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SUPERVALU unveils new natural gas powered truck fleet and fill station

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has purchased 35 Class 8 Volvo trucks that operate on compressed natural gas (CNG). distribution center and currently serves approximately 500 grocery stores in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, Washington, D.C. SUPERVALU INC. The fleet, which operates out of SUPERVALU’s Mechanicsville, Va., and Baltimore.

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USDA announces state finalists for $100M Biofuel Infrastructure Partnership for pumps with higher ethanol blends

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Since announcing the program in May 2015, the US. A typical gas pump delivers fuel with 10 percent ethanol, which limits the amount of renewable energy most consumers can purchase at the pump. Virginia-Maryland. West Virginia. North Carolina. North Dakota. Pennsylvania. South Dakota.

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DOE to award up $2.4M to four new solid oxide fuel cell projects

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The four projects advancing to phase 2 were chosen from phase 1 awards made under the FOA Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) Innovative Concepts and Core Technology Research Program, which was issued in fiscal year 2015. DOE Funding: $600,000.

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Argonne rolls out updated version of AFLEET alternative fuels and advanced vehicles analysis tool

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We’re bringing the unique expertise Argonne has in vehicle and fuel life-cycle analysis to provide environmental information like petroleum use and greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions, as well as cost analysis, so users have as much information as possible. —Andrew Burnham, Argonne principal environmental scientist.

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Clean Energy to build new CNG stations for multiple transit agencies and large school district; agreements with trucking, refuse and others

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will construct new compressed natural gas (CNG) stations for Arlington Transit (ART) in Arlington County, Virginia; Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE) in Long Island, NY; and North Kansas City (MO) School District, which is set to become the largest school district in the US to transition its school bus fleet to CNG.

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Alcoa completes acquisition of RTI International Metals, expands titanium capabilities

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Alcoa expects global aerospace sales growth of 8 to 9% in 2015. Under the agreement, Alcoa will supply titanium parts for the fuselage, among other components. This transaction positions Alcoa to capitalize on strong growth in the commercial aerospace sector.

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Chilled Ammonia Pilot Project Captures 90% of CO2

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Units 1 and 2 at the Pleasant Prairie Power Plant (P4) recently were retrofitted with selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems to control emissions of nitrous oxides (NO x ) and wet flue gas desulfurization (FGD) systems to control sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ) emissions. This retrofit also included the construction of a new chimney.

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