Benefits of Natural Gas Vehicles

Environment Benefits

Use of natural gas as a fuel of vehicles result in reduced emissions and improved local air quality

Natural gas has lower greenhouse gas emissions than liquid fuels vehicles

National Benefits

Use of natural gas in the transportation sector will:

Reduce national demand and oil dependency

Improve national balance of payments by reducing the need for imported oil

Improve energy choice flexibility

Improve national security of energy supply

Improve economic stability (dampen oil price)

Make use of renewal energy (bio-methane)

 

Reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Reduce harmful vehicle emissions that cause local air pollution

Growth Opportunity

Natural gas as fuel for vehicles offer a significant market growth opportunity for the gas industry. The benefits relating to this opportunity are:

Additional product sold in a new market for the tranportation sector

Increased profits due to high market value of natural gas

Natural gas pricing and availability is not directly affected by oil priceEfficient use of existing natural gas network and potential for network expansion

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Message from International Gas Union (IGU) and International Association of Natural Gas Vehicles (IANGV) 1. Message to National and Local Government on National Benefits of NGV   Click to download   2. Message to the Chief Executives in the Global Gas Industry on National Growth of NGV   Click to download     Top