Market development is required for increased use of biomethane in the transport sector, and support in the U.S. currently lags well behind that in the European Union. An official UK Environmental Audit states that “biomethane is an almost perfect renewable transport fuel.” The audit concludes that wide adoption of CNG and biomethane for transport will deliver the greatest air quality benefits at the lowest cost, especially when compared to expensive battery powered hybrid electric vehicles….Read more

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On November 28-29th, Washington State University Energy Program and Washington Clean Cities will host a 2-part webinar on Biomethane as a Transportation Fuel.
Speakers from Argonne National Laboratory and Brookhaven National Laboratory will be featured. Topics will include discussion of technologies for producing biomethane (or renewable natural gas), costs and benefits, plus opportunities for biomethane [...]

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The MV Egret has landed, and FirmGreen’s latest green technology shipment was being offloaded late into the evening Monday…Read more

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The MV Industrial Egret has offloaded cargo in Smalkalden Harbor and is now back in route to its final destination of Rio de Janeiro, currently expected August 29th. The MV Egret’s next stop is Port Itaqui…Read more.

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Why the push for electric vehicles? Are they clean environmentally and/or an efficient use of fossil fuel energy?…Read More

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FirmGreen, Inc. (FirmGreen®) is making big waves in green technology—as the first international shipment of its proprietary biogas cleaning equipment is nearing its destination in Brazil, with more shipments to follow.
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The Presidential Memorandum isn’t just a “feel good” exercise; the Federal Government operates the largest light duty fleet in the US. Military and other emergency vehicles are exempt from this order.
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Congress passed and the President signed a new tax bill that dramatically affects the use of compressed natural gas (CNG) as a vehicle fuel. For heavy users of fuel this will be an excellent system of incentives. For small users and private vehicles this is not a good incentive structure. The new legislation affects the tax credits for equipment used in compressing natural gas (fueling station equipment), the credits for conversons and re-engine procedures, plus the Excise Tax Rebate on CNG fuel…..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 Two of our journey across America started early in Cloverdale, Indiana. The roads were slightly slippery but an East rising sun made quick work of the night’s frozen dew. We proceeded west on I-70 and crossed into Illinois mid morning. By 1100 hours we pulled off in Vandalia, Illinois for a heart smart breakfast of sausage gravy and biscuits at the Chuck Wagon and were soon back on the road. Read more…

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