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FiatThe #1methane car maker has sold, justin the Italian market, from January toNovember 2008, 40,000 Panda NaturalPower; 10,500 Multipla NP; 7,000Punto Classic NP; 3,500 Grande PuntoNP and 1,000 Doblò NP.The new modelin the Fiat NGV family, the Grande Punto NP, waslaunched on last 14th of October andhas already received around 10.000orders.It is said that 5% of the whole Fiat production (2,000,000 vehicles/year)are methane-fuelled.

OpelThe Opel Zafira CNG Turbo 1.6 litremodel was designed to run on naturalgas, bio-methane or any combination ofthose two. The car can reach a maximum torque of 210Nm and220km/h. The natural gas fuel consumption is 5.3kg/100km with144g/km of CO2 emission. The combined driving range of CNG orbiogas and gasoline is 520 km, of which370km is fuelled by natural gas/biomethane. The van will be available forsale on this January 2009. FromJanuary to September last year, Opel soldover 75,000 NGVs in Germany, Sweden,

Austria, Italy and Switzerland. About 26% ofall CNG vehicles registered in Europe the firstnine months of 2008 are compact vans.

Mercedes Benz andToyota: hybrid technologyIn September 2008, Mercedes Benz presented a draft study of the EconicNGT in Hannover, Germany. The vehicle ispowered by a combined natural gas andelectric drive. With NG hybrid enginesthe vehicle can achieve a reduction in fuelcosts up to 60 % in comparison with adiesel engine. The combination withhybrid drive could increase the drivingrange by 30%. Also, Toyota unveiled the Camry HybridCNG powered during a show in LosAngeles, USA, last November. The carcombines a 2.4 liter four-cylinder CNG-engine and a hybrid powertrain (electricmotor and generator) and a combineddriving range of 400 km. A pair of type 4CNG cylinders (composite) with a capacityequivalent to 30 litre gasoline areinstalled in the trunk.

GermanyAs reported by NGVA Europe, theFederal Ministry for the Environment,Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safetyhas announced that

European NGV Newsenvironmentally-friendly vehicles that comply with EURO 4 or 5 emissionnorms will be exempt from motor vehicletax from January 2009. The tax is nowcalculated based on CO2 emission as perthe current EU emission standards.Owners of vehicles that meet EURO4norm are entitled to a full year tax waiverwhile those who have EURO5 compliancevehicles are exempt from the motor taxfor two years.

SwedenThe Swan, world leader in eco-labelling,has granted an eco-label for Swedishmethane for vehicles. According toFordonGas, Swedish methane is the firstautomotive fuel in the world to bear theinternationally recognised Swan eco-label. Swan-labelling places demands on everything from the selection of rawmaterials (originated from certified andsustainable cultivation of raw materials,or from waste and residual products andproduced in an ethically correct manner)to combustion in engines (reduced greenhouse gas effect, not leading tohealth problems, comply with a thresholdvalue for energy consumption). The methane that has now receivedSwan licensing consists of 50% renewable biogas.

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FiatDa gennaio a novembre 2008, il maggiorefabbricante di automobili a metano ha venduto, soltanto sul mercato italiano,40'000 Panda Natural Power, 10'500Multipla NP, 7'000 Punto Classic NP, 3'500Grande Punto NP e 1'000 Doblò NP.Il nuovo modello della famiglia NGV Fiat, laGrande Punto NP, è stata lanciata lo scorso14 ottobre e ha già ricevuto circa 10'000ordinazioni.Stando alle informazioni ottenute, il 5% ditutta la produzione Fiat (2'000'000 veicoli/anno) è alimentata a metano.

OpelIl modello Opel Zafira CNG Turbo 1.6 litro èstata disegnata per funzionare a gas naturale, biometano o qualsiasi combinazione dei due combustibili.L’automobile può raggiungere una coppia diavviamento massima pari a 210Nm e220km/h. Il consumo di gas naturale è di5.3kg/100km con un’emissione di144g/km di CO2. La portata combinata diguida di GNC o biogas e benzina è di 520km, di cui 370km di gas naturale/biometano. La monovolume sarà disponibilesul mercato il prossimo gennaio 2009.

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Da gennaio a settembre dell’anno scorso,Opel ha venduto oltre 75'000 veicoli ametano in Germania, Svezia, Austria, Italia eSvizzera. Circa il 26% di tutti i veicoli ametano registrati in Europa i primi novemesi del 2008 sono utilitarie.

Mercedes Benz e Toyota:tecnologia ibridaNel mese di settembre 2008, MercedesBenz ha presentato un progetto di studiodella Econic NGT di Hannover, Germania. Ilveicolo funziona con la combinazione di gasnaturale e guida elettrica. Rispetto a unmotore a diesel, con motori a gas naturaleibridi il veicolo può raggiungere fino al 60%di riduzione dei costi dei combustibili. Lacombinazione con la guida ibrida potrebbeaumentare la portata di guida fino al 30%. Inoltre, nell'ambito di un'esposizione a LosAngeles USA dello scorso mese di novembre,Toyota ha presentato la Camry Hybrid aGNC. L’automobile combina un motore GNCa quattro cilindri di 2.4 litri con un trenoelettrico ibrido (motore elettrico e generatore)e una portata di guida combinata di 400km. Nel baule sono installati un paio di cilindri (compositi) di tipo 4 GNC con unacapacità equivalente a 30 litri di benzina.

GermaniaCome riferito da NGVA Europe, il Ministerofederale per l’ambiente, la protezione dellanatura e la sicurezza nucleare ha annunciatoche i veicoli ecologici che soddisfano lenorme di emissione EURO 4 o 5 sarannoesentati dalle tasse sui motori a partire dalmese di gennaio 2009. Attualmente latassa è calcolata sulla base di emissioniCO2 secondo gli standard dell'UE in vigoreconcernenti le emissioni. Ai proprietari diveicoli che soddisfano la norma EURO4 èconcessa una deroga della tassa di un anno,mentre i titolari di veicoli che soddisfano lanorma EURO5 saranno esentati dalla tassasul motore per 2 anni.

SveziaLa Swan, leader mondiale del label ecologico,ha conferito un marchio ecologico per ilmetano svedese per veicoli. Conformementea quanto dichiarato da FordonGas, il metano svedese è il primo combustibile perautomobili al mondo al quale viene attribuitoil marchio ecologico Swan, riconosciutointernazionalmente. Per l’ottenimento delmarchio Swan è necessario provare tutto,dalla selezione delle materie prime (provenientida coltivazione certificata e sostenibile o daprodotti di scarto o residui e prodotti in modoeticamente corretto) fino alla combustionenei motori (effetto serra ridotto, che noncomporta problemi per la salute, conformea un valore minimo di consumo di energia).Il metano che ha ottenuto la licenza Swancontiene il 50% di biogas rinnovabile.


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FiatDie Nummer 1 unter den Erdgasfahrzeug-Herstellern verkaufte von Januar bisNovember 2008 allein auf dem italieni-schen Markt 40'000 Panda NaturalPower, 10'500 Multipla NP, 7'000 PuntoClassic NP, 3500 Grande Punto NP und100 Doblò NP. Das neue Modell der Fiat-Erdgasserie, der Grande Punto NP,kam am 14. Oktober auf den Markt und essind bereits gegen 10'000 Bestellungeneingegangen. Man sagt, 5% der gesamtenFiat-Produktion (2'000'000 Fahrzeuge/Jahr)werden mit Erdgas betrieben.

OpelDer Opel Zafira CNG Turbo 1,6 Literwurde konzipiert für Erdgas, Biomethan,oder eine Kombination der beiden. Ererreicht ein maximales Drehmoment von210Nm und eine Höchstgeschwindigkeitvon 220km/h. Sein Erdgaskonsumbeträgt 5,3kg/100km mit CO2-Emissionen von 144g/km. Die kombinierteReichweite von CNG oder Biogas undBenzin beträgt 520km, davon werden370km mit Erdgas/Biomethan erreicht.Der Wagen kommt im Januar 2009 inden Verkauf.

Von Januar bis September letzten Jahresverkaufte Opel über 75'000Erdgasfahrzeuge in Deutschland,Schweden, Österreich, Italien und in derSchweiz. Ungefähr 26% aller in den erstenneun Monaten des Jahres 2008 in Europaregistrierten Autos sind Kompaktvans.

Mercedes Benz undToyota: HybridtechnologieIm September 2008 präsentierteMercedes Benz in Hannover eine Studiefür den Econic NGT. Er verfügt über einkombiniertes Erdgasgetriebe mit einemElektromotor. Mit Erdgas-Hybridgetriebenerreicht das Fahrzeug im Vergleich zueinem Dieselmotor eine Reduktion derKraftstoffkosten von bis zu 60%. DieKombination mit einem hybriden Getriebekann die Reichweite um 30% erhöhen.Toyota zeigte an einer Ausstellung in LosAngeles/USA im letzten November zumersten Mal den Camry Hybrid CNG. Dieserverbindet einen 2,4 Liter Vierzylindermotormit einem Hybridgetriebe (elektrischerMotor und Generator) und erreicht einekombinierte Reichweite von 400km. ZweiComposite-Tanks für CNG Typus 4 miteiner Kapazität, die 30 Litern Benzin ent-spricht, sind im Kofferraum untergebracht.

DeutschlandNGVA Europa teilt mit, dasBundesministerium für Umwelt,Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit habeangekündigt, dass umweltverträglicheFahrzeuge, die die Abgasnormen EURO 4und 5 erfüllen, ab Januar 2009 von derKraftfahrzeugsteuer befreit werden. DieSteuer wird neu aufgrund der CO2-Emissionen gemäß den EU-Abgasnormenberechnet. Besitzern von Fahrzeugen, diedie EURO-4-Norm erfüllen, wird eine ganzeJahressteuer erlassen, für Autos, die derEURO-5-Norm entsprechen, entfällt dieKraftfahrzeugsteuer für 2 Jahre.

SchwedenDas weltweit führende Ökolabel Swan hatschwedischem Fahrzeugmethan ein Ökola-bel verliehen. Laut FordonGas ist schwedi-sches Methan der erste Kraftstoff derWelt, der mit dem international anerkannten Swan-Label ausgezeichnetwird. Das Swan-Label kontrolliert alleProduktionsauflagen, von der Auswahl derRohstoffe (aus zertifiziertem und nachhaltigem Anbau oder aus Abfall undRestprodukten, unter ethisch korrektenProduktionsbedingungen hergestellt) biszur Verbrennung im Motor (reduzierterTreibhauseffekt, kein Verursachen gesundheitlicher Belastung, Erfüllen einesGrenzwerts für Energiekonsum). Das vonSwan ausgezeichnete Methan besteht zu50% aus erneuerbarem Biogas.

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Noticias europeas del GNVFiatEl fabricante de autos a metano n°1vendió, sólo en el mercado italiano ydesde enero a noviembre 2008, 40.000Panda Natural Power, 10.500 MultiplaNP, 7.000 Punto Classic NP, 3.500Grande Punto NP y 1.000 Doblò NP.El nuevo modelo de la familia NGV Fiat, elGrande Punto NP, fue lanzado el pasado14 de octubre y ya recibió unas 10.000órdenes. Se comenta que un 5% deltotal de la producción de Fiat(2.000.000 de vehículos/año) sonpropulsados a metano.

OpelEl modelo Opel Zafira CNG Turbo 1,6l fuediseñado para andar a gas natural, biometano o cualquier combinación entreambos. El vehículo alcanza un torquemáximo de 210Nm y 220km/h. El consumo de gas natural es de5,3kg/100km, con emisiones de144g/km de CO2. Su autonomía combinada de GNC o biogas o gasolinaes de 520km, de los cuales 370km agas natural/biogas. Esta van estarádisponible en el mercado desde esteenero de 2009. Desde enero a septiem-bre del año pasado, Opel vendió más de75.000 GNVs en Alemania, Suecia,Austria, Italia y Suiza. Un 26% de losNGV registrados en Europa los primeros9 meses de 2008 son vans.

Mercedes Benz andToyota: tecnología híbridaIn September 2008, Mercedes Benz presented a draft study of the EconicNGT in Hannover, Germany. The vehicle is powered by a combinednatural gas and electric drive. With NG hybrid engines the vehicle canachieve a reduction in fuel costs up to60 % in comparison with a diesel engine. The combination with hybriddrive could increase the driving range by30%.

En septiembre de 2008, Mercedes Benzpresentó un estudio sobre el Econic NGVen Hannover, Alemania. El vehículo esimpulsado por gas natural y electricidad.Con motores a gas natural/híbrido,pueden reducirse hasta un 60% los costos en combustible comparado con lapropulsión diesel. La combinación híbridapuede incrementar la autonomía en un30%.

Además, Toyota mostró el Camry HíbridoGNC durante un show en Los Angeles,EE.UU., el pasado noviembre. El autocombina un motor de cuatro cilindros aGNC de 2.4l, con generador y motoreléctrico; su autonomía es de 400km.Un par de cilindros de composite tipo 4con capacidad equivalente a 30 litros degasolina van instalados en el baúl.

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AlemaniaNGVA Europe reportó que el Ministeriodel Ambiente, Conservación y SeguridadNuclear anunció que los vehículos amigables con el ambiente que cumplencon las normas Euro 4 o 5 serán exentos del impuesto a la motorizacióndesde enero de 2009. La tasa es ahoracalculada en base a las emisiones deCO2 acorde a los estándares de la UE.Quienes posean vehículos acorde anorma Euro 4 no pagarán por todo unaño mientras que la excepción para losEuro 5 es de dos años.

SueciaSwan, líder mundial en ecoetiquetas, haconcedido una al GNV sueco. Acorde aFordonGas, el metano sueco es el primercombustible en el mundo en recibir lainternacionalmente reconocida eco-etiqueta.Los requerimientos de Swan incluyentodo, desde la selección de la materiaprima (originada en certificada y sustentable elaboración de las mismasdesde residuos y producida en forma éticamente correcta) a los motores enlos que se combustiona -reducción degases de efecto invernadero, sin problemasde salud relacionados y cumpliendo requisitos de consumo energético. Elmetano que recibió la licencia de Swanconsiste en un 50% de renovable biogas.

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FiatLe constructeur numéro un de voitures augaz naturel a vendu uniquement sur lemarché italien, de janvier à novembre 2008,40.000 Panda Natural Gaz Power, 10.000Multipla NP, 7.000 Punto Classic NP, 3500Grande Punto NP et 1.000 Doblô NP. Lenouveau modèle de la famille Fiat NGV, laGrande Punto NP , a été lancée le 14 octobre dernier et a déjà engendré près de10.000 bons de commande. Il a été annon-cé que 5% de la production totale de Fiat (2.000.000 de véhicules par an ) sont desvéhicules au méthane.

Opel L’Opel Zafira CNG Turbo 1.6 litre a étéconçue pour rouler au gaz naturel, au bio-méthane ou encore avec une combinaisonquelconque de ces deux gaz. Le couple maximum est de 210 Nm et la vitesse maximum est de 220 km/h. La consommationde gaz naturel est de 5,3 kg/100 km avecune émission de 144gr/km de CO2. Le rayond’action combiné du CNG/Bio-gaz et l’essenceest de 520 km, dont 370 km au gaz. Ce vansera disponible en janvier 2009. De janvier àseptembre l’année dernière, Opel a venduplus de 70.000 NGVs en Allemagne, Suède,Autriche, Italie et Suisse. Près de 26% desvéhicules au CNG immatriculés en Europe

les neuf premiers mois de cette année sontdes vans compacts.

Mercedes Benz et Toyota :technologie hybrideEn septembre 2008, Mercedes Benz aprésenté un avant-projet de l’Econic NGTà Hanovre, en Allemagne. Le véhicule estmotorisé à l’aide d’un système combinéde gaz naturel et d’électricité. Avec unmoteur hybride au gaz naturel, le véhiculepeut atteindre une réduction de 60% enfrais de carburant, comparé au diesel. La combinaison avec la conduite hybridepourrait augmenter le rayon d’action de 30%.Toyota, également, dévoila la CamryHybrid CNG au cours d’un show à LosAngeles aux USA en novembre dernier.Le véhicule combine un moteur 2,4 litres4 cylindres CNG avec un train hybride ( moteur électrique et génératrice) susceptible d’un rayon d’action de 400km. Une paire de 4 cylindres CNG (composite) d’une capacité équivalente de30 litres d’essence est placée au centre.

AllemagneComme rapporté par NGVA Europe, leMinistre Fédéral de l’Environnement, de laConservation de la Nature et de la SécuritéNucléaire a annoncé que les véhicules

propres qui satisfont aux normes d’émissions Euro 4 ou 5 seront exemptésde la taxe de roulage à partir de janvier2009. Cette taxe est actuellement calculéeen se basant sur les émissions de CO2 parrapport aux émissions standards actuellesde l’Union Européenne. Ceux qui possèdentun véhicule qui rencontre la norme Euro 4sont enregistrés comme bénéficiaire decette disposition pour un an tandis que ceuxdont le véhicule répond à la norme Euro 5sont exempt de la taxe pendant deux ans.

SuèdeLe Swan, leader mondial en éco-label, aoctroyé ce label au méthane suédois destiné aux véhicules. Selon Fordongas, leméthane suédois serait le premier carburant automobile au monde à porter ceSwan eco-label reconnu internationalement.Le Swan- labelling place les exigences surtout, de la sélection des matières premières(originaires d’endroits certifiés et de qualitédurable, ou d’ordures et de produits résiduelsélaborés d’une manière éthiquement correcte)à la combustion dans les moteurs( effet deserre réduit, ne conduisant à aucun problème de santé, satisfaisant à unevaleur limite de consommation d’énergie).Le méthane qui vient de recevoir ce labelSwan contient 50% de biogaz renouvelable.

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FiatDe nr. 1 methaan autofabrikant heeftalleen al in de Italiaanse markt, van januari tot november 2008, 40.000Panda Natural Power, 10.500 MultiplaNP, 7.000 Punto Classic N.P., 3.500Grande Punto N.P. en 1.000 Doblo N.P.verkocht. Het nieuwe model in de FiatNGV familie, de Grande Punto N.P., werdop 14 oktober op de markt gebracht enheeft al zo’n 10.000 bestellingenopgeleverd. Er wordt gezegd dat 5 % vande totale Fiat productie, (2.000.000voertuigen per jaar) uit methaanvoertuigen bestaat.

OpelDe Opel Zafira CNG Turbo 1.6 werd ontworpen om te functioneren opaardgas, bio-methaan of combinaties vandeze twee. De auto kan een maximumkoppel halen van 210 Nm en 220 km/uur.De aardgas brandstof consumptie is 5,3kg. per 100 km met een CO2 emissievan 144 g/km. De actieradius op CNGof biogas en benzine is 520 km, waarvan370 km gereden kan worden op aardgasof biomethaan. De bestelauto zal verkrijg-baar zijn vanaf januari 2009. Vorig jaarverkocht Opel van januari tot septembermeer dan 75.000 NGV’s in Duitsland,Zweden, Oostenrijk, Italië en Zwitserland.Ongeveer 26% van alle in Europa geregistreerde CNG voertuigen in deeerste negen maanden van 2008 warencompacte bestelauto’s

Mercedes Benz en Toyota:hybride technologieIn september 2008 presenteerdeMercedes Benz een ontwerp studie vande Econic NGT in Hannover, Duitsland.Het voertuig wordt aangedreven met eencombinatie van aardgas en een elektromotor. Met N.G. hybride motorenkan het voertuig een reductie van brandstofkosten bereiken tot 60%,vergeleken met een dieselmotor.De combinatie met hybride aandrijvingkan de actieradius met 30% vergroten.Ook Toyota onthulde de Camry HybridCNG tijdens een show in Los Angeles,USA in november. De auto combineerteen 2.4 L. viercilinder CNG motor en eenhybride powertrain (electromotor en generator) en heeft een actieradius van400 km. In de kofferbak worden een steltype 4 CNG cilinders (composiet) gemonteerd met een capaciteit, gelijkaan 30 liter benzine.

DuitslandNGVA Europa zegt dat het FederaleMinisterie voor Milieu, Natuurbehoud enNucleaire Veiligheid heeft aangekondigddat milieuvriendelijke voertuigen die

voldoen aan de eisen van de Euro 4 of 5emissienormen zullen worden vrijgesteldvan motorrijtuigenbelasting vanaf januari2009. De belasting wordt nu berekendop basis van CO2 emissie naar de huidigeEU emissie normen. Bezitters van voertuigendie voldoen aan de Euro 4 norm hebbenrecht op een jaar lang belastingvoordeel, terwijl degene welke een Euro 5 toestemming hebben, twee jaar lang geenmotorrijtuigenbelasting hoeven te betalen.

Zweden“The Swan”, wereldleider op het gebiedvan eco-logo’s heeft een eco-logo

geschonken voor Zweeds methaan voorvoertuigen. Volgens FordonGas is Zweedsmethaan de eerste automotieve brandstof ter wereld die het internationaalerkende “Swan” logo gaat voeren. Swan-labeling plaatst de vraag naar alles,van de selectie van ruwe materialen(afkomstig van gecertificeerde eenduurzame behandeling van ruwe materialen, of van afval en residuproducten,geproduceerd op een ethisch correctemanier) tot verbranding in motoren (verminderd broeikaseffect, niet leidendtot gezondheidsproblemen, binnen degrenswaarde van energieverbruik). Demethaan, die nu de Swanlogo licentieheeft, bestaat voor 50% uit hernieuwbaar biogas.


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FiatO fabricante número um de automóveis ametano vendeu somente no mercado italiano, de janeiro a novembro de 2008,40.000 Panda Natural Power, 10.500Multipla NP, 7.000 Punto Classic NP,3.500 Grande Punto NP e 1.000 DoblòNP.O novo modelo da família NGV Fiat, oGrande Punto NP, foi lançado no último14 de outubro e já recebeu cerca de10.000 pedidos.Comenta-se que 5% do total da produçãoda Fiat (2.000.000 de veículos/ano) sãopropulsados a metano.

OpelO modelo Opel Zafira CNG Turbo 1,6l foidesenhado para andar a gás natural, biometano ou qualquer combinação entreambos. O veículo alcança um torque máximo de 210Nm e 220km/h. O consumo de gás natural é de5,3kg/100km, com emissões de144g/km de CO2. Sua autonomia combinada de GNV ou biogás ou gasolinaé de 520km, dos quais 370km são agás natural/biogás. Este veículo estarádisponível no mercado a partir de janeirode 2009.

De janeiro a setembro do ano passado, aOpel vendeu mais de 75.000 GNVs naAlemanha, Suécia, Áustria, Itália e Suíça.Cerca de 26% dos NGV registrados naEuropa nos primeiros 9 meses de 2008são vans.

Mercedes Benz e Toyota:tecnologia híbridaEm setembro de 2008, a MercedesBenz apresentou um estudo sobre oEconic NGV em Hannover, Alemanha. Oveículo é propulsado por gás natural eeletricidade. Com motores a gás natu-ral/híbrido, pode-se reduzir para 60% oscustos com combustível comparado coma propulsão a diesel. A combinação híbri-da pode aumentar a autonomia em 30%.Além disso, a Toyota mostrou o CamryHíbrido GNC durante um show em LosAngeles, EUA, em novembro passado. Oautomóvel combina um motor de quatrocilindros a GNC de 2.4l, com gerador emotor elétrico; sua autonomia é de400km. Um par de cilindros tipo 4 comcapacidade equivalente a 30 litros degasolina vão instalados no porta-malas.

AlemanhaA NGVA Europe informou que o

Ministério do Ambiente, Conservação eSegurança Nuclear anunciou que osveículos amigáveis com o ambiente, quecumprem com as normas Euro 4 ou 5serão isentos do imposto de motorizaçãoa partir de janeiro de 2009. Agora ataxa é calculada com base nas emissõesde CO2 conforme os padrões de UE.Quem possuir veículos conforme a normaEuro 4 não pagará por todo um anoenquanto que a exceção para os veículoscom Euro 5 é de dois anos.

SuéciaA Swan, líder mundial em eco-etiquetas,concedeu uma ao GNV sueco. De acordocom a FordonGas, o metano sueco é oprimeiro combustível no mundo a receber ainternacionalmente reconhecida eco-etiqueta.Os requerimentos da Swan incluem tudo,desde a seleção da matéria prima (originadaem certificada e sustentável elaboraçãodas mesmas, a partir de resíduos e produzida de forma eticamente correta)aos motores de combustão -redução degases do efeito estufa, sem problemasrelacionados à saúde e cumprindo requisitos de consumo energético. Ometano que recebeu a licença da Swanconsiste de 50% de biogás renovável.


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Nowości rynku CNGFiatNumer 1 na rynku w sprzeda�y aut znapędem CNG, sprzedał do listopadatylko we Włoszech 40 000 sztukmodelu Panda Natural Power; 10500 Multipla NP; 7 000 PuntoClassic NP; 3 500 Grande Punto NPoraz 1 000 Doblò NP.

The new model in the Fiat NGV family, the Grande Punto NP, waslaunched on last 14th of Octoberand has already received around10.000 orders.It is said that 5% of the whole Fiatproduction (2,000,000vehicles/year) are methane-fuelled.

OpelOpel Zafira CNG Turbo 1.6l zostałzaprojektowany do jazdy na metan,bio-metan oraz kombinację jednego ztych paliw z benzyną. Auto osiągamaks. moment obrotowy 210Nmoraz prędkość 220km/h.Konsumpcja CNG osiąga5,3kg/100km z 144g/km emisjiCO2. Kombinowana jazda na CNGlub biogaz z benzyną pozwala przejechać 520 km, z czego 370kmtylko na samym metanie/biogazie.Wersja VAN będzie dostępna od stycznia 2009.

Od stycznia do września 2008, Opelsprzedał 75 000 pojazdów NGV wNiemczech, Szwecji, Austrii,Włoszech i Szwajcarii. Około 26% z wszystkich aut na CNGzarejestrowanych w Europie dowrześnia, stanowiły VANy.

Mercedes Benz i Toyota:technologia hybrydowaWe wrześniu 2008, Mercedes Benzzaprezentował wersję studyjnąmodelu Econic NGT. Auto jestnapędzane kombinacją CNG i silnikaelektrycznego. Daje to redukcjękosztów paliwa o 60% w porównaniu z silnikiem diesla.Dodatkowo, zwiększa się zasięgpojazdu o 30%.

Toyota pokazała wersję Camry HybridCNG podczas targów motoryzacyjnych w Los Angeles. 2,4lsilnik elektryczno-CNG pozawala naprzejechanie a� 400 km.Zamontowano tu 4 zbiorniki kompozytowe na metan, będąceodpowiednikiem 30l paliwa.

NiemcyJak podało NGVA Europe, FederalMinistry for the Environment, NatureConservation and Nuclear Safetyogłosił, �e pojazdy ekologiczne, spełniające normę EURO 4 lub 5będą zwolnione z podatku motoryzacyjnego od stycznia 2009.Obecnie podatek ten jest skalkulowanyw zale�ności od emisji CO2 wedługstandardów przyjętych przez Unię.POsiadacze aut spełniających normęEURO 4 będą zwolnieni od podatkuprzez rok, zaś EURO5 przez 2 lata.

Szwecja Swan, światowy lider w nadawaniucertyfikatu ECO, nadał go metnanowido aut.

Jak podał FordonGas, metan jestpierwszym paliwem samochodowymna świecie, który otrzymał ten certyfikat. Oznaczenie to jestnadawane wszystkim produktom,spełniającym normy ekologii i ochrony środowiska. Metan otrzymał ww certyfikat za to,�e zawiera a� 50% biogazu.


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Европейские газомоторные новости��А�� января по ноябрь 2008 года производительметановых автомобилей № 1 - ��А� –реализовал только на итальянском рынке40,000 автомобилей Panda Natural Power;10,500 Multipla NP; 7,000 Punto Classic NP;3,500 Grande Punto NP and 1,000 Doblo NP.�овая модель метанового автомобиляGrande Punto NP была представлена публике14 октября 2008 года и уже получила 10тысяч заказов. �а долю автомобилей,работающих на природном газе приходится5% от общего объема производства – 2миллиона машин в год.

OpelАвтомобиль Opel Zafira CNG Turbo сдвигателем объемом 1,6 л может работатьна природном газе, биометане или их смеси.(аксимальный крутящий момент двигателяравен 210 �м, мощность 110 к)т (150 л.с.).(аксимальная скорость - 220 кмч. /асходприродного газа на 100 км составляет 7,4куб м, а выбросы двуокиси углерода – 144гр/км. :альность пробега на метане равна370 км. �а штатном запасе бензинаавтомобиль может проехать ещё 150 км. =адевять месяцев 2008 года компания Опельпродала в @ермании, Aвеции, Австрии,

�талии и Aвейцарии 75 тыс. автомобилейна природном газе. Bо оценке экспертов,26% всех метановых машин,зарегистрированных в Fвропе с января посентябрь 2008 года, являются универсалами.

(ерседес и �ойота: гибридныетехнологии) сентябре 2008 г в @анновере, @ермания,компания Mercedes Benz представила проектотчета по автомобилю Econic NGT,оборудованного гибридной (природныйгаз/электричество) силовой установкой.=атраты на топливо на этой модели посравнению с базовой сокращены на 60%.Bри этом дальность пробега на однузаправку у гибридной версии на 30%больше, чем у газовой.Kомпания �ойота на автосалоне в Lос-Анджелесе в ноябре 2008 года представилаавтомобиль Toyota Camry CNG Hybrid такжес гибридной силовой установкой.Автомобиль оборудован двигателемобъемом 2,4 л, электромотором игенератором. ) нише для запаскиразмещены два металлокомпозитныхметановых баллона (тип III) общейвместимостью 30 куб. м, обеспечивающихпробег в 400 км на одну заправку газом.

@ерманияBо сообщению Fвропейской газомоторнойассоциации, �едеральное (инистерствоохраны окружающей среды, сохраненияприроды и ядерной безопасности @ермании,объявило, что с января 2009 года владельцыавтомобилей, соответствующих нормамвыбросов Fвро-4 и Fвро-5, освобождаютсяот уплаты налога на транспортное средство.�алог рассчитывается на основанниивыбросов �О2 в соответствии сдействующими нормами. )ладельцыавтомобилей, соответствующихтребованиям Fвро-4, освобождены от налогана один год, а требованиям Fвро-5 – на двагода.

Aвеция�озданный в 1952 году �ордический �овет –межпарламентская организация северныхстран и территорий, всемирно известнаясвоим экологическим знаком "�ордическийлебедь" - присвоила эту награду шведскомуприродному газу, используемому в качествемоторного топлива. Kомпания FordonGasзаявила, что шведский метан – первоеавтомобильное топливо, удостоенное этойнаграды. "�ордический лебедь"присваивается самым различным товарам ипродукции: от сертифицированногопервичного или вторичного сырья додвигателей внутреннего сгорания спониженным выбросом парниковых газов, непровоцирующих заболеваний, с высокимKB:. Aведский природный газ, получившийLебедя, наполовину состоит из биометана.



Info from the InternationalAssociation for Natural Gas Vehicles

Garth Harris

IANGVSecretary Generalfrom 1986 to end2008

Since it s formation in 1986, IANGV andthe NGV industry has come a long waysince then – from about 400,000 NGVsto 9M now. I am confident we will beachieving 20M before too many years pass.

IANGV started as an association of individual companies with NGV interests.With the passage of time, the growth ofthe NGV industry and the formation ofnational and regional NGV associations,IANGV has largely become an association of associations. This logical progression has come about because the NGV industry in thevarious countries has recognised thatthe most important decisions affectingthe NGV industry are made at thenational level. Decisions about standards and regulations, tariffs andincentives etc tend largely to be madefor the country concerned. Hence theneed for strong national associations.But this reinforces the need for aneffective international association to beinvolved in activities which by necessityhave to be conducted at the international level.

IANGV’s most significant contribution to date has firstly been activities associated with preparation of international standards and regulations.In particular, the activities following theRoundtable on Harmonisation ofRegulations, Codes and Standards inJanuary 2007 will help the NGV industry become more cost efficient.We are now just starting to see theresults of recommendations made atthe Roundtable, for instance a draftLNG tank standard will shortly be circulated. The second significant contribution of IANGV has been the biennial international conference.NGV2008 in Rio de Janiero was a greatevent. The 12th and 13th conferences

The Role of IANGV

ISO Central Building, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA.

UNECE headquarters: Palais des Nations, Geneve, Switzerland.


in Rome and Chuncheon in 2010 and2012 will provide great opportunitiesfor interchange of industry information.

Indeed, provision of information is a keydriver of growth. The development ofthe IANGV web site and NGV Globalsince 2005 has demonstrated thegreat demand for high quality informa-tion. This is best expressed by the fact thatthere nearly 100,000 visitors everymonth to the IANGV web sites.

IANGV is clearly vulnerable to the economic forces confronting the worldat present. The resources available tothe NGV industry and IANGV depend onthe financial successes of the compa-nies and organizations active in the NGVindustry. CNG is regarded by our mar-kets as a cheap fuel and this attitudecarries over into the level of financialsupport received by IANGV and otherNGV associations. The challenge is forIANGV and all the NGV associations tocarefully manage this period so that weare in a position to capitalize on the undoubted supportNGVs will receive now and in the futurebecause of the environmental benefitsCNG offers.

Through IANGV, the NGV industry needsto develop relationships with other relevant international organizations. We have excellent arrangements withthe International Gas Union (IGU),International StandardizationOrganization (ISO) and United NationsEconomic Commission for Europe(UNECE). These 3 organisations areprobably the most important for theNGV industry. But we also need to haverelationships with other organizationssuch as World Bank, InternationalEnergy Agency, United Nations

We need to be aware however that thecurrent economic conditions may inducea slowing of growth and be well prepared to adapt to a lower growthrate. We need a strong, sustainableNGV industry in order that all memberscan profit in every way while adapting tochanging conditions

Development Program. These agencies have the ability to greatly support and assist the growth ofNGVs, especially in developing countries.

For many years NGV industry has beengrowing at the rate of 15 – 20% per yearand shows no sign of slowing.

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Ana Botella, concejala deMedio Ambiente de laCiudad de Madrid, brindópleno respaldo a lasConferencias y Muestraque la NGVA Europe, conla organización de NGVComm. Group realizará enla capital de España del17 al 19 de junio de 2009. Por información sobre el evento:[email protected]

La Sra Botella expuso varios pensamientos en el transcurso de una charla con GVR en su despachomadrileño. Aquí, algunas definiciones suyas:® El Ayuntamiento está comprometido en la defensa del

Fomentamos el uso del gas natural en el transporte

Ana Botella

Estación de carga de EMT


medio ambiente, uno de cuyos principales problemas esla contaminación debida al transporte: el gas natural esuno de los combustibles menos contaminante, por locual impulsamos su utilización.

® EMT, la Empresa Municipal de Transportes de Madrid,cuenta ya en su flota con 351 buses GNV y es compromiso del Alcalde que la cifra ascienda a 700.

® FCC, la empresa que se encarga de la limpieza de laciudad, impulsa la totalidad de sus alrededor de 500camiones a gas natural. Esto fue posible porque en elpliego licitatorio la Ciudad pidió utilizar un combustiblemás amigable con el medio ambiente.

® Al ser el metano un combustible que genera menorpolución cuenta con un reducido impuesto a la circulación y estamos estudiando nuevas ayudas parahacer aún más atractivos los combustibles menos contaminantes: apuntamos a cambiar los taxis (17.000)y los vehículos de carga y descarga -unos 50.000- hacia tecnologías más limpias.

® Hoy son pocas en Madrid las estaciones de carga degas natural siendo las más importante las de FCC y EMT, pero estamos trabajando para impulsar su desarrollo.

Todo lo anterior -concluyó Ana Botella- constituye unaclara demostración de que el Ayuntamiento de Madrid yel Area de Gobierno de Medio Ambiente fomentan el usodel gas natural en el transporte, por lo que apoyamos larealización de GNV2009 Madrid, evento que la Capitalde España acoge con particular satisfacción.

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Ana Botella, EnvironmentCouncilwoman of MadridCity Council, gave her fullsupport for theConferences and Showthat NGVA Europe, withthe organization of NGVCommunications Group,will hold in Spain’s capitalon June 17-19, 2009. For further information on the event,contact [email protected]

Mrs. Botella expounded on several items during an interview with GVR in her Madrid office. These are some of her ideas:

We promote the use of natural gas in transport

Ana Botella

EMT refuelling station


® The City Council has pledged to protect the environment, facing one of its main issues which is pollution produced by transportation: natural gas is oneof the cleanest fuels, that is why we promote its usage.

® EMT, Madrid Municipal Transport Company, alreadyhas 351 NGV buses in its fleet, and the Mayor is committed to raise that number to 700.

® The 500 trucks that belong to FCC, the firm in chargeof the city street-cleaning, run on natural gas. This waspossible thanks to the Council requesting in the bidterms that the fuel were environmentally-friendly.

® Since natural gas for vehicles is a cleaner fuel, it islevied with a reduced road tax and we are studying newaids to make eco-friendly fuels even more attractive: weaim to switch taxis (17,000) and light-duty and heavy-duty vehicles (around 50,000) to cleaner technologies.

® To this day, there are few NG refueling stations inMadrid, the most important ones belonging to FCC and EMT, but we are working on fostering theirdevelopment.

All the above mentioned -Ana Botella concluded- constitutes a clear proof that the Madrid City Council and the Government’s Environment Department encourage natural gas use in transport, a good reason to support GNV2009 Madrid organization, an event that the capital of Spain hosts with special satisfaction.


The world is going through afinancial crisis: will this negativelyaffect the NGV industry or willthe crisis perhaps assist a morerapid adoption of NGV as a cheaper fuel alternative? What isSwagelok’s view?The largest current growth areas forNGVs are in emerging economieslocated in Asia, South America, andEastern Europe. In order to achievelong term stability in their transportation sectors, these emerging economic regions have adopted balanced energy portfolios that do not dependheavily on conventional fuels such as gasoline and oil.We see that domestically supplied fuels such as naturalgas, ethanol, and other bio-fuels are making up muchhigher percentages of these national energy portfolios. This allows these regions to depend less on foreign energy sources and also, in some cases, allows them tosell their surplus oil for a profit.

Looking back, most of these developing economic regionsstarted their alternative fuels journey in 2001 and2002, when the price for a barrel of oil was well belowthe levels that we are seeing today. These nations haveinvested considerably into their refuelling infrastructuresfor the long term, and as a result we are still seeing considerable interest by consumers who are buying alternatively fuelled vehicles.

In addition to strong economic drivers, most emergingeconomic regions also benefit from positive environmentaleffects by switching to cleaner burning alternative fuels.The GDP is directly affected, since the health care burden is reduced because workers are healthier andmore productive as a result of breathing cleaner air.

It is important to note that even though these regionsare experiencing harder economic times, their nationalgrowth rates are generally much higher than those ofthe western economies. Therefore market growth isprobable even in recessionary times.

Let‘s forget about the crisis and talk about NGV:what is good about it and what are the challengesinvolved with a faster expansion of this environmentally friendly fuel?From a positive perspective:A big part of the acceptance of NGVs stems from thecomprehensive performance, safety, and installationstandards that are readily available. The ECE R110 andR115 regulations, the ANSI NGV3.1 standard, and theISO 15500 group of standards have been specificallydesigned for NGV applications. Swagelok has been amember of these standards development committees forseveral years and is committed to see these documentsremain state-of-the-art in defining performance and

safety. The industry benefits from these established andwell-tested standards. Globally, we see that most of these standards are beingadopted (in whole and in part) at the national level bymost regions of the world. In general, this global standardization has decreased the acceptance time ofNGVs by consumers, and the documentation requirements for domestic and international suppliers,which allows them to rapidly provide approved products.Consumers engaged with the alternative fuels aftermarket benefit from this because they can nowchoose to buy from a wide variety of approved and certified products for retrofitting their vehicles, knowingthat they will be getting the best performance and valuefor their money.

Some challenges that we have moving forward:The NGV market is beginning to globally move away frombeing aftermarket supplied to OEM supplied. This is verypositive because it will allow for greater consumeracceptance of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) as popular transportation fuel. But, as more automobileOEMs produce more factory built NGVs, the industrystandards will need to be revised to match the innovationdemands of these OEMs. There is a risk that the speedwith which our global standards associations operatemay inhibit innovation by these OEMs.

To offset that risk, international and regional NGV associations need to better align and partner with theirlocal NGV OEMs to better understand what changes willneed to be made to these industry best practices.These associations then need to work with their nationaland international standards representatives to ensurethat the needs of the OEMs are being addressed in anurgent fashion. This alignment between the standardsorganizations and the NGV OEMs is critical to achievethe handsome vehicle population forecasts.

Tell us please about Swagelok’s expectations for thisindustry in 2009.Swagelok expects that 2009 will offer many opportunities for growth and that new regions andopportunities will continue to open up as the price of oilstabilizes. We would also expect to see continued infrastructure expansion in areas that have already committed to CNG as a popular vehicle fuel. As a result,Swagelok will continue to develop a comprehensive basket of products, product training, and services inorder to support our customers and the industry as awhole.

Is there anything else you would like to say?Swagelok was one of the first companies to offer a widerange of products that carry the ECE R110 and ANSINGV marks and we continue to expand our offering ofapproved products to meet the needs of our customersand the industry. Recently we expanded our approvals on the 83 series

Interview with Peter Ehlers, Swagelok Company Alternative Fuels Market Manager

Market growth is probable even inrecessionary times

Peter Ehlers


ball valve (2-way and 3-way) to include a higher temperature rating. The 83 series ball valve now has a120° C rating and can be placed in all areas of the vehicle, including the engine compartment.We also have gained ECE R110 approval on our 4SKseries ball 2-way valve. Now, NGV system designers andfabricators can include this manual shutoff valve in theirfuel line routings. This valve is made from premiummaterials that have demonstrated extraordinary performance in CNG applications. The 4SK, like all of ourvalve and fitting products, carries the Swagelok limitedlifetime warranty. It is important to know that thesevalves have been designed with input directly from NGVOEMs and system suppliers. As a result, these productshave been approved to the highest pressure and temperature ratings so this valve can be placed anywhere in the vehicle fuel system without restriction.

Our products are supported by one of the most comprehensive and knowledgeable sales and service networks in the world. By working with our network ofdedicated distributors through out the world, Swagelokhas developed a team of highly trained and knowledgeable NGV market specialists that can answeryour questions and provide product information, training,design advice, and other custom services that help ourcustomers provide the highest level of value to the NGVindustry. We truly understand the challenges that thisindustry is facing as NGVs gain greater and greater global acceptance and we have developed a very comprehensive offering to help our customers win.Check us out at www.swagelok.com or contact your localSwagelok Sales and Service location.

Tel: +44 (0) 1895 457 553Enquiries to:

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News,News, Products,Products, TechnologyTechnologyVítkovice opened a new cylinder manufacturing facility 180th Anniversary

An interview with JaromírŠiler, the GeneralManager of VítkoviceCylinders a.s

Vítkovice Holding Group commemoratedits 180th anniversary last December inOstrava City, Czech Republic. Businesspartners and clients from the different 8divisions of the holding as well as TheGVR were invited to the event. Variousconferences were held in conjunction. TheCNG division’s conference on 2-3December 2008, was opened by Eng. JanSv tlík, Chairman of the Board ofVítkovice Holding a.s., followed by a presentation by Martin Bursík, CzechRepublic Minister of Environment and various speakers including Manuel Lage,General Manager of NGVA Europe. Afterthe 1st day conference, there was a visitto the company’s plant for the grandopening of a new seamless steel cylinderfacility followed by a big celebration duringday two.

Vítkovice Holding GroupVítkovice Holding Group has 8 pillars thatconsist of Division Steel Cylinders andVessels, Metallurgy, Heavy Machinery andEngineering, Transport Engineering,Extinguishing Technology, Steel Structures,Power System Engineering, and Services.

Vítkovice has produced high pressurecylinders since 1907. The production ofgas storage cylinders for refuelling stations started about twenty years agowhile for vehicles about ten years ago.

The Vítkovice Cylinders a.s. within theSteel Cylinders and Vessels division isresponsible for the production of seamless steel cylinder for natural gasvehicle, refuelling station segment, virtualpipelines and for technical gases. TheCNG cylinders are produced and distributed by Cidegas in Argentina and inthe company’s headquarter in CzechRepublic.

The new cylinder facilityOne focal point during the celebration wasthe opening of the new cylinder manufacturing facility that belongs toVITKOVICE CYLINDERS a.s., the steel cylinders and vessels division. The grandopening was held in its Headquarter in

Ostrava City. Following the speeches byPeter Palicka, Commercial Director,Jaromír Šiler, General Manager ofVítkovice Cylinders a.s, and Jan Sv tlík, aribbon cutting was performed by JanSv tlík, Manuel Lage, and Joerg Oldorf,director of TÜV Czech Republic. During his speech, Šiler informed that thenew production line for seamless steelcylinders would be used to manufacturecylinders of 229-406mm, 750-2500 mmlength and 250 kg weight limit. “The plant isready and waiting for new orders”, he said. The equipment used in the facility wasdesigned and made in Vitkovice’sMachinery Group. The heart of this product line is the dominance of themachinery with extrusion mass of 35Mega Newton (MN) with 2.5 MN broochingpress. All of this served by robots. Regarding safety, two ultra tests weredone on each cylinder. One afterbrooching in the draft (unfinished) product, and another one at the end ofthe production line, before painting. Othertesting procedures are also carried out in

the company VITKOVICE TESTING CENTER, located close to the new production facility. At the end of the production line, after short blasting, thecylinders are painted using the most modern painting technology. Mostly, cylinders are designed and made uponrequest, so these cylinders cannot befound in other places.

The facility is used to mainly produce CNGcylinders, but also for technical gasessuch as those for medical, H2 and fireextinguisher applications. Being thebiggest cylinder production centre of thefirm, the Ostrava plant can deliver over700,000 cylinders annually. With this newfacility, Vítkovice’s global productioncapacity increases to more than 1 millioncylinders/year, of which 400,000 made inthe Czech Republic and Argentina. Itsother plant in Poland produces cylindersfor technical gas applications only.

CNG cylinders going globalIn the CNG division, the product, beingtype 1 cylinder, is made of steel. The company manufactures variousseamless steel CNG cylinders sizes, from6 liters water capacity —for motorbikeapplication—to 150 liters for CNG tanksin trailers. The 6 litre CNG cylinders areused in Argentina, India, and Iran. Its larger cylinders are used in LDVs-HDVs, CNG storage in refueling stations, virtual/mobile refuelling stationsand gas transport (with CNG tanks intrailers). Currently, these cylinders aremainly sold in South America, and secondly in Asia. With the opening of thenew plant, Vítkovice aims to sell its

Jaromír Šiler, General Manager (left)and Ivo Brabec, Head of SalesDepartment and Cidegas Vice President.


News,News, Products,Products, TechnologyTechnologyproduct all over the world, includingEurope, and to increase sales in Asia, saidŠiler. “Of course our sales to these threeregions will be successful”, said Šiler.

Positioning the productSo far, Vítkovice is one of the big-threeproducers of cylinders for technical gasesin the world. Despite of its success in theSouth American market with its distributor Cidegas, Vítkovice sees itselfas a new entry in the global CNG market.“With the opening of this new facility, weincrease our capacity and will enter theworld CNG market. We use the mostadvanced technology to produce ourseamless steel gas cylinders with steel billet production. Our goal is to becomeone of the leading cylinder suppliers atinternational level”, stated Šiler.

The Company claims to offer top qualityproducts and aims to supply the bestmodification for each customer/country.“Safety first! Our cylinders meet the different norms that apply in differentcountries. For example, our cylinders forEuropean clients meet the ECE R110 regulation. They are also certified by TUVSaarland as the cylinders comply with ISO11439 (for South American customers),ISO 14001, and ISO 9001. For Russiancustomer, GOST certificate was alsoreceive,” said Ivo Brabec, VitkoviceCylinders Head of Sales Department andCidegas Vice President.

Opportunity and targetsCommenting on the current NGV situationat global level, Šiler said that CNG is themain practical alternative for car producers to improve their gasoline cars.HCNG is also an interesting alternativefor the transport sector, in which thesame CNG cylinder can be used to storethis fuel. Hydrogen and hybrid vehicles arealso good alternatives but not yet considered as a practical solution at themoment as the technology is not yet widely known.

Both Šiler and Ivo Brabecsee the current economiccrisis as an opportunity. “The current global economic condition provides a big opportunityfor CNG business where people allover the world may seek for cheaperfuel for vehicles”, said Šiler.“OEM NGVs and workshop owners willeventually look for cheaper but high qualitycylinders”, added Brabec. Vítkovice is looking forward to a successful year in

2009 and expects to sell around200,000 of its CNG cylinders.

Vítkovice is also intensively working on theapplication of biomethane for vehicles. ItsR&D department is looking for a better andcheaper solution to produce biomethane fortransport. It already has a biomethane plantin Czech Republic and soon will offer therelated equipment and engineering especial-ly for the European market.For more information please go towww.vitkovicecylinders.com and www.cidegas.com.ar


Dear Editor of The GVR,Russian National Gas Vehicle Association (NGVRUS) isthe only non profit organization on the territory of theformer Soviet Union that unites most of the NGV marketstake holders and professionally advocates the use of thecleanest, safest and cheapest commercially availablealternative to gasoline and diesel.

NGVRUS is a connecting tissue of the Russian NGV society and the origin of many initiatives that help to promote the clean fuel philosophy and develop nationaland international market. Last September Gazprom together with VNIIGAZ andNGVRUS have organized and drove the CNG Caravanfrom Saint-Petersburg via Novgorod and Tver' toMoscow. Fourteen trucks, buses and passenger carsrunning on natural gas attracted attention of local politicians, fleet managers, general public and the press.All NGVs, except for one that used Hythane (CNG +hydrogen from the on-board converter), were OEM vehicles and that fact turned the NGV Caravan into anexceptional and exclusive event. September Caravanreaped a fine crop of coverage from the national, regional and local media. Gazprom, VNIIGAZ and NGVRUS have decided to drive

another NGV Caravan from Rostov-on-Don via Krasnodarand Novorossiysk to Sochi – the capital city of the 2014Winter Olympics. The Caravan Executive Committeedecided not to change the ideological approach and inviteOEM vehicles powered by natural gas, biomethane andhydrogen. The strategic objective of the Caravan will be to promotethe unique environmental, economic and safety featuresof these fuel alternatives and promote vehicle manufacturers during the presentations along the route. The Caravan will leave Rostov-on-Don on Monday April20, 2009 arriving to Krasnodar the same day. On Tuesday morning April 21, 2009 NGVs will start toNovorossiysk. During the next day – Wednesday April22, 2009 – gas powered vehicles will drive fromNovorossiysk to Sochi. The Caravan will cover only 650kilometers but it will be politically important ecoefficientevent.

On Thursday April 22, 2009 participants will attend the18th session of the Federal NGV Commission and the10th Annual meeting of the Russian National Gas VehicleAssociation

NGVRUS and its partners will provide the participantswith free fuel, hotels (5 nights) and meals during April19 through April 23, 2008. Only two persons per vehicle will be allowed. The Caravan will also includepolice escort, and ambulance, technical support vehicleand mobile CNG refueling vehicle. Journalists and othermedia people will be hosted on board a Press Bus.

We invite you to help us collect a group of OEM NGVs. Itwould be very instrumental if your organization or NGVmanufacturer could dispatch a vehicle for participation inthe next spring NGV Caravan. It is important for globalNGV market, environment, companies and people.

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

For further information please contact Eugene Pronin,NGVRUS President at [email protected] [email protected]

Letter from Russian NGV Association

NGV Caravan to Sochi, capital cityof the 2014 Winter Olympics

Image of the 2008 Caravan, from St. Petersburg to Moscow


Notes The column 'theoretical monthly consumption' is calculating total monthly consumption if carsconsume 180, buses 3000, and trucks 800 Nm3/month. There is, of course, a huge differencebetween different truck types. A 44 ton truck may consume up to 8000 (not 800) Nm3 per month.The final column compares this number with the reported consumption (if available), otherwiseshown as 0 %. Figures far below 100 % might indicate that the true fleet of vehicles is lower thanreported, alternatively that vehicles reported as trucks or buses are light/medium duty vehicles. Inthe other vehicles section, Czech Rep.ublic has 19 forklifts and 2 ice resurfacers, New Zealand has6 tractors, 3 motorbikes, 12 motorcaravans, and 16 forklifts. Italy has 3,5000 HD NGVs, of whicharound 2/3 are buses and 1/3 consist of trucks. Switzerland has 100 NG forklifts. Twenty-one pub-lic refuelling stations are planned to be built. Bulgaria plans to build 18 more CNGs tations, of which15 of those will be private stations.Russia has 3 forklifts, 15 tractors, and 2 locomotives poweredby NG. Already including in Russian's total NG stations are 2 public and 1 private LNG stations.

Worldwide NGV statistics

Rough estimate due tolack of precise data inmany marketsNm3: Normal cubicmetreTWh: Terawatt hours(10^18 Watt)PJ: Peta-Joule (10^15Joules)Mtoe: Million tonnes ofoil equivalent

Probable annual magnitude of worldconsumption of methane as a vehicle fuel

BillionNm3 TWh PJ Mtoe %

Total 29,2 292 1052 25,1 100,0Cars 17,8 177 640 15,3 60,9Buses 9,2 92 331 7,9 31,5Trucks 1,5 15 54 1,3 5,2Other 0,5 4 17 0,4 1,6

Country

Natural Gas Vehicles NGV Refuelling stations

VRA

Monthly gas consumption (M Nm3)

Last updateTotal Cars/LDVs MD/HD

BusesMD/HDTrucks Others

% of totalNGVs inthe world

Total Public Private Under con-struction

% of totalfuelling sta-tions in the

world

Average con-sumption

(actual report)

The consump-tion in theory

Reportedconsumption

Pakistan 1.900.000 1.849.960 40 50.000 20.13% 2.430 2.430 200 17.15% 335,61 0,0% November 2008Argentina 1.740.911 1.740.911 18.44% 1.800 1.800 12.70% 32 238,50 313,36 76,1% October 2008Brazil 1.572.648 1.572.648 16.66% 1.683 1.683 11.88% 7 182,14 283,08 64,3% November 2008Iran 846.169 839.957 6.200 12 8.96% 637 547 90 668 4.50% 169,80 0,0% October 2008India 821.872 315.200 12.000 715 493.957 8.71% 325 6 319 60 2.29% 52,00 118,01 44,1% March 2008Italy 580.000 576.500 2.334 1.166 6.14% 700 630 70 80 4.94% 199 49,00 111,70 43,9% August 2008China 336.062 212.000 103.500 1.100 19.462 3.56% 1.260 844 416 230 8.89% 1 193,33 350,51 55,2% July 2008Colombia 269.753 179.332 13.800 9.660 66.961 2.86% 401 401 2.83% 1 45,00 93,46 48,1% September 2008Bangladesh 180.000 117.229 3.233 8.355 51.183 1.91% 296 6 290 2.09% 13 21,36 40,04 53,3% November 2008Ukraine 120.000 7.000 30.500 29.500 53.000 1.27% 224 204 20 1.58% 46,00 125,90 36,5% December 2007Thailand 117.727 94.566 7.975 13.513 1.673 1.25% 253 228 25 100 1.79% 69,86 51,84 134,8% November 2008Armenia 101.352 69.971 9.831 19.626 1.924 1.07% 214 9 205 8 1.51% 23,80 57,88 41,1% March 2008USA 100.000 86.500 11.000 2.500 1.06% 816 816 5.76% 4.347 55,00 50,57 108,8% September 2008Bolivia 99.657 99.657 1.06% 123 123 0.87% 46 24,78 17,94 138,2% July 2008Russia 95.000 18.000 8.000 35.000 34.000 1.01% 224 199 25 13 1.58% 8 24,00 61,36 39,1% October 2008Egypt 98.738 96.099 1.198 704 737 1.05% 116 112 4 19 0.82% 32,40 21,49 150,8% October 2008Germany 64.454 50.620 1.444 11.900 490 0.68% 804 804 5.67% 804 10,76 22,99 46,8% September 2008Bulgaria 60.255 60.000 200 20 35 0.64% 70 1 69 0.49% 7,00 11,42 61,3% October 2008Peru 53.452 53.441 11 0.57% 55 55 0.39% 5,10 9,65 52,8% November 2008Uzbekistan 47.000 47.000 0.50% 43 43 0.30% 4,25 8,46 50,2% December 2007Malaysia 37.258 37.077 170 11 0.39% 90 88 2 38 0.64% 10 14,80 7,19 205,8% October 2008Japan 35.720 13.778 1.417 19.312 1.213 0.38% 327 294 33 2.31% 674 22,24 0,0% September 2008Myanmar 22.821 2.902 18.290 4 1.625 0.24% 37 37 0.26% 55,48 0,0% October 2008Korea 17.123 247 16.538 338 0.18% 121 121 0.85% 13 49,43 0,0% June 2008Sweden 15.474 14.278 808 388 0.16% 118 90 28 0.83% 21 4,90 5,30 92,4% June 2008Canada 12.140 9.500 240 0 2.400 0.13% 101 85 16 0.71% 3.745 2,55 0,0% December 2007Tajikistan 10.600 10.600 0.11% 53 53 0.37% 4,13 1,91 216,5% December 2007France 10.150 7.500 2.000 650 0.11% 125 15 110 0.88% 1.290 7,87 0,0% March 2007Poland 8.850 3.500 350 5.000 0.09% 31 25 6 0.22% 43 1,93 0,0% October 2008Chile 8.064 8.055 9 0.09% 15 15 0.11% 1 3,20 1,48 216,7% December 2007Switzerland 6.820 6500 160 60 100 0.07% 106 104 2 6 0.75% 117 0,85 1,70 49,9% October 2008Kyrgyzstan 6.000 6.000 0.06% 6 6 0.04% 0,60 0,30 200,0% December 2007Belarus 5.500 5.500 0.06% 25 25 0.18% 3,00 0,99 303,0% December 2007Moldova 5.000 5.000 0.05% 14 14 0.10% 1,00 0,90 111,1% December 2007Venezuela 4.200 4.200 124 124 0.88% 0,76 0,0% November 2008Trinidad & Tobago 3.500 3.500 500 10 10 0.07% 0,80 0,63 122,1% December 2006Turkey 3.056 2.564 492 0.03% 9 5 4 1 0.06% 0,40 1,94 20,6% July 2008Mexico 3.037 3.037 0.03% 3 8 2 0.02% 22 0,02 0,55 3,7% November 2008Georgia 3.000 3.000 0.03% 4 4 0.03% 0,54 0,0% December 2007Singapore 2.700 2.682 12 4 2 0.03% 3 3 2 0.02% 0,52 0,0% November 2008Indonesia 2.453 1.755 238 210 250 0.03% 9 9 3 0.06% 1,21 0,0% March 2008Australia 2.453 130 1.263 1.060 0.03% 146 127 19 1.03% 130 4,66 0,0% March 2007Spain 1.863 213 847 760 43 863 42 1 41 0.30% 21 3,52 3,19 110,5% December 2008Czech Republic 1.230 950 215 40 25 0.01% 33 17 16 10 0.23% 35 0,45 0,85 53,0% October 2008Netherlands 1.110 950 70 90 0.01% 21 17 4 2 0.15% 428 0,45 0,0% December 2008Latvia 500 30 10 187 273 0,02% 4 4 0.03% 11 0,23 0,0% December 2007Greece 416 0 416 0 0,01% 1 1 0.01% 1,25 0,0% December 2007Portugal 379 36 314 29 0,01% 6 6 4 0.04% 0,97 0,0% May 2007United Kingdom 368 63 5 300 0,01% 25 15 10 0.18% 115 0,62 0,27 232,8% July 2008Slovakia 337 102 220 15 0,00% 7 6 1 2 0.05% 0,62 0,69 90,5% April 2007United Arab Emirates 305 305 0 0 0,00% 2 1 1 0.01% 0,05 0,0% March 2007Belgium 300 300 0,00% 9 4 5 0.06% 60 0,05 0,0% November 2005New Zealand 283 180 66 37 0,00% 14 14 0.10% 0,23 0,0% March 2007Finland 250 145 95 10 0,00% 9 8 1 1 0.06% 11 0,375 0,32 117,5% December 2007Serbia 210 208 2 0,00% 7 4 3 4 0.05% 0,015 0,04 34,5% December 2007Norway 180 70 110 0,00% 9 4 5 0.06% 0,34 0,0% December 2007Croatia 130 130 0,00% 1 1 0.01% 0,01 0,02 30,3% December 2007Algeria 125 125 0,00% 3 3 0.02% 0,02 0,0% October 2004Hungary 122 30 92 0,00% 3 3 0.02% 0,28 0,0% December 2007Luxembourg 115 79 36 0,00% 4 2 2 2 0.03% 0,06 0,12 45,4% June2007Iceland 77 65 2 10 0,00% 1 1 0.01% 0,03 0,03 116,7% December2007Nigeria 60 60 0,00% 2 2 0.01% 0,01 0,0% May2005Macedonia 50 7 43 0,00% 1 1 0.01% 0,02 0,13 15,4% March2007Lichtenstein 41 15 26 0,00% 1 1 0.01% 0,10 0,08 123,9% February2007Philippines 36 11 25 0,00% 3 1 2 0.02% 0,08 0,0% February2006Tunesia 34 32 2 0,00% 1 1 0.01% 0,01 0,0% October2007Lithuania 17 2 15 0,00% 1 1 0.01% 0,05 0,0% September2008Panama 15 15 0,00% November2008Bosnia & Herzegovina 7 7 0,00% 3 0 3 0.02% 2 0,00 0,0% February2007Montenegro 6 6 0 0,00% 1 1 0.01% 0,00 0,0% March2006Taiwan 4 4 1 1 0.01% 0,01 0,0% April2005Mozambique 4 4 0,00% 1 1 0.01% 0,01 0,0% May2007Tanzania 3 3 0,00% 0.00% 0,00 0,0% July2007Ireland 2 2 0,00% 1 1 0.01% 0,00 0,0% October2008Dominican Republic 1 1 0,00% 1 0.01% 0,00 0,0% May2007Total 9.439.549 8.236.038 255.872 157.249 790.390 0,00% 14.169 12.302 1.871 1.455 12.218 1.123,80 2.435,47 46,2% December2008


Cities with CNG refuelling stations

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Country's share of the world's total NGVs and fuelling stations

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CountryNatural Gas Vehicles Refuelling stations

Last updateTotal

% of total NGVsin the world

Total% of total fuelling sta-

tions in the worldPakistan 1.900.000 20.12% 2.430 16.95% November 2008Argentina 1.740.911 18.44% 1.800 12.55% October 2008Brazil 1.572.648 16.65% 1.683 11.74% November 2008Iran 846.169 8.96% 637 4.44% October 2008India 821.872 8.70% 325 2.27% March 2008Italy 580.000 6.14% 700 4.88% August 2008China 336.062 3.56% 1.260 8.79% July 2008Colombia 269.753 2.86% 401 2.80% September 2008Bangladesh 180.000 1.91% 296 2.06% November 2008Ukraine 120.000 1.27% 224 1.56% December 2007Thailand 117.727 1.25% 253 1.76% November 2008Armenia 101.352 1.07% 214 1.49% March 2008USA 100.000 1.06% 816 5.69% September 2008Bolivia 99.657 1.06% 123 0.86% July 2008Russia 95.000 1.01% 224 1.56% October 2008Egypt 98.738 1.05% 116 0.81% October 2008Germany 64.454 0.68% 804 5.61% September 2008Bulgaria 60.255 0.64% 70 0.49% October 2008Peru 53.452 0.57% 55 0.38% November 2008Uzbekistan 47.000 0.50% 43 0.30% December 2007Malaysia 37.258 0.39% 90 0.63% October 2008Japan 35.720 0.38% 327 2.28% September 2008Myanmar 22.821 0.24% 37 0.26% October 2008Korea 17.123 0.18% 121 0.84% June 2008Sweden 15.474 0.16% 118 0.82% June 2008Canada 12.140 0.13% 101 0.70% December 2007Tajikistan 10.600 0.11% 53 0.37% December 2007France 10.150 0.11% 125 0.87% March 2007Poland 8.850 0.09% 31 0.22% October 2008Chile 8.064 0.09% 15 0.10% December 2007Switzerland 6.820 0.07% 106 0.74% October 2008Kyrgyzstan 6.000 0.06% 6 0.04% December 2007Belarus 5.500 0.06% 25 0.17% December 2007Moldova 5.000 0.05% 14 0.10% December 2007Venezuela 4.200 0.04% 124 0.86% November 2008Austria 3.574 0.04% 170 1.19% October 2008Trinidad & Tobago 3.500 0.04% 10 0.07% December 2006Turkey 3.056 0.03% 9 0.06% July 2008Mexico 3.037 0.03% 3 0.02% November 2008Georgia 3.000 0.03% 4 0.03% December 2007Singapore 2.700 0.03% 3 0.02% November 2008Indonesia 2.453 0.03% 9 0.06% March 2008Australia 2.453 0.03% 146 1.02% March 2007Spain 1.863 0.02% 42 0.29% December 2008Czech Republic 1.230 0.01% 33 0.23% October 2008Netherlands 1.110 0.01% 21 0.15% December 2008Latvia 500 0.00% 4 0.03% December 2007Greece 416 0.00% 1 0.01% December 2007Portugal 379 0.00% 6 0.04% May 2007United Kingdom 368 0.00% 25 0.17% July 2008Slovakia 337 0.00% 7 0.05% April 2007United Arab Emirates 305 0.00% 2 0.01% March 2007Belgium 300 0.00% 9 0.06% November 2005New Zealand 283 0.00% 14 0.10% March 2007Finland 250 0.00% 9 0.06% December 2007Serbia 210 0.00% 7 0.05% December 2007Norway 180 0.00% 9 0.06% December 2007Croatia 130 0.00% 1 0.01% December 2007Algeria 125 0.00% 3 0.02% October 2004Hungary 122 0.00% 3 0.02% December 2007Luxembourg 115 0.00% 4 0.03% June 2007Iceland 77 0.00% 1 0.01% December 2007Nigeria 60 0.00% 2 0.01% May 2005Macedonia 50 0.00% 1 0.01% March 2007Lichtenstein 41 0.00% 1 0.01% February 2007Philippines 36 0.00% 3 0.02% February 2006Tunesia 34 0.00% 1 0.01% October 2007Lithuania 17 0.00% 1 0.01% September 2008Panama 15 November 2008Bosnia & Herzegovina 7 0.00% 3 0.01% February 2007Montenegro 6 0.00% 1 0.01% March 2006Taiwan 4 0.00% 1 0.01% April 2005Mozambique 4 0.00% 1 0.01% May 2007Tanzania 3 0.00% 0.00% July 2007Ireland 2 0.00% 1 0.01% October 2008Dominican Republic 1 0.00% 1 0.01% May 2007Total 9.443.123 14.339 December 2008

2.345

Country Number of cities Last updateGermany 530 Dec. '06

Argentina 321 Jul. '08

Brazil 273 Nov. '08

Iran 251 Oct. '08

Russia 172 Aug. '07

Italy 150 Dec. '06

Austria 87 Oct. '08

China 74 Sept. '04

Colombia 55 Aug. '08

Pakistan 50 Apr. '08

Thailand 39 Aug '08

Armenia 37 Mar. '08

Korea 34 May. '05

Sweden 30 Dec. '04

France 26 Aug. '02

Venezuela 26 Dec. '06

Switzerland 19 Dec. '07

Czech Republic 17 Oct. '08

Egypt 16 Apr '06

Spain 13 Jan. '06

Bulgaria 12 Mar. '06

Trinidad & Tobago 11 Dec. '07

India 8 Oct.' 06

Bangladesh 8 Nov. '05

Finland 7 Dec. '07

Netherlands 16 Dec. '08

Malaysia 6 Oct. '06

Bolivia 6 Apr. '08

Slovakia 6 Apr. 07

Chile 5 Dec. '07

United Kingdom 5 Nov. '04

Portugal 5 Jul. '04

Norway 3 Oct. '04

Hungary 2 Aug. '02

Luxembourg 2 Jan. '06

Mexico 2 Jun. '05

Turkey 2 Aug. '04

Serbia 5 Dec. '07

United Arab Emirates 2 Oct. '06

Peru 2 Aug. '08

Indonesia 2 Sept. '08

Croatia 1 Oct. '05

Iceland 1 Oct. '05

Liechtenstein 1 Sept. '04

Macedonia 1 Jan. '05

Philippines 1 Oct.'05

Singapore 1 Jul. '05

Taiwan 1 Apr'. 05

Ireland 1 Oct. '08

Total 2.345


NGV’s statistics balanceBest growth in NGV population by number

Best growth in fuelling station population by number

NGV x 1.000Round up figures

World’s top 10 NGV countries

Best growth in fuelling station population by % Best growth in NGV population by %


Last twelve years evolution

Argentina 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007NGVs 365.591 418.916 480.764 544.748 630.548 755.671 879.587 1.164.839 1.348.126 1.459.236 1.429.973 1.678.230Stations 515 570 646 770 871 982 1.049 1.152 1.330 1.494 1.636 1.744CNG sold (MNm3) 1.092 1.270 1.412 1.508 1.681 1.851 2.041 2.649 3.062 3.186 3.061 245Brazil 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007NGVs ... ... ... ... ... 284.751 380.515 642.844 826.364 1.052.295 1.325.823 1.467.219Stations ... ... ... ... ... 265 506 667 905 1.206 1.411 1.575CNG sold (MNm3) ... ... ... ... 251 635 959 1.340 1.573 1.937 2.305 215Germany 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007NGV 1.059 2.040 3.245 (*) 6.829 10.509 14.420 19.105 27.175 38.933 54.772Stations 30 50 120 130 250 350 400 500 630 720CNG sold in MWh 132.472 165.127 239.871 325.546 424.697 527.314 685.836 963.204 1.400.000Italy 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007NGV (LDVs) 260.000 260.000 260.000 263.119 296.358 327.643 344.306 335.205 326.104 358.488 410.000 432.900Stations 262 276 281 298 323 344 402 456 498 535 589 609CNG sold (MNm3) 310 330 335 340 400 448 448 442 442 468 520 588Sweden 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007NGVs 204 657 1.079 1.374 1.725 2.000 3.309 4.248 5.298 7.897 12.119 14.536Stations 8 14 19 22 26 31 39 48 65 85 97 115CNG and CBG sold (Nm3x1000) 4.308 7.137 9.862 11.335 13.950 16.678 20.125 25.434 28.872 35.450 43.856 53.636Switzerland 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007NGVs 20 30 60 80 100 150 350 650 1.250 1.965 3.313 5.830Stations 3 3 7 13 14 20 26 37 50 64 78 97CNG and CBG sold (Nm3x1000) 220 451 840 994 1.575 1.859 2.281 3.054 4.422 658

Poland India Peru Thailand China Bulgaria Iran Italy Malaysia Bolivia2007 1.470 354.000 23.958 55.864 200.873 40.255 611.516 432.900 28.405 80.0822008 8.850 821.872 53.441 117.727 336.062 60.255 846.169 580.000 37.258 99.657

China Iran Austria Thailand Bangladesh Pakistan Colombia Bolivia Italy Switzerland2007 486 347 98 166 200 1.847 313 105 609 972008 1.260 637 170 253 296 2.430 401 123 700 106

December'08

1900

1728

1573

846

822

580

336

261

735 Pakistan200 Argentina

272 Brazil

1 Iran

25 India

370 Italy

36 China

9 Colombia

22 Bangladesh

35 Ukraine´07 ´06 ´05 ´04 ´03 ´02 ´01

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European NGV statistics



Fuel prices in Europe Notes: (a): In these countries the local gauge unit is Euro/kg, the conversion factor depends on the normal density of gaseous natural gasin each country. Otherwise, the conversion factor used to convert kg toNm3 is 0.73. (b):The highest gasoline price for ROZ100 is 1,503Euro/litre. CNg price is € 0,828 to € 0,938 Euro/kg. CNG fuel energy content is 11,11 / 10 kWH/m3 (upper/lower heating value). Normal density of CNG is 0.731 kg/Nm3. (c): Normal density of CNG in Croatiais 0.753 kg/m3. CNG price in October 2005 is 0.43 Euro/kg. (d): Theexcise tax for premium gasoline is not yet incorporated. The excise taxesfor gasoline, diesel and CNG are included. Also, 22% VAT is included inthe CNG price. (e): In May 2005, CNG price is first made public in Finland.Before, CNG is only sold to private fleets. (f): CNG prices include VAT butno other taxes. Owners of diesel vehicles weighing more than 10 metrictons must pay an extra tax in Iceland, depending on vehicle weight andmilage. (g): Italian CNG's normal density is 0.72 kg/Nm3. CNG price is0.80 Euro/kg. The energy contents are: CNG=9.3kWh/m3 and 13 kEh/kg;diesel=9.7 kWh/lt; gasoline=8.7 kWh/lt. LPG price in Dec. 06 was 0.60Euro/litre. (h): CNG prices include 22% VAT but no other taxes. Ownersof diesel vehicles weighing more than 10 metric tons must pay an extratax, depending on vehicle weight and milage. (i): There is no excise dutyon CNG consumption in Poland. VAT is included in the CNG price.(i): The market was liberalised in Portugal on January 1st, 2004. CNGprice increased from 0.45 Euro/m³ to 0.55 Euro/m³. (j): There are threekinds of premium gasoline: Super Gasoline (SG) 98 octane, SG 95 octaneand Premim Gasoline (PG) 95 octane. For diesel, Serbia & Montenegrohas Diesel (D2) and Euro Diesel (ED). (k): Slovak's fuel retail prices include19% VAT. (l): The normal density of 1 Nm3 CNG in Spain is 0.796 kg; fuelenergy content (pcs) of CNG is 11.77kWh/Nm3=14.79kWh/kg; for dieselis 10.26kWh/litre and for gasoline is 9.23kWh/litre. CNG price in March06 was 0.707 Euro/kg. LNG price was 0.50 Euro/kg wi. (m): The annualroad tax in Sweden is about 500 Euro higher for diesel cars (varies byvehicle weight) than for gasoline cars. This higher road tax compensateslower fuel taxes on diesel. CNG cars have the same annual road tax asgasoline cars. (n): Biogas price inSwitzerlad in July 07was 1.00 Euro/kgand 1.15 Euro/litre for biodiesel (5% biofuel) .The normal density of biogas and CNG is 0.79 kg/Nm3. (o): All taxes included.

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VRA Monthly gas consumption(M Nm3) Last update

Total Cars/LDVs MD/HDBuses

MD/HDTrucks Others Total Public Private Under construction

Italy 580.000 576.500 2.334 1.166 700 630 70 80 199 49,00 August 2008Ukraine 120.000 7.000 30.500 29.500 53.000 224 204 20 46,00 December 2007Armenia 101.352 69.971 9.831 19.626 1.924 214 9 205 8 23,80 March 2008Russia 95.000 18.000 8.000 35.000 34.000 224 199 25 13 8 24,00 October 2008Germany 64.454 50.620 1.444 11.900 490 804 804 804 10,76 September 2008Bulgaria 60.255 60.000 200 20 35 70 1 69 7,00 October 2008Sweden 15.474 14.278 808 388 118 90 28 21 4,90 June 2008France 10.150 7.500 2.000 650 125 15 110 1.290 March 2007Poland 8.850 3.500 350 5.000 31 25 6 43 October 2008Switzerland 6.820 6500 160 60 100 106 104 2 6 117 0,85 October 2008Belarus 5.500 5.500 25 25 3,00 December 2007Moldova 5.000 5.000 14 14 1,00 December 2007Austria 3.574 3.504 60 10 170 122 48 36 58 1,00 October 2008Turkey 3.056 2.564 492 9 5 4 1 0,40 July 2008Georgia 3.000 3.000 4 4 December 2007Spain 1.863 213 847 760 43 42 1 41 21 3,52 December 2008Czech Republic 1.230 950 215 40 25 33 17 16 10 35 0,45 October 2008Netherlands 1.110 950 70 90 21 17 4 2 428 December 2008Latvia 500 30 10 187 273 4 4 11 December 2007Greece 416 0 416 0 1 1 December 2007Portugal 379 36 314 29 6 6 4 May 2007United Kingdom 368 63 5 300 25 15 10 115 0,62 July 2008Slovakia 337 102 220 15 7 6 1 2 0,62 April 2007Belgium 300 300 9 4 5 60 November 2005Finland 250 145 95 10 9 8 1 1 11 0,375 December 2007Serbia 210 208 2 7 4 3 4 0,015 December 2007Norway 180 70 110 9 4 5 December 2007Croatia 130 130 1 1 0,01 December 2007Hungary 122 30 92 3 3 December 2007Luxembourg 115 79 36 4 2 2 2 0,06 June 2007Iceland 77 65 2 10 1 1 0,03 December 2007Macedonia 50 7 43 1 1 0,02 March 2007Lichtenstein 41 15 26 1 1 0,10 February 2007Lithuania 17 2 15 1 1 10 September 2008Bosnia & Herzegovina 7 7 3 0 3 2 February 2007Montenegro 6 6 0 1 1 March 2006Ireland 2 2 1 1 1 October 2008Total 1.090.195 836.847 58.697 99.761 94.890 3.028 2.341 687 169 3.234 177,53 December 2008

CountryPremiumGasoline

(Euro/litre)

RegularGasoline

(Euro/litre)

Diesel(Euro/litre)

CNG(Euro/Nm³)

CNG price perlitre gasoline

CNG price perlitre diesel

Armenia 0,79 0,73 0,71 0,27 0,24 0,28b) 1,24 1,23 1,29 0,89 0,80 0,91Belarus 0,69 0,55 0,55 0,27 0,24 0,28Belgium 1,34 1,33 1,04 0,50 0,45 0,51Bosnia & Herzegovina (d) 0,81 0,64 0,74 0,25 0,22 0,26Bulgaria (a) 1,17 1,06 1,14 0,58 0,55 0,62Croatia (a, c) 1,05 1,01 0,92 0,32 0,29 0,33Czech Republic (d) 1,24 1,28 0,64 0,57 0,66Finland (e) 1,37 1,33 1,13 0,72 0,65 0,74France (a) 1,48 1,37 1,15 0,64 0,57 0,66Germany (a) 1,42 1,22 1,33 0,70 0,54 0,72Iceland (f) 1,47 1,39 1,41 0,90 0,81 0,92Italy (g) 1,48 1,39 1,34 0,68 0,64 0,71Latvia 0,79 0,82 0,23 0,21 0,24Liechtenstein 0,95 0,93 0,95 0,80 0,72 0,82Luxembourg 1,08 1,06 0,87 0,53 0,47 0,54Moldova 0,50 0,43 0,18 0,16 0,18Netherlands (a) 1,35 1,28 1,10 0,51 0,46 0,52Norway 1,48 1,43 1,32 0,46 0,41 0,47Poland (h) 1.21 1,13 1,15 0,54 0,48 0,55Portugal (i) 1,13 1,07 1,01 0,55 0,49 0,56Russia 0,80 0.69 0,70 0.22 0,20 0,23Serbia (a, j) 1,18 1,18 1,14 0,43 0,38 0,44Slovakia (k) 1,15 1,12 1,10 0,57 0,51 0,58Spain (l) 0,97 0,87 0,90 0,57 0,44 0,49Sweden (m) 1,30 1,36 0,89 0,71 0,79Switzerland (a, n) 1,22 1,18 1,33 0,61 0,53 0,58Turkey (o) 1,70 1,60 1,26 0,78 0,68 0,76Ukraine 0,44 0,40 0,40 0,15 0,13 0,15Turkey (o) 1,70 1,60 1,26 0,78 0,68 0,76Ukraine 0,44 0,40 0,40 0,15 0,13 0,15United Kingdom (a) 1,60 1,51 1,69 0,79 0,71 0,81Uzbekistan 0,49 0,34 0,34 0,11 0,10 0,11

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