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European Investment Bank funds to finance CNG buses in Spain

January 10, 2020. The European Investment Bank (EIB) has provided €27.5 million in financing to Spanish transport company Grupo Ruiz to replace its more polluting diesel buses with 32 electric and 141 compressed natural gas (CNG) alternatives, the European Commission…

Tartu buses are running on biomethane this year

January 8, 2020. From the start of 2020, buses in Tartu have been biomethane powered, making Estonia’s second largest city one of a few in Europe where the entire public transport system has been converted to run entirely on renewable…

Serbian CNG buses financed under EBRD Green Cities program

January 2, 2020. The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) has signed the first loan under its Green Cities program, covering the provision of €7 million to enable Novi Sad’s city transport operator to purchase compressed natural gas (CNG)…

Indian Oil Ministry wants cut in tax on CNG vehicles

December 31, 2019. The Oil Ministry has proposed reducing the goods and services tax (GST) on compressed natural gas (CNG)-driven vehicles to 5% — at par with electric vehicles — from the current 28% to help the government’s drive to…