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Energy Vault to provide 1.6 GWh of gravity energy storage to support DG Fuels SAF projects

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gigawatt hours (GWh) of gravity energy storage to support DG Fuels across multiple projects, with the first project slated for 500 megawatt hours (MWh) in Louisiana. DG Fuels expects to complete its Louisiana SAF project by mid-2022. The Louisiana facility is the company’s first major project. barrel per ton of feedstock.

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Vast lithium reserves discovered in Arkansas, says USGS  – Charged EVs

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The lithium could be extracted from brine co-produced during oil and gas operations, providing an opportunity to extract a valuable commodity from what would otherwise be considered a waste stream, the USGS said. to 19 million tons (4.63 million metric tons) of lithium in Smackover Formation brine in southern Arkansas.

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Phillips 66 and Renewable Energy Group plan large-scale renewable diesel facility on West Coast

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Planned feedstocks include a mix of waste fats, oils and greases, including regionally-sourced vegetable oils, animal fats and used cooking oil. The pretreated feedstock is charged to a high-pressure reactor system in which the renewable molecules are transformed into clean-burning saturated hydrocarbons.

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NYC to use REG renewable diesel in more than 1,000 city vehicles, including many sanitation trucks

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The Synthetic Fuels Division was launched in 2014 as part of the acquisition of Syntroleum ( earlier post ) that included the 75 million gallon per year nameplate capacity biorefinery located in Geismar, Louisiana.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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The project will include 27 alternative fuel stations (16 CNG, 7 B20/E85, one B20, three Electric Charging) and deploy 373 alternative fuel and advance technology vehicles (235 CNG, 58 HEV, two LPG, two EV). A CNG fueling station will be constructed at 2 of the recipient’s, Allied Waste, locations. Total DOE award: $14,999,658.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Robust Carbonic Anhydrases for Novel Biological, Sustainable and Low Energy CO2 Scrubbing Process from Waste Gases, $250,000. High-Power Oak Ridge Converter (ORC) for Extreme Fast Charging (XFC) Applications, $750,000. Prometheus Innovations (Lafayette, Louisiana). Prometheus Innovations, LLC (Lafayette, Louisiana).