Today, FirmGreen, Inc. (FGI) announced a partnership with Guild Associates, Inc. (Guild) to export green energy technology to Brazil. Soon, the landfill gas (LFG) cleaning equipment that served as a backdrop for the event will create up to 135 green jobs for Ohioans and citizens of other states. The announcement followed a tour at Guild’s factory located in Dublin, Ohio, attended by Ohio representatives as well as FirmGreen CEO Steve Wilburn, and Guild management….Read more

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When you do the math, NGVs are not only cleaner for the environment but also cheaper at the pump. Sempra, a natural gas utility in Southern California recently did a cost comparison between a 41mpg gasoline/electric hybrid and a 28mpg (gasoline gallon equivalent or GGE) NGV, at current fuel prices…Read more

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from the Augusta Chronicle
Waste hauled from Augusta doorsteps might soon be fueling the garbage trucks that collect it, if a $20 million plan to convert landfill methane to compressed natural gas succeeds.

Augusta, Georgia’s growing landfill, still barely a speck on the 1,200 acres it has to expand, has started producing more methane than it can sell. One proposal is to use the excess for fueling the city’s garbage collection fleet…Read more

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After a hard fought win on health care, Congressional allies of the Obama administration are now beginning to refocus on climate change and energy policy. Unlike the health care debate, which split sharply along partisan lines, Senators on both sides of the aisle are working on climate legislation, and that inevitably includes the use of alternative fuels… Read more

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Last week, Dallas Morning News reported on an interview with Rex Tillerson, chief executive of Exxon Mobil, during which he expressed reservations about natural gas a vehicle fuel. NGVAmerica Chairman Andrew J Littlefair responded with a letter seeking to correct some misunderstandings… Read more

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The “road trip” is quintessentially American; a remnant of our heritage of manifest destiny and the open range. Central to these values is the notion that the freedom to travel…Read more

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At the 80th International Motor Show in Geneva, Switzerland, Porsche unveiled its new 918 Spyder plug-in hybrid concept. This is not your typical staid hybrid – it’s definitely a high-performance vehicle. Of course, we would like to see Porsche develop a line of CNG or CNG hybrid vehicles… Read more

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Day Six: We were back on the trail early Saturday morning and crossing into California by 0900 hours. Dropping down out of the Sacramento Mountains we eased our way into the Mojave. With an annual average rainfall of just 10 inches the Mojave supports roughly 2,000 different plant species most notable of which may be Yucca Brevifolia, or the Joshua tree. Read more…

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Day Five: General Francisco de Coronado, and the first Spanish explorers, arrived in the Albuquerque area sometime around 1540; we had arrived around 2100 hours the previous evening. Heading out of Albuquerque on Friday morning, our first order of business was to refuel at the Clean Energy CNG station located at the Albuquerque airport. We had gone 600 miles since our last fuel stop in Elk City, Oklahoma. The Clean Energy station is an unmanned operation and after swiping our credit card we fueled up our shuttle and the DyneTek/TGT trailer with 3600psi CNG. Read more…

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Day Four: The Anadarko Basin, covering much of Western Oklahoma and the upper Texas Panhandle, was formed roughly 300 million years ago with the uplift of the Wichita Mountains and is among the most prolific natural gas plays in the continental United States. Departing El Reno we proceeded West into the heart of the basin. Elk City, Oklahoma lies within several miles of the Texas border and we arrived at the CNG refueling station there at around 1000 hours. This was to be our last source of available CNG until reaching Albuquerque, New Mexico, a distance of 600 miles. We would have to rely on our pioneering spirit, and the DyneTek/TGT trailer, to make it into Albuquerque. Read more…

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