Monterey, NL. One of the challenges to rapidly growing the ecosystem when implementing a system of urban routes based on vehicular natural gas is to have clear regulations: in addition to tendering the units, maintenance must be tendered, drivers must be trained, and the transition to renewable energies must be coordinated. clean, working together government and private initiative, explained Gustavo Trigos Loera, head of Mobility in naturgy.
“One of the challenges is to have clear regulations to rapidly grow the ecosystem, because initially 800 units will be brought based on vehicular natural gas (to the state), but in the six-year term they seek to change 3,000 units to gas. Sustainable Mobility and Accessibility Law of the state, allows this system to come to fruition”, he emphasized during his participation in the 5th. Energy Meeting.
“What he is doing naturgy It is trying to reach the government directly, to teach them and see the benefits and try to move forward, but this is done jointly, private companies and the government. Nuevo León is at the forefront and does not want to be left behind by the other governments that have opted for natural gas for their mobility system”, he deepened.
He stated that the state of Queretaro with QRO Bus, it is the company that groups the main natural gas routes.
When the transition is made, he said, a reaction to change is always generated, therefore, it is necessary to train public transport drivers, as well as to bring together the owners of the routes, because the rate has to take into account the change towards a more modern system.
This has been successful in Mérida and León, where a rate per kilometer is charged instead of a rate per user, they are smaller cities, where stops and traffic lights are synchronized and make it profitable. Same thing was done before lime, Peruor in Buenos AiresArgentina, are benefited cities in the ecological, and generate a more efficient public transport, highlighted Trigos Loera.
He considered that the Mexico City It should already have the entire fleet of urban trucks based on natural gas, as is the case in China, because everything has to come from the local government.
Of course, the alignment is faster in small cities, where Urban Development intervenes.
In the case of ecoviarecalled that they worked on the issue with the state and municipal government and managed to have the transport units with natural gas in 45 days, “it does not mean that they skipped the processes, they did, but it was an issue where the Monterrey government helped to make the process more agile”, he emphasized.
Stations for vehicular natural gas
Regarding the infrastructure to supply vehicular natural gas to public transport, he commented that naturgy It already has 13 service stations that are in operation, another two that will open soon, and three in the pipeline. The carriers are going to have locations close to their routes to supply the fuel, he added.
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