Natural gas buses: Separating myth from fact (Clean Cities alternative fuel information series fact sheet)

Book · Thu Apr 27 04:00:00 EDT 2000

OSTI ID:756258

Parish, R

Increasing numbers of transit agencies across North America are making the choice to convert their bus fleets to compressed natural gas (CNG), and even more are seriously considering it. Natural gas buses now account for at least 20{percent} of all new bus orders. However, it becomes difficult for fleet operators to fairly evaluate the potential benefits of an alternative fuel program if they are confronted with misinformation or poor comparisons based on false assumptions. This fact sheet addresses some of the most common misconceptions that seem to work their way into anecdotal stories, media reports, and even some poorly researched white papers and feasibility studies. It is an expanded version of information that was presented on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy at the South Coast Air Basin Alternative Fuel and Electric Transit Bus Workshop in Diamond Bar, California, on March 15, 2000.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-99GO10337
• OSTI ID: 756258
• Report Number(s): NREL/FS-540-28377
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

03 NATURAL GAS
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES
ALTERNATIVE FUELS
BUS FLEETS
BUSES
COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS
DECISION MAKING
FUEL SUBSTITUTION
NATURAL GAS
PLANNING
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
RECOMMENDATIONS
TRANSIT BUS