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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has updated rules making it easier for manufacturers to sell fuelconversion systems—i.e., systems that alter a conventionally-fueled vehicle or engine to enable it to run on an alternativefuel. Overview of Program Elements. Outside useful life.
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John Hofmeister, former President of Shell Oil Company and founder and CEO of Citizens for Affordable Energy (CFAE), is joining the Fuel Freedom Foundation (FFF) Advisory Board. We have to look at the fuels marketplace from a short-, a medium-, and a long-term perspective. We haven’t had that conversation yet. ”.
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liter alternativefuel engines. Strategic investments in new markets and OEM-class products and capabilities will allow Juniper to compete for leadership in the light-duty alternativefuels market, Westport says. manufactures and sells LNG fuel tanks for vehicles. In 2009, Juniper Engines introduced its new 2.0-liter
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Atmos will secure landfill gas and provide it to MLGW for conversion to LNG, which will be delivered to the UPS facility by tractor-trailer. The deal is part of an initiative announced earlier this year by UPS to significantly expand its use of renewable natural gas in UPS’s alternativefuel and advanced technology fleet.
EcoDual , LLC, a provider of dual fuel natural gas conversion systems for heavy-duty diesel trucks, has achieved US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) compliance for installing its systems on 2004 to 2009 Cummins ISX engines. The EcoDual system achieved its EPA compliance under this rule. Stenger Trucking of Barnesville, OH.
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a subsidiary of Clean Energy Fuels Corp., as a Ford Qualified Vehicle Modifier (QVM) for gaseous-fueled vehicles. BAF’s alternativefuel vehicle upfitting capabilities include aftermarket compressed natural gas (CNG) conversions of Ford-manufactured vans, cutaway shuttles, taxis, pick-ups and light-duty trucks.
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