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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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

Our journey is finished for now: visit Google Maps to see our route across the USA

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Day Three: We arrived around 1000 hours at Tulsa Gas Technologies where we were greeted by the President, a friendly and enthusiastic, Tom Sewell. Tom gave the the full tour of the Tulsa Gas Technologies (TGT) manufacturing facilities. TGT fabricates and manufactures a line of top quality CNG dispensers for end users and other distributors and assemblers. Tom was quick to point out that TGT fabricates all of the dispenser components in house, as well as, producing their own circuit boards and process controls. Read more…

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Day One: Our planned departure being delayed by the installation of trailer wiring, we fueled up and departed the FirmGreen Green Energy Center at 1800 hours 22nd February, 2010. The FirmGreen Machine roared to life as all eight cylinders aspirated the cleanest commercially available fuel in the world: FGE’s biomethane or “gCNG” produced at the Franklin County Landfill in Grove City, Ohio. Just as our forefathers set forth westward across this great nation in search of manifest destiny, we too ventured towards the “New Frontier”; the “Green Energy Frontier”. Read more…

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UPS and AT&T have announced major deployment of natural gas vehicles, and have plans to continue the trend toward alternative fuels. While such efforts do have a positive effect on public relations, their programs are the result of doing the math and seeing that NGVs will lower their fleet costs. Read the full story

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Are you a fleet owner or operator considering a transition to alternative fuel? Visit the US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center (AFDC) website. AFDC presents information on incentives and regulation, alternative fuels and vehicles, and facts to consider when deciding how to implement alternative fuels in your fleet. Read more…

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NEWPORT BEACH, CA – FirmGreen supports the extension of the Volumetric Excise Tax Credits (VETAC) for natural gas through 2010. The “Tax Extenders” Bill (HR4213) extends the tax credit of 50 cents per gallon of compressed natural gas (CNG) and 50 cents per liquid gallon of liquefied natural gas (LNG) used for vehicle fuel [...]

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A proposal to allow state and local government vehicle fleets the ability to take advantage of federal tax credits was sent to the leadership of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee and House Ways and Means Committee by NAFA’s Executive Director, Phil Russo, CAE, last week. Click here for more info

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Welcome to gCNG blog. This blog is focused on news and information about alternative fuels, especially biomethane and natural gas vehicles.

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