Ashok Leyland ties up with Australian firm

Hinduja group company’s Ashok Leyland Ltd. has signed an agreement with Australia’s Eden Energy Ltd. for the supply of environment-friendly, hydrogen-enriched technology for its natural gas powered buses. The 10-year hythane engine conversion and marketing agreement provides a major opening for Eden’s patented hydrogen and natural gas fuel blend, Hythane, to be introduced across tens of thousands of public transport vehicles in India. The first set of Ashok Leyland engines have been sent to Colorado in the U.S. for modification and demonstration trials, said Greg Solomon, executive chairman of Eden Energy. Under the terms of the agreement, the 100% owned Eden subsidiary, Brehon Energy PLC, will conduct, through its U.S. subsidiary, the Hythane engine recalibration on Indian engines at its test facilities in Colorado. (December 22, 2006)