Alt fuel news roundup: 1/17/13

Headlines this week include the Detroit auto show, news of alternative fuel fleets, clean energy projects and more:

  • Charlotte, N.C., hopes to one day be home to an environmental initiative called ReVenture Park, a large renewable energy complex at a 700 acre site along the Catawba River that will repurpose infrastructure already in place and reserve a section for natural wildlife habitats. One of the projects planned for the site is a facility to convert vehicles to run on propane autogas.

  • A business in Massachusetts just received approval for an 18,000 gallon propane tank to service their new autogas fleet.

  • Alliance AutoGas partner Crystal Flash has expanded its services in Michigan with the acquisition of another propane distribution company.

  • Denton Independent School District is being recognized for its propane autogas bus fleet.

  • The 2013 North American International Auto Show is being held in Detroit this week. Here’s a list of Forbes’  “break out stars” on display at the expo.

  • A Pike Research study finds that “nearly one million natural gas trucks and buses will be sold from 2012 to 2019.”

  • Fontaine Modification Services, a truck modifications specialist, is dividing into three business segments, including the new Fontaine Alternative Fuels, which will focus on modifications for autogas and CNG-powered heavy-duty trucks.

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