natural gas EcoSystem
Renewable natural gas
Natural Gas benefits
Natural Gas Maintenance
NG Refueling Infrastructure
Products
Applications
Fuel comparison
• Natural gas engines are the most mature, proven and least disruptive alternative power technology available today
• The natural gas curve isn’t as steep as many people think
• An abundant domestic fuel source
Overall Benefits
Benefits of Natural Gas
• Natural gas engines lower GHG emissions with compressed natural gas by 13-17%
• Natural gas engines can be carbon neutral or carbon negative when using renewable natural gas, which primary uses methane that comes from the decomposition of organic waste
• Natural gas engines help reduce air pollution and the vehicles are very popular in urban areas
• No environmentally harmful spills
Environmental benefits
Benefits of Natural Gas
Overall benefits
Environmental benefits
Economic benefits
Drivers' experience
exhaust treatment
Operating costs
Mechanics experience
Economic Benefits
• Natural gas fleets can earn more business from companies looking to meet ESG goals, or lower their transportation emissions
• Cost savings through low, stable natural gas fuel prices
• Reduced maintenance cost with natural gas engines since there is no extensive aftertreatment system
• Incentives also offer economic benefits for natural gas engines
Benefits of Natural Gas
Drivers' Experience
• Natural gas engines run a cleaner and quieter operation
• Natural gas engines can feel and perform similarly to diesel vehicles
• Natural gas vehicles have a convenient refueling experience
• Natural gas engines perform well in cold weather compared to diesel: there is no diesel exhaust fluid that can freeze and natural gas does not turn to gel when it is cold
Benefits of Natural Gas
Maintenance free exhaust treatment system
Maintenance of natural gas engines
Operating costs
Maintenance of natural gas engines
mechanics experience
Maintenance of natural gas engines
Vocational TRUCK
Applications
Transit and school buses
• 30% of all transit buses in the USA in 2019 operated in natural gas
• Fuel prices are lower and more stable than diesel, so they can save money
• No exhaust odor from buses leads to better air quality for cities and neighborhoods
• Less noise in cities and neighborhoods when using natural gas engines
Medium-duty
Regional haul trucks
Regional haul trucks
Medium-duty
Transit and school buses
Vocational
Quick facts
• Comes from a process known as anaerobic digestion, in which bacteria break down matter to produce renewable natural gas (RNG)
• It is sometimes known as biomethane or upgraded biogas
• RNG accounted for 64% of on-highway natural gas use in 2021
Renewable Natural Gas
Main sources of organic matter
• Organic matter dumped at landfills
• Manure produced in large quantities in cattle farms and chicken farms
• Sludge from wastewater treatment plants
Renewable Natural Gas
Renewable natural gas benefits
• Similar performance characteristics to diesel
• Well to wheels emissions are extremely low-carbon - it can be carbon negative when using RNG
• The solids left from RNG production can be used as fertilizer or animal bedding
• Farmers can invest in digesters to capture and sell methane used to produce biogas and RNG
Renewable Natural Gas
RNG benefits
main sources of organic matter
Quick facts
fuel transportation
In the United States, 3 million miles of distribution lines and over 300,000 miles of transportation pipelines are ready to accept in-spec RNG or CNG and deliver it to customers
refueling infrastructure
Refueling facilities
• The network of natural gas fueling stations is less dense than the one for gasoline or diesel. There are about 1,600 public and private stations dispending compressed natural gas in the United States, compared to over 150,000 gas stations with gasoline or diesel.
• Most of the RNG supply is sent to states with Low Carbon Fuel Credits for natural gas. Right now, only California, Oregon and Washington state offer these credits, so fuel suppliers prioritize shipping fuel to them.
refueling infrastructure
how many ngvs are there?
There are over 23 million natural gas vehicles (NGVs) in the world, including over 175,000 in the United States.
refueling infrastructure
fuel availability projection
It may be possible to increase the production of RNG in the United States—and in other countries—by orders of magnitude. According to a study quoted by the American Gas Association, the US could have the potential to produce up to 36 billion diesel gallon equivalent (DGE) of RNG each year by 2040. If all of it was used in transportation applications, it would be enough to transition about two thirds of all diesel vehicles in the country.
refueling infrastructure
Fuel availability
Number served
Refueling facilities
Fuel transportation
Natural gas vs diesel
• Natural gas is a fossil fuel and its use results in greenhouse gas emissions.
• The well-to-wheels emissions of a natural gas vehicle, expressed in pounds per mile driven, are equivalent or slightly smaller than the emissions of a comparable diesel vehicle.
• Crucially, natural gas vehicles tend to have extremely low emissions of criteria pollutant such as NOx and particulate matter. This is one of the reasons why natural gas is a popular choice for heavy-duty vehicles that operate in urban environments such as garbage trucks, buses, and delivery trucks.
Fuel Comparison
LPG vs cng
• LPG, or liquefied petroleum gas, is a mixture of light hydrocarbons that consits of 60-90% propane. Natural gas is almost entirely made up of methane.
• Both burn cleanly and silently, can help reduce maintenance vehicle costs, and can eliminate most cold weather start problems. There are almost 2,000 publicly accessible LPG fueling stations in the United States and Canada.
• Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), in comparison, is only available at less than half that number of stations.
Fuel Comparison
CNG vs LNG
• Compressed Natural Gas, or CNG, and Liquefied Natural Gas, or LNG, are the same substance. CNG is received and stored a vehicle’s tank is gaseous form. To obtain LNG, natural gas is compressed and cooled to extremely low temperatures, at which point it turns to liquid. LNG can then be shipped, stored, and used to fill the tanks of LNG vehicles.
• In vehicle applications, the main advantage that LNG has over CNG is that it is denser. LNG, however, is more complicated to use, and is not widely available. One safety concern results from the need for LNG vehicles to vent off fumes. LNG vehicles do not normally come with LNG cooling systems, so LNG tanks tend to gain heat.
Fuel Comparison
CNG vs rng
• Chemically, compressed natural gas (CNG) and renewable natural gas (RNG) are almost identical, but they differ in their origin. Natural gas, like oil, is extracted from fossil resources present in the ground. Renewable natural gas is obtained by fermenting organic waste such as sewage sludge or animal manure in large industrial tanks known as digesters.
• Switching to renewable natural gas is a great way for businesses operating fleets of vehicles to reduce their carbon footprint. If it is not practical to fuel a vehicle entirely on renewable natural gas, then blending with fossil natural gas is possible. Even then, the use of renewable natural gas will result in an instant reduction in CO2 emissions without the need to invest in any upgrades or modifications to the vehicle.
Fuel Comparison
hydrogen
• Though all hydrogen molecules are identical, hydrogen is said to come in a variety of colors. Green hydrogen is made by electrolysis using renewable electricity. (The hydrogen palette also includes gray hydrogen, blue hydrogen and turquoise hydrogen, among others). Those colors refer to production pathways with intermediate decarbonization outcomes.
• When green hydrogen is used in a fuel cell vehicle, the only exhaust is water vapor.
• When it is used in an internal combustion engine vehicle, some NOx emissions also occur (and trace amounts of CO2, resulting from engine oil burning). In both cases, well-to-wheels emissions are extremely small.
Fuel Comparison
hydrogen
CNG vs RNG
CNG vs LNG
LPG vs CNG
Applications
Applications
Applications
• Includes semi local applications, urban delivery and last-mile delivery
• Natural gas vehicles can complete a day's work without refueling and they conveniently return to refuel overnight
• Natural gas engines can be used on trucks that run fixed routes between locations where natural gas fuel stations are available
• On-highway natural gas trucks offer route flexibility; they don't need to be refueled in-route
• Renewable natural gas captures methane that would have otherwise been emitted into the atmosphere through natural decomposition, making it a carbon-negative option
• Example: UPS has committed to purchasing more than 6,000 CNG trucks between 2020-22 to run between distribution centers and local shipping locations
• Includes refuse trucks, dump trucks, terminal tractors, cement mixers and more
• Natural gas vocational trucks are quieter and improve air quality in urban settings
• They have reduced fuel costs: waste management companies or municipalities that own landfills can produce renewable natural gas
• 80% of the parts are similar to diesel engines
• Working on natural gas engines is cleaner compared to diesel engines
Less fuel costs since the average price of natural gas is more stable and lower compared to diesel
• No expensive exhaust system fluid is needed
• No cleaning or replacement of exhaust control systems
• No high maintenance DPF-SCR diesel emissions control systems
B6.7N
Natural gas engine for the school bus, shuttle, and medium-duty truck markets.
250HP / 560 lb-ft
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ISX12N
Natural gas engine for heavy-duty regional-haul, vocational, refuse truck applications, and motorcoach.
400 HP / 1,500 lb-ft
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X15N
Natural gas engine for heavy duty trucks.
500 HP / 1,850 lb-ft
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Products
• Natural gas is a fossil fuel and its use results in
greenhouse gas emissions.
• The well-to-wheels emissions of a natural gas vehicle, expressed in pounds per mile driven, are equivalent or slightly smaller than the emissions of a comparable diesel vehicle.
• Crucially, natural gas vehicles tend to have extremely low emissions of criteria pollutant such as NOx and particulate matter. This is one of the reasons why natural gas is a popular choice for heavy-duty vehicles that operate in urban environments such as garbage trucks, buses, and delivery trucks.
• Natural gas is a fossil fuel and its use results in
greenhouse gas emissions.
• The well-to-wheels emissions of a natural gas vehicle, expressed in pounds per mile driven, are equivalent or slightly smaller than the emissions of a comparable diesel vehicle.
• Crucially, natural gas vehicles tend to have extremely low emissions of criteria pollutant such as NOx and particulate matter. This is one of the reasons why natural gas is a popular choice for heavy-duty vehicles that operate in urban environments such as garbage trucks, buses, and delivery trucks.
• LPG, or liquefied petroleum gas, is a mixture of light hydrocarbons that consits of 60-90% propane. Natural gas is almost entirely made up of methane.
• Both burn cleanly and silently, can help reduce maintenance vehicle costs, and can eliminate most cold weather start problems. There are almost 2,000 publicly accessible LPG fueling stations in the United States and Canada.
• Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), in comparison, is only available at less than half that number of stations.
• LPG, or liquefied petroleum gas, is a mixture of light hydrocarbons that consits of 60-90% propane. Natural gas is almost entirely made up of methane.
• Both burn cleanly and silently, can help reduce maintenance vehicle costs, and can eliminate most cold weather start problems. There are almost 2,000 publicly accessible LPG fueling stations in the United States and Canada.
• Compressed Natural Gas, or CNG, and Liquefied Natural Gas, or LNG, are the same substance. CNG is received and stored a vehicle’s tank is gaseous form. To obtain LNG, natural gas is compressed and cooled to extremely low temperatures, at which point it turns to liquid. LNG can then be shipped, stored, and used to fill the tanks of LNG vehicles.
• In vehicle applications, the main advantage that LNG has over CNG is that it is more dense. LNG, however, is more complicated to use, and is not widely available. One safety concern results from the need for LNG vehicles to vent off fumes. LNG vehicles do not normally come with LNG cooling systems, so LNG tanks tend to gain heat.
• Chemically, compressed natural gas (CNG) and renewable natural gas (RNG) are almost identical, but they differ in their origin. Natural gas, like oil, is extracted from fossil resources present in the ground. Renewable natural gas is obtained by fermenting organic waste such as sewage sludge or animal manure in large industrial tanks known as digesters.
• Switching to renewable natural gas is a great way for businesses operating fleets of vehicles to reduce their carbon footprint. If it is not practical to fuel a vehicle entirely on renewable natural gas, then blending with fossil natural gas is possible. Even then, the use of renewable natural gas will result in an instant reduction in CO2 emissions without the need to invest in any upgrades or modifications to the vehicle.
• Though all hydrogen molecules are identical, hydrogen is said to come in a variety of colors. Green hydrogen is made by electrolysis using renewable electricity. (The hydrogen palette also includes gray hydrogen, blue hydrogen and turquoise hydrogen, among others). Those colors refer to production pathways with intermediate decarbonization outcomes.
• When green hydrogen is used in a fuel cell vehicle, the only exhaust is water vapor.
• When it is used in an internal combustion engine vehicle, some NOx emissions also occur (and trace amounts of CO2, resulting from engine oil burning). In both cases, well-to-wheels emissions are extremely small.
• When green hydrogen is used in a fuel cell vehicle, the only exhaust is water vapor.
• When it is used in an internal combustion engine vehicle, some NOx emissions also occur (and trace amounts of CO2, resulting from engine oil burning). In both cases, well-to-wheels emissions are extremely small.
• The network of natural gas fueling stations is less dense than the one for gasoline or diesel. There are about 1,600 public and private stations dispending compressed natural gas in the United States, compared to over 150,000 gas stations with gasoline or diesel.
• Most of the RNG supply is sent to states with Low Carbon Fuel Credits for natural gas. Right now, only California, Oregon and Washington state offer these credits, so fuel suppliers prioritize shipping fuel to them.
• On-highway natural gas trucks offer route flexibility; they don't need to be refueled in-route
• Renewable natural gas captures methane that would have otherwise been emitted into the atmosphere through natural decomposition, making it a carbon-negative option
• Example: UPS has committed to purchasing more than 6,000 CNG trucks between 2020-22 to run between distribution centers and local shipping locations
• On-highway natural gas trucks offer route flexibility; they don't need to be refueled in-route
• Renewable natural gas captures methane that would have otherwise been emitted into the atmosphere through natural decomposition, making it a carbon-negative option
• Example: UPS has committed to purchasing more than 6,000 CNG trucks between 2020-22 to run between distribution centers and local shipping locations
• Includes semi local applications, urban delivery and last-mile delivery
• Natural gas vehicles can complete a day's work without refueling and they conviniently return to refuel overnight
• Natural gas engines can be used on trucks that run fixed routes between locations where natural gas fuel stations are available
• Includes semi local applications, urban delivery and last-mile delivery
• Natural gas vehicles can complete a day's work without refueling and they conviniently return to refuel overnight
• Natural gas engines can be used on trucks that run fixed routes between locations where natural gas fuel stations are available
• 30% of all transit buses in the USA in 2019 operated in natural gas
• Fuel prices are lower and more stable than diesel, so they can save money
• No exhaust odor from buses leads to better air quality for cities and neighborhoods
• Less noise in cities and neighborhoods when using natural gas engines
• 30% of all transit buses in the USA in 2019 operated in natural gas
• Fuel prices are lower and more stable than diesel, so they can save money
• No exhaust odor from buses leads to better air quality for cities and neighborhoods
• Less noise in cities and neighborhoods when using natural gas engines
• 30% of all transit buses in the USA in 2019 operated in natural gas
• Fuel prices are lower and more stable than diesel, so they can save money
• No exhaust odor from buses leads to better air quality for cities and neighborhoods
• Less noise in cities and neighborhoods when using natural gas engines
• Includes refuse trucks, dump trucks, terminal tractors, cement mixers and more
• Natural gas vocational trucks are quieter and improve air quality in urban settings
• They have reduced fuel costs: waste management companies or municipalities that own landfils can produce renewable natural gas
• Includes refuse trucks, dump trucks, terminal tractors, cement mixers and more
• Natural gas vocational trucks are quieter and improve air quality in urban settings
• They have reduced fuel costs: waste management companies or municipalities that own landfils can produce renewable natural gas
• No expensive exhaust system fluid is needed
• No cleaning or replacement of exhaust control systems
• No high maintenance DPF-SCR diesel emissions control systems
• No expensive exhaust system fluid is needed
• No cleaning or replacement of exhaust control systems
• No high maintenance DPF-SCR diesel emissions control systems
• 80% of the parts are similar to diesel engines
• Working on natural gas engines is cleaner compared to diesel engines
• Natural gas engines are the most mature, proven and least disruptive alternative power technology available today
• The natural gas curve isn’t as steep as many people think
• An abundant domestic fuel source
• Natural gas engines are the most mature, proven and least disruptive alternative power technology available today
• The natural gas curve isn’t as steep as many people think
• An abundant domestic fuel source
• Natural gas engines lower GHG emissions with compressed natural gas by 13-17%
• Natural gas engines can be carbon neutral or carbon negative when using renewable natural gas, which primary uses methane that comes from the decomposition of organic waste
• Natural gas engines help reduce air pollution and the vehicles are very popular in urban areas
• No environmentally harmful spills
• Natural gas engines lower GHG emissions with compressed natural gas by 13-17%
• Natural gas engines can be carbon neutral or carbon negative when using renewable natural gas, which primary uses methane that comes from the decomposition of organic waste
• Natural gas engines help reduce air pollution and the vehicles are very popular in urban areas
• No environmentally harmful spills
• Natural gas engines lower GHG emissions with compressed natural gas by 13-17%
• Natural gas engines can be carbon neutral or carbon negative when using renewable natural gas, which primary uses methane that comes from the decomposition of organic waste
• Natural gas engines help reduce air pollution and the vehicles are very popular in urban areas
• No environmentally harmful spills
• Natural gas fleets can earn more business from companies looking to meet ESG goals, or lower their transportation emissions
• Cost savings through low, stable natural gas fuel prices
• Reduced maintenance cost with natural gas engines since there is no extensive aftertreatment system
• Incentives also offer economic benefits for natural gas engines
• Natural gas fleets can earn more business from companies looking to meet ESG goals, or lower their transportation emissions
• Cost savings through low, stable natural gas fuel prices
• Reduced maintenance cost with natural gas engines since there is no extensive aftertreatment system
• Incentives also offer economic benefits for natural gas engines
• Natural gas fleets can earn more business from companies looking to meet ESG goals, or lower their transportation emissions
• Cost savings through low, stable natural gas fuel prices
• Reduced maintenance cost with natural gas engines since there is no extensive aftertreatment system
• Incentives also offer economic benefits for natural gas engines
• Natural gas engines run a cleaner and quieter operation
• Natural gas engines can feel and perform similarly to diesel vehicles
• Natural gas vehicles have a convinient refueling experience
• Natural gas engines perform well in cold weather compared to diesel: there is no diesel exhaust fluid that can freeze and natural gas does not turn to gel when it is cold
• Natural gas engines run a cleaner and quieter operation
• Natural gas engines can feel and perform similarly to diesel vehicles
• Natural gas vehicles have a convinient refueling experience
• Natural gas engines perform well in cold weather compared to diesel: there is no diesel exhaust fluid that can freeze and natural gas does not turn to gel when it is cold
• Natural gas engines run a cleaner and quieter operation
• Natural gas engines can feel and perform similarly to diesel vehicles
• Natural gas vehicles have a convinient refueling experience
• Natural gas engines perform well in cold weather compared to diesel: there is no diesel exhaust fluid that can freeze and natural gas does not turn to gel when it is cold