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California Energy Commission approves $2.9B investment for zero-emission transportation infrastructure

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15 million zero- and near-zero-carbon fuel production and supply. $15 15 million for low-carbon fuels. $10 $97 million for emerging opportunities such as aviation, locomotive, marine vessels and vehicle-grid integration. $15 10 million for workforce development.

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California Energy Commission approves $384M plan to accelerate zero-emission transportation; 50% of funds to benefit disadvantaged communities

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25 million for zero-and near-zero-carbon fuel production and supply. $10 Created by Assembly Bill 118 (Núñez) in 2007 and reauthorized by Assembly Bill 8 (Perea, 2013), the Clean Transportation Program is one of the first transportation-focused funding efforts established to help advance the state’s climate change policies.

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California Energy Commission approves $1.4B plan for zero-emission transportation infrastructure and manufacturing

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25 million for zero-and near-zero-carbon fuel production and supply. Now in its 13 th year, the program has provided more than $1 billion to projects across the state covering a broad spectrum of alternative fuels and technologies. 77 million for hydrogen refueling infrastructure. $25 244 million for ZEV manufacturing. $15

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EIA: E85 fueling station availability is increasing, but slowly; in 2% of all retail stations

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The number of retail fueling stations offering E85 blend (up to 85% ethanol) has grown rapidly since 2007, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Retail stations selling E85 have historically been concentrated in the Midwest, where they benefit from a readily available ethanol fuel supplied to blenders.

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UPS announces renewable diesel agreements with Neste, REG and Solazyme; up to 46M gallons over next 3 years

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Neste, Renewable Energy Group (REG) and Solazyme will supply renewable diesel to UPS to help facilitate the company’s shift to move more than 12% of its purchased ground fuel from conventional diesel and gasoline fuel to alternative fuels by the end of 2017. In 2014, we achieved a 14.1%

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EPA proposes to add more ethanol blends to 'Flex Fuel' category

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Back in 2007, the Energy Independent and Security Act included a Renewable Fuel Standard intended to boost adoption of lower-emission alternative fuels. fuel supply. It mandated increasingly-large amounts of ethanol to be blended with the U.S.

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Trillium CNG expands offerings to include hydrogen fueling

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Each alternative fueling source has its own set of benefits, and we want to meet the needs of our customers in as many ways as possible. Infrastructure will be added to OCTA’s existing CNG fueling lanes. The current station was designed and built by Trillium in 2007 and continues to be maintained by Trillium.

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