A trans european road to renewable mobility

NGVA Europe was organiser of the 1st international seminar A Trans-European Road to Renewable Mobility during the EU funded project the GasHighWay (www.gashighway.net) and was held on 28th January 2010 in Malmö, Sweden.

Particpants were able to hear 15 expert presentations from 10 different nationalities in the seminar. The GasHighWay partners and NGVA Europe members presented real success stories and best practice cases from countries across Europe where the infrastructure development of NG/biomethane filling stations and number of NGVs is already on its way. All presentations held during this conference day can be seen below (depending on the size of each presentation it might take some time to download some contributions):

Morning session: NGV markets. Existing best practice in the GasHighWay countries

Contributions:

• Introduction New Best Practice. Mattias Svensson, Swedish Gas Center
• Finland. Jussi Vainikka, Gasum Oy
• Sweden. Tula Ekengren, FordonsGas Sverige
• Baltic States. (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania), Ahto Oja, Mõnus Minek
• Poland. Magdalena Rogulska, Institute for Fuels and Renewable Energy
• Czech Republic. Zdenek Prokopec, Asociace NGV / Motor Jikov
• Germany. Johannes Selke, German Society for sustainable Biogas and Bioenergy Utilisation (GERBIO)
• Austria. Heimo Blattner, Steirische Gaswärme GmbH
• Italy. Michele Ziosi, NGV System Italia

Afternoon session: NGV technology. New best practice examples in Europe

Contributions:

• Pivotal questions for a successful NGV strategy, by Mattias Svensson, Swedish Gas Center
• Clean Heavy Duty – CNG in factory supply transport of Magna Steyr, by Markus Rudolf, Magna Steyr
• Biogas installation and biomethane production in Germany, by Peter Schrum, Federal Association of Biogenic and Renewable Fuels e. V.
• LNG - a unique transport solution for medium and long distance road transport, by Jordi Sole, Indox Cryo Energy
• Low-Carbon Heavy Goods Transport with Dual–Fuel and Bio-Methane, by Steve Whelan, Clean Air Power
• NG/biomethane as a key factor in European fuel policy, by Manuel Lage, NGVA Europe