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January 11, 2012 — FirmGreen covers the Detroit Auto Show on our blog. What's new? Hint: the Honda Civic GX continues to be the only CNG powered production car for the North American market...Read the article

November 2011 — FirmGreen Project Update: construction on the Gás Verde biogas purification facility is well underway. The site is prepared, FirmGreen's biogas cleaning technology has been delivered and is ready for installation. Construction of the pipeline that will carry cleaned biogas to the customer — a nearby Petrobras facility — has begun.
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October 2011 — FirmGreen Technology Selected for Florida LFG Project: FirmGreen, Inc. (FirmGreen®), a California-based alternative energy company, announced that its patented biogas cleaning equipment has been selected for use in a landfill gas to gCNG® (FirmGreen's trademarked name for biomethane) project.  Fleets & Fuels took note in their October issue....Read more (PDF)

June 2011 — FirmGreen Creates Jobs for U.S.A. and Brazilian Workers: FirmGreen, Inc. (FirmGreen®), a California-based alternative energy company, announced the first shipment of its patented biogas cleaning equipment this week, with more to follow.  Bound for Rio de Janeiro, the export of FirmGreen’s USA-made goods to Brazil is creating hundreds of skilled green collar jobs for manufacturers and workers, here in American and in Brazil.
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FirmGreen project in Brazil to help create new skilled jobs at Novo Gramacho, the landfill depicted in the internationally acclaimed documentary and 2011 Academy Awards® nominee, Waste Land. The project will also improve local air quality on a long-term basis, as the landfill's "dirty gas," a natural by-product of trash decomposing, is turned into clean usable gas using FirmGreen technology. The resulting “biogas” is an environmental-friendly, highly useful fuel with the energy-equivalent of natural gas.
Visit the movie website to find out more about the lives of the catadores: http://www.wastelandmovie.com/

FirmGreen signs deal to export green technology to Gás Verde AS of Brazil. The project is expected to produce up to 135 new green jobs in Ohio and other states. FirmGreen’s equipment will be fabricated at the Ohio factory of Guild Associates, Inc. , to be installed at the Novo Gramacho Landfill near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In addition to creating skilled jobs for Americans, use of the green energy technology will displace the use of non-renewable natural gas and will reduce annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at the Brazilian landfill by an amount equivalent to taking almost 275,000 vehicles off the road.
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NEWPORT BEACH, CA — FirmGreen is working with the Toshiba Classic to protect the environment during the PGA, Inc. sanctioned Champions Tour golf event that takes place March 7 - March 13, 2011 at the Newport Beach Country Club. Each year, the Toshiba Classic works to host 80,000+ golf fans while minimizing any environmental impact during the event and afterward.
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News Archive

Ohio Green Energy Center Featured on Motorweek segment
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Ohio Green Energy Center Wins SWANA Innovation Award
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FirmGreen Receives EPA Project of the Year Award at Annual LMOP Conference Click to read the story...

Interview with Steve Wilburn, CEO of FirmGreen, Inc.

Steve Wilburn InterviewClick graphic at left to open window with mp3 player or click this link to hear the interview using Windows Media Player
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FirmGreen featured in 'The Why Files', a publication of the University of Wisconsin Click here to read the article...

 

Commentary & Articles of Interest

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced nearly $2.7 billion in loan guarantees for various clean energy projects, all of which involve solar power and/or manufacturing.
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International Energy Agency Report Paints a Rosy Outlook for Natural Gas. Read more...

New Vehicle Labels for 2013 to Provide Better Fuel Economy and Emssions info  Click here to learn more

NGV conversation in the news — check out the different viewpoints
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CNG and the New Tax Bill 2011  Click here to read our take

Federal and State Governments Look to Alt Fuel Vehicles to Reduce Oil Dependence Click here to read the story

Methane Impact on Climate Change May Be Twice Previous Estimates NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center--EOS Project Science Office -- According to new calculations, the impacts of methane on climate warming may be double the standard amount attributed to the gas. Click here for the full story


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