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Blue Corridor 2012 On September 8–24, Russian and German gas companies Gazprom and E.ON Ruhrgas will join together to sponsor the sixth Blue Corridor 2012 NGV Rally across Europe. Using tomorrow‘s fuel today With fuel prices constantly rising and climate-changing emissions in the transport sector becoming more relevant, alternative drive systems have an important role to play. Thanks to the increasing range of dedicated natural gas vehicles (NGVs) and the steadily growing number of CNG filling stations, natural gas has become a sustainable and environmentally friendly alternative fuel that is already available today. With the existing network of filling stations, which is continuously expanded, and in combination with biomethane, natural gas is already

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The Blue Corridor 2012 brochure outlines the broad details and history of the sixth Blue Corridor 2012 NGV Rally across Europe. It explains how natural gas is the vehicle fuel of the future, with its low emissions and prices, as well as enhanced safety. The brochure also identifies steps stakeholders must take to ensure the long term development of natural gas.

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Blue Corridor 2012

On September 8–24, Russian and German gas companies Gazprom and E.ON Ruhrgas will join together to sponsor the sixth Blue Corridor 2012 NGV Rally across Europe.

Using tomorrow‘s fuel today

With fuel prices constantly rising and climate-changing emissions in the transport sector becoming more relevant, alternative drive systems have an important role to play. Thanks to the increasing range of dedicated natural gas vehicles (NGVs) and the steadily growing number of CNG filling stations, natural gas has become a sustainable and environmentally friendly alternative fuel that is already available today.With the existing network of filling stations, which is continuously expanded, and in combination with biomethane, natural gas is already making a substantial contribution to reducing climate-changing emissions in the transport sector.

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Natural gas as fuel is clean

NGV motorists demonstrate that they are doing something for the environment. CO2 emissions are greatly reduced (about 25 % less emissions compared to petrol). By adding biomethane even higher emission reductions can be achieved.

WTW GHG emissions in g CO 2 eq./km

Compared with diesel vehicles, emissions of nitrogen oxides are about 95 % lower, and virtually no particulate matter is emitted.

Natural gas as fuel is cheap

Natural gas is a favourably priced motor fuel, enabling NGV drivers to make considerable savings compared with their counterparts.

How far can you drive with € 10.00* ?

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Natural gas as fuel is safe

More than one million vehicles on European roads show that the technology is safe. The tanks are subject to very stringent safety checks, making them the most stable and safest components of these vehicles. On modern NGVs, the tanks are mounted beneath the car and tested by the technical inspectorate for a pressure of 600 bar, even though they are normally exposed to only 200 bar. Moreover, in the event of an incident, the gas is discharged and combusted in a controlled manner thanks to a safety valve. Nor is there any loss of convenience. New engines with dual turbocharging provide up to 150 HP and maximum speeds of over 200 km/h. The further development of NGVs is also noticeable in the range they achieve. Less refuelling is needed because of optimised engines and larger tanks. Modern NGVs can cover 450 km and more with a single tank filling.

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CNG and LNG in transport

The potential for natural gas is everywhere: trucking companies, municipal buses, taxi fleets, postal services, communal vehicles, farming vehicles, mine hauling trucks, airport service automobiles, locomotives, river boats and sea ships – all these self-propelled machines can become cleaner and cheaper in operation if they use natural gas. A number of vehicle manufacturers off er powerful, fuelefficient models with natural gas engines (VW, Iveco, MAN, Mercedes, Fiat, Ford, Opel, etc.)

Small Trucks• 20,000 garbage trucks in service in Europe• 3,000 (15 %) are CNG

Taxis• about 500,000 cabs in Europe• CNG is still an exception• E.g. Germany 8% of taxi fleet is CNG

Buses• 70,000 urban buses in the main European cities• 9,000 (13 %) are CNG

LNG Trucks• > 5,000 LNG heavy trucks in USA• > 4,000 LNG heavy trucks in China• Only about 200 LNG heavy trucks in Europe

LNG Ships• The use of LNG in ship types other than LNG carriers is still very limited. • E.g. Norway 15 LNG ships

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The Golden Age of natural gas is dawning, but it will not come automatically. All major stakeholders have to mobilize their resources:

International, national and local policy-makers should:

· develop and enforce clear and well defined emis-sion reduction and budget efficiency strategies;

· offer appealing incentives to all players on NGV market;

· emphasize synergy of natural gas with biomethane and other renewables as practical transportation fuel;

· promote expansion of regional and international Blue Corridors;

The gas industry should:

· keep on pioneering the development of on- and off-grid natural gas filling infrastructure;

· provide supportive policy to get positive measures response from major private and government fleet operators;

· brand natural gas as the best transportation fuel to sustain cleaner, safer and cheaper mobility;

· implement NGV programs jointly with other industries;

· educate policy-makers, fleet managers and general public on unique blend of environmental, economic and resource benefits inherent to natural gas.

Vehicle manufacturers should:

· expand the range of factory-built NGVs in order to meet more stringent and extensive environmental regulations;

· offer high-quality technical support to customers;

· team up with gas industry and other businesses in building up NGV markets.

All stakeholders should:

· introduce NGVs into their own fleets,

· reduce the purchase cost of NGVs to below that for diesel vehicles by appropriate pricing policies or incentives;

· step up efforts to spread the word about natural gas as an alternative motor fuel.

Widespread technology in Europe, but still with great expansion potential:

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The development of NGVs throughout Europe has been very heterogeneous. The number of NGVs and CNG filling stations can be seen in the statistics below.

European NGV StatisticsGas Vehicle Report (GVR) Magazine, July 2012

A green future for blue gas

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Natural gas will be around for a long time to come. Reserves are far larger than the remaining oil in the ground and will last for many more decades. The number of producing countries is also larger and there is a greater geographic spread. Biomethane, its renewable twin, which can be blended with natural gas in any concentration without technical problems, provides added security of supply.

Gas from wind and solar power

Power-to-Gas is a novel way of producing hydrogen from wind power by electrolysis. In a second step, the hydrogen can be converted into synthetic methane by reaction with the greenhouse gas CO2. This methane has almost the same chemical makeup as natural gas. While power grids are often overloaded, gas pipelines and underground storage facilities in many countries still have a lot of spare capacity. The gas produced this way can also be used as CNG for vehicles.

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History of the “Blue Corridor Rally”

The idea of the Blue Corridor Project was conceived in 2000 by the non-governmental Vernadsky Ecological Foundation (Moscow). The objective of the Project was to examine the feasibility and demonstrate the necessity of establishing transport corridors for road vehicles powered by compressed natural gas (CNG) instead of diesel because of the economic and environmental advantages.

A study on this subject was presented by the UN in 2003. NGV rallies called ‘Blue Corridor’ were organized by Gazprom and NGVRUS in Russia from 2008. In 2010 E.ON Ruhrgas joined this event and supported its expansion toEurope.

The purpose of Blue Corridor rallies in general is to promote natural gas as the best environmentally friendly and economic transportation fuel, particularly for municipalities and government fleets.

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Blue Corridor 2012 Natural Gas Vehicles Rally

On September 8-24, Russian and German gas companies Gazprom and E.ON Ruhrgas will join together to sponsor the sixth Blue Corridor 2012 NGV Rally across Europe. Through events held along the 6,000 kilometer-long rally route, Gazprom and E.ON Ruhrgas are promoting natural gas as the most abundant, clean, safe and affordable transportation fuel.

The Blue Corridor 2012 NGV Rally will shine the spotlight on Europe’s move towards cleaner, safer and cheaper mobility. Blue Corridor Rally will hold NGV Roundtables in 11 European capitals and cities, with the keynote event held in Brussels on September 17, where European Union officials will participate in an open and proactive discussion of the benefits of NGVs. Methane passenger cars, trucks and buses from major European manufacturers will also be on display at stops along the rally route.

Gazprom and E.ON Ruhrgas’ Blue Corridor 2012 NGV Rally is the combined effort of major European gas companies, vehicle manufacturers and NGV associations.

This year‘s rally is intended to emphasize that the huge traffic flows between western and eastern Europe can only have low emissions and thus be environmentally friendly if Blue Corridors are established across Europe that have sufficient infrastructure enabling NGVs to be used over the entire distance. A spezial priority is the creation of an LNG corridor for heavy-goods vehicles.