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San Diego begins using Neste renewable diesel in city fleet

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The city of San Diego, California has begun using Neste renewable diesel in its vehicle fleet. The City expects to begin using renewable diesel at fire stations in the coming weeks, which will result in all of the City’s 1,125 diesel-powered vehicles being powered by renewable diesel. —Major Kevin Faulconer.

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SoCalGas to offer renewable natural gas at its fueling stations for the first time

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(SoCalGas) will soon begin using renewable natural gas for the first time at the 25 utility-owned natural gas vehicle fueling stations across its service territory, as well as at six fueling stations in the San Diego area. California provides incentive funding to help trucking fleets transition to renewable natural gas.

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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

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“Electric cars will not save the climate. As electricity increasingly comes from renewables, total electric vehicle GHG emissions will continue downward, but that will take at least a decade or more to happen everywhere across the U.S. If Birol were from Maine, he might have simply observed , “You can’t get there from here.”

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Oberon announces commercial availability of new rDME/propane blend

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Oberon Fuels announced commercial availability of a blend of propane and Oberon’s renewable DME (dimethyl ether). Oberon Fuels’ pilot DME production plant in Brawley, California, 2 hours east of San Diego. In June, 2021, Oberon produced the first renewable DME (rDME) in the United States. —Rebecca Boudreaux, Ph.D.,

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California Energy Commission Approves $800K in four regional grants to prepare for electric vehicles

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The California Energy Commission’s (CEC) Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program (ARFVTP) approved four regional planning grants to prepare for electric vehicles. The four awards just approved included: $199,379 to SANDAG. 200,000 to the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District.

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Cal Energy Commission approves ~$9M for DC fast chargers; $12.6M for NGV incentives

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The California Energy Commission approved nearly $9 million in grants for the installation of DC fast chargers along major state freeways and highways to allow electric vehicle drivers to travel from San Diego to the Oregon border without worrying about running out of energy. The grants went to four companies—Chargepoint Inc.;

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innogy launches EV charging subsidiary in US; targeting California and ZEV states

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For this reason, innogy is working constantly to drive forward the expansion of clean, climate-friendly mobility. For there too, electric mobility and climate protection are a mega-topic for many states and big cities—and we have the innovative solutions for tomorrow’s traffic. Now we want to continue this success in the US.