Appleton, Wis. – August 27, 2018 – GAIN Clean Fuel/U.S. Gain, a division of U.S. Venture, Inc., is pleased to announce two new hires and a promotion as part of a strategic move to support growing demand for natural gas within the transportation sector. Randy Richards joins GAIN Clean Fuel as a business development manager to promote the adoption of CNG and RNG as an alternative fuel within the areas of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma. “GAIN Clean Fuel has a broad product and service offering, and I look forward to providing unique and flexible solutions to our...

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Appleton, Wis. – August 9, 2018 – In partnership with Independence Fuel Systems (IFS), GAIN Clean Fuel announces the opening of a new public natural gas fueling station in Dallas, Texas, that will dispense premium, renewable natural gas (RNG). The station is conveniently located along I-20, between I-35 East and I-45 at 8181 South Lancaster Road, Dallas, TX, 75241. GAIN Clean Fuel is a market leader in production, procurement and delivery of compressed natural gas (CNG) and RNG – the cleanest sustainable energy solutions for the transportation industry, capable of reducing emissions up to 125%, through efficiencies during fuel production...

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Appleton, Wis. – April 30, 2018 – GAIN Clean Fuel and BioResource Development (BRD) announce the start-up of a renewable natural gas (RNG) production facility located at Water and Resource Recovery Center in Dubuque, Iowa. The state-of-the-art facility will transform biomethane produced at the wastewater treatment plant into premium, usable RNG for the transportation fuels market. BRD developed the project and implemented the technology to process and clean up biogases at the facility that will then be injected into the Black Hills Energy natural gas distribution system. GAIN Clean Fuel will direct and manage all downstream activities related to providing its...

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Appleton, Wis. – April 23, 2018 – U.S. Gain President Mike Koel is no stranger to taking risks. He’s the force behind the business division’s formation in 2009 when he identified the demand in providing fleet operators with environmentally-friendly, cost-effective alternative fuel options. Since then, GAIN Clean Fuel has worked cooperatively with transportation companies across the country to supply compressed natural gas (CNG) as an alternative to diesel, which has become the fuel of choice for many based on significant financial and environmental benefits. Over the last year, Koel and his team have embraced a new challenge – to become a...

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Appleton, Wis. – February 21, 2018 – U.S. Gain, a division of U.S. Venture, Inc., is pleased to announce the hiring of Scott Hanstedt as the division’s director of sales. In the position, Hanstedt will lead infrastructure expansion that provides class 6, 7 and 8 fleets access to premium renewable natural gas (RNG) and compressed natural gas (CNG). He will also pursue partnerships with customers to articulate how alternative fuels can ease fulfillment of their sustainability objectives. “I’m excited to join an outstanding team of industry experts at U.S. Gain and look forward to working with the most forward-thinking companies to...

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Appleton, Wis. – January 2, 2017 – U.S. Gain, a division of U.S. Venture, Inc., is pleased to announce the hiring of Stephanie Lowney as the division’s marketing manager. In the position, Lowney will focus on helping customers achieve their sustainability objectives by communicating the environmental and economic benefits of implementing GAIN Clean Fuels within customers’ operations, and sharing the differentiated value proposition to position GAIN as the trusted clean fuel advisor and partner through a variety of strategic marketing initiatives. “The breadth of Stephanie’s strategic thinking and business-to-business marketing expertise will bring positive growth, brand recognition and a renewed sustainability focus for the...

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Appleton, Wis. – November 28, 2017 – U.S. Gain, a division of U.S. Venture, Inc., has announced the promotion of Bryan Nudelbacher and Hardy Sawall as directors of business development within the renewable natural gas (RNG) sector of the business. In their new positions, Nudelbacher and Sawall will pursue partnerships with RNG project developers, seek out projects that U.S. Gain can invest in, and negotiate RNG supply contracts from project developers to service U.S. Gain’s growing compressed natural gas (CNG) dispensing capacity. B oth serve the company as subject matter experts on renewable identification numbers (RINS), and the renewable fuel standard (RFS)...

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Appleton, Wis. – November 3, 2017 – U.S. Gain, a division of U.S. Venture, Inc., has hired Mike Bolin as a business development manager to oversee current and future opportunities on the west coast in a continuing effort to grow the GAIN Clean Fuel compressed natural gas (CNG) network. In this position, Bolin will be responsible for continued education to fleets on the benefits of natural gas as a transportation fuel, and the various options to access it using Gain’s current network, as well as building out customized solutions throughout the western region of the United States. “Mike brings more than...

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Appleton, Wis. – May 10, 2017 – U.S. Venture, Inc. has promoted Mike Koel to president of U.S. Gain, the compressed natural gas (CNG) division of U.S. Venture. In his new role, Koel will lead the GAIN Clean Fuel CNG brand and work to continue expanding GAIN’s fueling network throughout North America. He will continue to build the GAIN Clean Fuel brand and generate awareness of CNG as a cleaner, more stable and more effective way of operating business. He will also focus on expanding natural gas distribution channels for U.S. Gain. “Mike has a passion for CNG and he led...

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