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Utah Clean Cities Coalition and Questar Gas open new fueling station in Utah
Utah already has 29 fueling stations and an estimated 5,000-8,000 CNG-powered cars on the highway making it one of the leaders in the country. Well, the Utah Clean Cities Coalition and Questar Gas just added one more fueling station to the mix by working together to open a new station near Vernal, Utah.
The fueling station cost approximately $500,000. Clean Cities covered about a quarter of the cost from a $15 million federal stimulus grant. Next up for Clean Cities and Questar is making Utah’s I-80 corridor more NGV-friendly by extending it into Nevada and Wyoming.
Thanks to Paula and Jim Grambihler at Questar for pointing me to the story. You can get the full read over at the Salt Lake Tribune.
Natural Gas Roundtable: Caruso and Hatley
The next Natural Gas Roundtable is set for Thursday, September 9th at noon at the University Club. Guy Caruso and John Hatley will discuss “Natural Gas and the Marine Industry – the Next Major Gas Demand Opportunity and Strategic Implications.” Here’s a brief bio for each of them.
Guy F. Caruso is a senior advisor in the CSIS Energy and National Security Program. He served as Administrator, Energy Information Administration (EIA) from July 2002 to September 2008. Mr. Caruso has acquired more than 40 years of energy experience, with particular emphasis on topics relating to energy markets, policy and security.
John Hatley, Americas Vice President Ship Power for Wartsila North America, has more than 30 years of combined marine experience spanning business development, project management of domestic and overseas vessel construction, owner’s representation, ship operations and vessel design.
If you can make it, be sure to send an email to Ella today.
Focus on Low-Carbon Solutions
Read my latest response on the National Journal’s Energy and Environment Experts blog to the question, “Is Climate Change Causing Wild Weather?”
The recent weather events making news across America and across the globe do indeed give us all reason to pause. Certainly there have been recent, unusual, and in some cases tragically destructive, weather patterns, but no unanimous consensus is possible as to whether the changes are to some degree a cyclical event or a total de-linkage from the past. Likewise there never will be consensus as to how much of the changing patterns are attributable to human activities. However, we as an industry—and as a country—need to thoughtfully plan for an energy-efficient, carbon-constrained and climate-focused future. Utilizing the premier fuel that is natural gas should be a cornerstone to any such energy plan.
AGA has long understood the importance of balancing the need to meet increasing energy demands with an awareness of our environmental stewardship. Our member utilities and their customers have long supported efforts that encourage conservation and efficiency and the responsible development of America’s abundant natural gas resources.
That said, the wide-ranging debate over climate change, while taking into account the concerns of the environmental community, must also allow for reasonable input from industries likely to be affected by any resulting environmental legislation or regulations.
This is all the more reason to promote the direct use of natural gas in America’s homes and business. Not only is natural domestically abundant—meaning it can meet our growing energy needs right now—but also it is the cleanest and most efficient of the fossil fuels. In fact from the wellhead to the burner tip, natural gas loses only about 10 percent of its useable energy. Even when used to generate electricity, natural gas is cleaner than other fossil fuels and it can provide reliable baseload power, unlike other clean energy forms such as wind and solar, which are more intermittent in nature.
These attributes only highlight the important, and intelligent, role that natural gas plays in providing reliable and low-carbon energy.
True Blue Natural Gas Blog from the American Gas Association (AGA)- Utah Clean Cities Coalition and Questar Gas open new fueling station in Utah
- Natural Gas Roundtable: Caruso and Hatley
- Focus on Low-Carbon Solutions
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