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ICCT report quantifies emissions benefits if 12 states & DC adopt slate of California medium- and heavy-duty vehicle regulations

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The Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) rule requires the sale of at least 30% zero-emission trucks by 2030; the HDV Omnibus rule requires a 90% reduction in NO x emissions from Model Year 2027 engines; and the California Phase 2 greenhouse gas rule sets standards to improve the efficiency of tractor-trailers. Advanced Clean Trucks Rule from MY2025.

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EIA: US renewable diesel capacity expected to increase significantly through 2024

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billion gallons per year (gal/y), or 38,000 barrels per day (b/d); EIA, forecasts it to reach 5.1 Growing targets for state and federal renewable fuel programs and incentives for renewable diesel production are driving this expansion. As of the end of 2020, we estimate US production capacity for renewable diesel totaled nearly 0.6

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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Navigant’s analysis indicates that only buyers in California and Oregon will purchase sufficient numbers of vehicles in order to meet the ZEV requirement in 2018 and 2019. in North America between 2014 and 2022, according to data from Navigant Research’s Electric Vehicle Market Forecasts report. Electric (Battery) Forecasts Plug-ins'

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EIA: US renewable diesel capacity could more than double through 2025

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Renewable diesel has some of the highest greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction scores among existing fuel pathways in programs such as the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), the California Low-Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), the Oregon Clean Fuels Program, and the Washington State Clean Fuels Program.

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Pike Research forecasts global geothermal power capacity could more than double by 2020; US to lead world in geothermal power capacity through 2020

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GW, under a high-growth forecast scenario, according to a report by Pike Research. Under a more conservative business-as-usual forecast scenario, Pike estimates that geothermal power capacity could increase 34% to 14.3 Pike forecasts that total US geothermal capacity will reach 4.2 gigawatts (GW) to 25.1 GW by 2020. GW in 2020.

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NREL study suggests cost gap for Western renewables could narrow by 2025

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Reaching California, Oregon, and Washington may depend on access to unused capacity on existing transmission lines, or on being part of a multi-resource portfolio carried across new lines. Click to enlarge. New geothermal development could trend toward Idaho by 2025 since much of Nevada’s resources have already been developed.

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GridPoint Smart Charging Software to Support eTec/Nissan LEAF Deployment

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GridPoint will provide smart charging and data logging capabilities to utilities in strategic markets of the eTec program in Arizona, California, Oregon, Tennessee and Washington that will support the deployment of up to 5,000 Nissan LEAF vehicles and a network of up to 12,750 charging stations. Smart Charging 3.0

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