The renewal of bus concessions to be made by businesses by mid-2013 and early 2014 will be used by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) to bring in units which use cleaner energy sources, such as LPG or CNG (Natural Gas). The change will begin with 300 units, noted an article published by Crhoy.com.

According to the Deputy Minister of the MOPT, Rodrigo Rivera, some companies have already placed orders, such as TUASA, and the companies servicing La Uruca and Escazú, which total about 300 units that will be shipped to the country.

According to Rivera, the interest by Costa Rican companies has caused reactions in automotive houses in Japan, Korea and China, which are offering discounts on the purchase of transport units. In addition to these deals, the government intends to sell carbon neutral coupons to these countries and therefore get the units at a lower price.

The government's intention is that both the bus fleet as well as taxis circulating in the country (four thousand and twelve thousand respectively) work with cleaner energy in order to reduce CO2 pollution produced as well as the consumption costs of hydrocarbons.

Source: Crhoy.com

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