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34 states produced a total of 1.9 billion gallons of biodiesel in 2018

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billion gallons of biodiesel was produced in the United States in 2018 with production in 34 states, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Note: Montana produced less than 0.005 million gallons in 2018. A total of 1.9

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Two-thirds of freight shipped by truck in the US in 2018 was shipped less than 100 miles

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billion tons of freight shipped by trucks in the United States in 2018, 7.3 billion tons (two-thirds) were shipped less than 100 miles. billion tons were shipped between 100 and 249 miles and 1.2 billion tons between 250 and 499 miles.

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Study estimates fuel economy improvements to US light-duty vehicles from 1975–2018 saved 2T gallons of fuel, 17B tons of CO2

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Third, they used estimates of the fuel price elasticity of light-duty vehicle fuel economy and a lagged adjustment model to estimate the effects of gasoline prices on mpg from 1975 to 2018 in the absence of fuel economy and GHG regulations. Again, because of the uncertainties in the attribution they conducted a sensitivity analysis.

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US EIA: Iowa produced more than one-quarter of all US-produced fuel ethanol in 2018

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In 2018, Iowa produced 4.21 In all, twenty-five states produced fuel ethanol in 2018. Source: US Energy Information Administration, State Energy Data System (SEDS): 1960-2018, June 2020. Fuel ethanol is used as an oxygenate in gasoline and to produce E-85 fuel.

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Amogy presents retrofitted 2018 Freightliner Cascadia powered by ammonia-to-power system

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Amogy Inc., a developer of ammonia power solutions, announced the successful testing of the first ammonia-powered, zero-emission semi truck. After integrating its technology into a 5 kW drone in July 2021 and 100kW John Deere tractor in May 2022, Amogy has scaled its ammonia-to-power technology to 300 kW.

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thyssenkrupp’s water electrolysis technology qualified as primary control reserve in Germany; hydrogen production for the electricity market

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green hydrogen meets the requirements for participation in the primary control reserve market. Operators can now link their plants to the German electricity market via E.ON’s virtual power plant. Plant operators can market their willingness to adapt flexibly to general electricity demand and thus generate additional revenues.

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Argonne report finds most battery cells and packs for US light-duty PEVs produced domestically from 2018 to 2020; due to Tesla/Panasonic

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Annual battery cell and battery pack capacity supplied to the US PEV market by production country. Total capacity (MWh) of Li-ion batteries supplied to the US PEV market by production location, 2010–2020. Zhou et al. However, the large share of domestic production is due to a single player: Tesla/Panasonic.

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