Over the course of three days in May almost 1,500 equipment manufacturers, technology providers, fleet representatives, and concerned citizens attended the inaugural 2011 Alternative Clean Transportation “ACT” Expo (www. actexpo.com) at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California. The event included 119 sponsors, exhibitors, and supporters; 114 industry speakers; three technical tours, and 64 vehicles.
On display or available for test driving were compressed natural gas (CNG), liquid natural gas (LNG), hybrid, propane, hydrogen, clean diesel, electric, and renewable fuel cars and trucks. Sixteen plenary and breakout sessions hosted by industry leaders provided attendees with lots of information on best practices for successful clean vehicle deployments.
Fleets & Fuels Show TIMES (Friday, May 6, 2011 edition, p. 6) published for the ACT Expo, quoted Bryan Luftglass, Head of Business Development for Linde North America’s energy solutions group as he summarized what many are experiencing regarding alternative fuels: “No other class of commerce is more interested in moving away from oil-based fuels than the nation’s truck fleet owners, whose fuel costs have been going through the roof.” Luftglass went on to state that Linde (www.linde.com) and Cryostar (www.cryostar.com) “have the technology to help fleet owners move from diesel and gasoline to LNG.” Both Cryostar and parent company Linde sponsored exhibit booths and were ready to assist potential customers. Linde now runs landfill gas-to-biomethane-to-LNG using Cryostar state of the art equipment. (See related story “Landfill-to-LNG,” CGI, December 2009, pp. 11–12.)
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