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Biomethane for Transportation Fuel

gCNG host — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:37:01 +0000

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 use as a transportation fuel.

Registration and more information about the webinar series is online.
click here for registration info (PDF document opens in new tab or window)

FirmGreen Cargo Update – Egret Nears Rio

gCNG host — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:34:13 +0000

MV Industrial Egret is now slightly ahead of schedule as she nears Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her last port call at Ilhéus in Bahia, Brazil went swiftly and the Egret is now back in route toward Rio — approximately 444 NM (nautical miles) from her most recently reported position of 17.59 S / 038.17 W as of noon local time (UTC -3) today, August 26th.

FirmGreen’s 2nd green technology shipment is aboard; soon to be offloaded and transported to the Novo Gramacho Landfill near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The USA-made equipment will be assembled on site, providing jobs for Brazilian workers as well as US workers who will assist in plant startup. Once operational, the biogas facility will clean dirty landfill gas to a pipeline quality biogas —biomethane—similar to natural gas. The project will create 200 or more long-term jobs, and benefit the environment by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and displacing the use of dirtier fuels. Find out more about FirmGreen’s alternative energy and fuels at firmgreen.com

FirmGreen Cargo Update – MV Egret Cruising Past Grenada

gCNG host — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:51:26 +0000

Today, MV Industrial Egret is cruising off the coast of Venezuela as it continues toward its next port call. With shipment two of FirmGreen’s green technology cargo aboard, the Egret exits the Caribbean Sea into the Atlantic Ocean, passing Grenada to the north and Trinidad & Tobago to the south. Last week’s tropical storm slowed progress just a bit, and arrival at Parmaribo, Suriname is now expected on August 11th.

This shipment is part of FirmGreen’s export of green technology that will clean landfill gas, providing renewable natural gas fuel to power an industrial facility near Rio de Janeiro. The construction and operation of this facility will create skilled, long term jobs in the USA and in Brazil. Find out more about the project at: firmgreen.com.

Find out more about green technology for renewable energy at firmgreen.com

Biomethane Fleets in the News

gCNG host — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 01:01:09 +0000

Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) plan to run delivery trucks on biomethane for the London 2012 Olympic Games throughout the event, as part of its efforts to significantly reduce vehicle emissions for is fleet. The company has already been testing biomethane fuel in the United Kingdom (UK), with the fuel derived from landfill gas at a landfill facility in Surrey.

CCE has been so pleased with the results thus far that it plans to target its heavy duty fleet for conversion/replacement to run on biomethane.
More on this story at roadtransport.com

Waste Management (WM) rolled out its 1000th natural gas powered refuse truck just a few days ago, celebrating with a ceremony at its Carson, California fleet yard. With this vehicle, a full third of WM’s fleet is now powered with biomethane. The clean biomethane fuel is being sourced from a landfill in Livermore, California.

Green Cargo Arrives in Rio

gCNG host — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:50:47 +0000

FirmGreen’s green technology has safely arrived at the Port of Rio de Janeiro. The next stage of the project will provide workers in Brazil with new construction jobs, as the facility is built. Slated to go live by the end of 2011, the biogas processing facility will create long-term employment for operations and maintenance for 20 years or more.
Click here to view a map of the ship’s journey

Will Augusta Fuel Trash Fleet with Biomethane?

gCNG host — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:02:20 +0000

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. But rather than do the minimum of investing $7 million in equipment upgrades to meet EPA requirements, the Augusta Commission is leaning toward investing $20 million to go into the business of making pipeline-quality compressed natural gas.

Last week, a city committee agreed to the issue of $20 million in bonds to fund the project. It also agreed to require the city’s next waste hauler to use trucks that run on the fuel product, known as compressed natural gas. Read the full story…

FirmGreen at SWANA e-Session, Jan. 13

gCNG host — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:45:39 +0000

Fundamentals of a Landfill Gas to CNG Vehicle Fuel Project

Join SWANA and our members on January 13, 2010, at 1:45-3:00 PM Eastern time (10:45 AM-noon Pacific time) to discuss SWACO and FirmGreen’s Green Energy Center landfill gas to CNG vehicle fuel project.

Steve Wilburn, CEO of FirmGreen, Inc. and Albert Iosue, Assistant Director of Planning and Projects for SWACO will be on hand to discuss essential technical and economic elements of a landfill gas to vehicle fuel project that a municipal solid waste manager needs to know before embarking upon such a project.

Session attendees will learn how to calculate the potential value they could realize by using this fuel source to displace their own purchases instead of selling energy to other users, as well as the technical requirements to upgrade landfill gas to vehicle grade fuel.