CNG News: 15 July, 2010

Moscow Resolves to Promote CNG as Vehicle Fuel

The city council of Moscow passed Resolution # 553-PP – State of the Works and Further Measures to Promote the Use of Compressed Natural Gas as a Motor Fuel for the Automotive transport of Moscow — in June. The Resolution aims to reduce the harmful effects of transport on environment and health of the population of Moscow by expanding the use of CNG as a motor fuel in the city. Practical implementation is underway, facilitated by an earlier decision by the Moscow government, N 170-PP (March 2002), which introduced alternative motor fuels for road transport to the city. Eugene Pronin, NGVRUS president, referred to the Resolution as opening Moscow to CNG investment and development. Areas for potential investment are: Building CNG/LNG filling stations; Assembly / construction of OEM NGVs; Manufacturing high pressure cylinders; Setting up transportation companies (taxis, buses, trucks) that use NGVs. The key points of the Resolution are: Social facilities (hospitals, kindergartens, schools) shall be served by Euro-4 vehicles or CNG vehicles. Electrical and CNG trucks vehicles will be exempt from the ban to enter the central area of Moscow. Communal vehicles in the central are of Moscow shall use alternative fuels (CNG, electric power). Multifuel filling stations in Moscow, where CNG make no less than 30% of the overall fuel sales, and automotive companies, where no less than 50% of the fleet are vehicle powered by alternative fuels (CNG and electric power) may get at least 5 year land tax holidays. Six Moscow bus companies will switch to CNG. 21 sites are approved for construction CNG filling stations. Filling stations without CNG options will not be allowed in Moscow. A Moscow law on the Use of Alternative Transportation Fuels will be developed. Electrical and CNG trucks vehicles will be exempt from the ban to enter restricted traffic zones. Government of Moscow intends to begin OEM production of NGVs in the city. Moscow NGVs will be used to serve the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, in February 2014. Biomethane from sewage water and landfills will be produced in Moscow. Responsibility for rolling out the implementation and operation of the project, including development of associated infrastructure, has been allocated to the Department of Transport and Communications of Moscow. G.E.T. Worldwide Ltd: CNG vertical compressor - CNG turnkey station