introduced one hybrid bus across route 141... The current hybrid bus is powered by a hybrid diesel-electric engine. Thanks to the mixture of both systems, the bus is able to cover the same distance range as a conventional diesel bus...

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18.8.07

"GREEN" NEWS * USA

* Centro Buses to Run on Biodiesel
Syracuse, NY,USA - WTVH -15 Aug 2007: -- Fifty-five of Centro's buses are now converted to run on biodiesel fuel. It's part of the agency's commitment to becoming more environmentally friendly... Biodiesel is a little more expensive and has to be trucked in from out of town, but Centro's Executive Director says it's worth it. He calls it the next logical step toward a greener Central New York...

* New law prompts districts to change school buses
A new law that prohibits school buses from idling while parked on school grounds is prompting some school districts to modify their buses
Shelburne,Vt,USA -The Boston Globe (Boston,Mass) -August 16, 2007: -- ... The Chittenden South Supervisory Union recently outfitted 48 buses with a new electronic system that allows the buses' red loading lights to flash without running down the battery when the engine is shut off... The changes cost about $400 per bus, said Chittenden South District Transportation Supervisor, Ken Martin... (Photo by images.businessweek.com - Orchard House: Orchard Road, Shelburne, Vt. )

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7.8.07

* Canada - More people than ever are jumping on buses in the West Shore

Buses switch to biofuel

Langford,British Columbia,Canada -The Goldstream News Gazette, by By Rudy Haugeneder -Aug 03 2007: -- ... Ridership on the West Shore has grown 11 per cent in the last year —— 10 times higher than the rest of the Capital Region, says Ron Drolet, BC Transit’s vice-president of customer Service... Because of that, BC Transit is adding 10 large “conventional” buses and five smaller community buses to its fleet... And the new buses will run cleaner and smoother than ever before, he adds... (Photo: Increased ridership on the West Shore means BC Transit is adding 15 new buses to its fleet come September. All the new buses will be running on biodiesel — a mix of diesel and liquified soya beans and corn)

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2.8.07

"GREEN" NEWS - Finland - Helsinki get cleaner buses fuelled by natural gas

Kamppi terminal still off limits to gas-fired vehicles

Helsinki,Uusimaa,Finland -The Helsingin Sanomat -1 Aug 2007: -- Ten new buses that use natural gas as their fuel will be introduced to Helsinki's regional transit system in August... Emissions from the buses, bought by Helsingin Bussiliikenne, fall below the Euro 5 norms which will take effect in a couple of years... Tests indicate that emissions of carbon monoxide from the gas-fired engines are close to zero grammes per kilometre. The norms allow CO emissions of up to three grammes per kilometre. The gas buses emit clearly less solid particles than diesel vehicles do... (Photo by JENNIINA NUMMELA/HS: The underground bus terminal at the Kamppi Center remains off limits for buses fuelled by natural gas)

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Biodiesel * France - Transport Fleet Pioneers the Use of O2Diesel in

O2Diesel Corporation today announced that it will commence the first use of its proprietary clean burning ethanol diesel blend O2Diesel in France in conjunction with Veolia Transport, one of the world's largest transit system operators

Paris,France -Money CNN.com -July 30, 2007: -- O2Diesel will begin its first European demonstration at Veolia's bus fleet operations in Angouleme in the Bordeaux region of France... This project follows the company's recent announcement that it has received the regulatory approval necessary to commence the use of its proprietary clean burning ethanol diesel blend O2Diesel in the French market...

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Battery Powered Buses * China - Olympics to use 50 Li-ion

About 50 buses powered by Li-ion battery will be put into ervice for the Beijing Olympics next year...

Beijing,China -Xinhua -30 July 2007: -- ... running a total distance of 10.4 kilometers for athletes and officials, according to a Beijing official... The buses will be used in three loop lines in the Olympic village, the northern area of arena and the press village... On request of the organizing committee of the Beijing Olympics which was committed to a green Olympics, vehicles using electric power are needed during the games... All the 50 buses are solely powered by a kind of Li-ion battery which is different from various of existing hybrid electric vehicles, according to Sun Fengchun, an electric car expert with Beijing Institute of Technology... (Photo by The Energy Blog: lithium-ion batteries to hybrid trucks and buses)

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