GE’s CNG In A Box system enters Canadian market

The company plans to use GE’s CNG In A Box™ stations in a semi-private “card lock” format to address the need in Canada for shared fueling stations by smaller fleet owners, ensuring the conversion to natural gas vehicles makes sense economically. The first units will be delivered in December 2013 to one of Chelsea’s new fueling stations scheduled to open in the spring of 2014. The project is first CNG In A Box system order in Canada and follows the recent order for the technology by China’s Endurance Industry.

Keith Triginer, president & CEO of GE Oil & Gas Canada, commented: “We believe this holistic approach to promoting natural gas vehicles will help companies capitalize on what we expect to be a major game changer in the transportation sector. Although achieving scale remains a key challenge in Canada, we are fortunate to collaborate with companies like Chelsea Natural Gas that are actively working to develop the country’s natural gas fueling infrastructure.”

For Chelsea, several of the CNG In A Box units will feature a specialized cold-weather design to withstand the harsh conditions of the Canadian climate. The technology also features commercial quality GE Wayne CNG fueling dispensers that are payment enabled and as user friendly as traditional diesel dispensers. Besides, CNG fueling through the GE ecomagination qualified solution reduces CO2 emissions by 24 percent (2.2 metric tons per vehicle, per year as compared with gasoline), and its CO, NOx, PM and VOC reduction benefits are even greater.

Source: General Electric Canada Inc.