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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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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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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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 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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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 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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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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