Transportation

Honeywell Turbo-Charges Its Engine Technology

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Transportation has always been a huge consumer of energy, but basic efficiency increases in gasoline-powered central combustion engines there has been minimal change to energy use in the transportation sector for the last century.

A transformational combination of shifting fuel prices and availability, leaps in technology development and looming regulatory deadlines are poised to create huge changes in the transport sector, though many of them may be at first invisible to customers. Keep reading →

 /  Published March 16, 2012 at 2:30 PM

The energy sector’s relationship to the transport sector is changing

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 /  Published March 16, 2012 at 11:10 AM

Mass Transit Use Rises As Gas Prices Soar

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Ridership on the nation’s trains and buses hit one of the highest levels in decades, with officials crediting high gas prices, a stronger economy and new technology that makes riding public transit easier. In 2011, Americans took 10.4 billion trips on mass transit — which includes buses, trains, street cars and ferries, according to the American Public Transportation Association. That’s a 2.3% increase over 2010 and just shy of the number of trips in 2008, when gasoline spiked to a record national average of $4.11 a gallon. “As people get jobs and go back to work, they get on mass transit more,” said Michael Melaniphy, president of APTA. “And then when people look at gas prices, they really get on transit more.”

 /  Published March 12, 2012 at 9:30 AM

Car Companies Pressed for Natural Gas Vehicle Boost

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With decade-low natural gas prices threatening to dampen America’s shale-gas boom, gas-producing states are looking for ways to stimulate demand from cars and light trucks.

Ten states have signed a memorandum of understanding that aims to persuade automakers in the US to mass-produce competitively priced cars that will run on natural gas, providing a new outlet for abundant domestic supplies of the cleaner-burning fuel. The signatories are seeking more support. Keep reading →

 /  Published March 8, 2012 at 9:00 AM

Another Natural Gas Fueling Station Boost: ‘CNG In A Box’

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A picture of the GE natural gas fueling station.

Efforts to find a use for America’s glut of shale gas got a boost on Wednesday when Chesapeake Energy announced an agreement with GE to increase the availability of compressed and liquid natural gas as a transportation fuel. Keep reading →

 /  Published March 7, 2012 at 2:30 PM

What happens when America’s largest commercial fleets commit to reduced gasoline and diesel use? http://go.usa.gov/PCl

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What happens when the largest American commercial fleets commit to reduced gasoline and diesel use? http://go.usa.gov/PCl ENERGY

 /  Published March 7, 2012 at 2:10 PM

Old King Coal Stays On World Energy Throne

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China has the world’s largest-ever program to build new nuclear generating plants, the world’s largest-ever program to build renewables, government mandates to vastly improve efficiency – and the world’s largest coal building program.

China’s situation was used by International Energy Agency experts to illustrate why their first report on coal’s prospects over the next five years, the Medium-Term Coal Market Report 2011, has concluded coal will remain the world’s dominant fuel, despite growing worries about climate change. Keep reading →

 /  Published January 12, 2012 at 11:30 AM

How much tax do we pay on a gallon of gasoline?

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People are asking: How much tax do we pay on a gallon of #gasoline ? http://go.usa.gov/8N3 #energy #oil EIAgov

 /  Published October 14, 2011 at 9:15 AM
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