In the continuing saga of the shortage of CNG for Buses, the operators of CNG buses in Metro Manila accused the Dept of Energy and Shell Philippines of collusion to ensure that the pilot CNG program for buses be declared a failure so that the operators will revert back to diesel.
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Compressed Natural Gas operators have been up in arms lately because the Shell CNG station in Mamplasan has been unable to supply the CNG needed to run their buses since October of 2010. These bus operators have invested heavily in the purchase of the buses powered by Natural Gas in order to be part of the government’s Department of Energy Natural’s Gas Vehicle Program for Public Transport (NGVPPT).
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According to the Department of Energy (DOE), there are about 24 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses plying the capital of the Philippines to date. Those buses are able to use CNG, sold at P14.52/liter, to power their engines.
The DOE is targeting to accredit more bus operators to run CNG powered buses so as to bring the total number of CNG buses to 185. A total of seven bus operators where recently accredited, four of which were issued certificates of authority to allow them to import CNG buses.
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Energtek Inc, an Israeli based firm, is offering conversion kits for tricycle drivers to convert their vehicles to run on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) instead of the regular gasoline. They said that it will be 30-40% more economical than regular gasoline powered motorcycles.
Similar to LPG conversion kits, it will cost around P 15,000 for each tricycle driver. A refilling station which will tap the residual CNG from the closed down San Antonio natural gas power plant is already thought of being set up by the PNOC-EC. After 14 years of operation the 3 MW power plant is being closed down for lack of stable supply of natural gas.
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Yet another piece of good news in the Philippine energy sector. Callandra CNG Fuels Corp announced that the Philippine Department of Energy has approved their application to invest in the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) sector of the Philippines. This is Callandra’s first investment in Asia.
Callandra will setup 6 CNG refuelling stations that can service 5,000 buses a day. CNG president Randall C. Antonio said that the stations are expected to by finished by 2010.
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After almost 4 years, Compressed Natural Gas buses will finally be able to service the populace of Manila. Starting Monday, 11 buses will ply the main thoroughfare known as EDSA giving free rides to commuters. Passengers won’t be charged a cent in this pioneer run till the 3rd of April.
It is expected that the savings in operation will be about P 4000/day ($100 at P40=$1) compared to a diesel powered bus.
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