“Replacing traditional gasoline with natural gas in vehicles will greatly reduce pollution from fine particulate matter,” said Xu Tong, deputy general manager of Beijing Gas Group, the company that operates the natural gas pipe network in the city. “The increase of natural gas consumption will greatly improve the city’s air quality.”
Furthermore, Beijing will introduce more than 30,000 additional NGVs by the end of 2017 if the trial project is successful, the bureau said, and a total of 7,000 natural gas-powered public buses will be put into service by the end of 2015.
The city has also set up seven CNG stations and nine LNG stations to support the additional eco-friendly taxis. Some 100 fueling sites will be installed by the end of the year, and at least 70 more will be built every year from 2014 to 2017 to meet the increasing demand, reported China Daily.
