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AT&T deploys 4,000th alternative fuel vehicle

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AT&T has deployed its 4,000 th alternative-fuel vehicle (AFV) in its US corporate fleet. The vehicles are part of AT&T’s planned 10-year initiative to invest up to $565 million to replace approximately 15,000 fleet vehicles with alternative fuel models through 2018.

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Neste to receive €88M from EU toward green hydrogen and carbon capture & storage at Porvoo; SHARC

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The EU Innovation Fund will award a grant of €88 million to Neste’s green hydrogen and CO 2 capture & storage project, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the Porvoo refinery in Finland. The project introduces carbon capture and storage (CCS) and electrolysis solutions that allow decarbonization of production at the refinery.

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DNV GL paper suggests near-term success for LNG in shipping; alternative fuel mix to diversify over time

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Well-to-Propeller GHG emissions results for marine alternative fuels. DNV GL has released a position paper on the future alternative fuel mix for global shipping. The global merchant fleet currently consumes around 330 million tonnes of fuel annually, 80-85 per cent of which is residual fuel with high sulfur content.

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UPS plans to build 9 additional LNG stations at cost of ~$50M

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UPS plans to invest approximately $50 million to build an additional nine liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueling stations, bringing the total number of stations to 13. Building these fueling stations is a solid future investment for UPS. Four were announced in April, and all should be operational by the end of 2014.

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MITEI Mobility Systems Center awards four projects for low-carbon transportation research

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To translate these behavioral changes into energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions estimates. The economics of electric vehicle charging. In the transition toward a low-carbon transportation system, refueling infrastructure is crucial for the viability of any alternative fuel vehicle. —Jinhua Zhao.

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MITEI releases report on 3-year study of future mobility; technological innovation, policies, and behavioral changes all needed; “car pride” an issue

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The researchers ultimately find that continued technological innovation is necessary and must be accompanied by cross-sector policies and changes to consumer behavior in order to meet Paris Agreement targets for greenhouse gas emissions reductions. They assumed mitigation is achieved through global economy-wide carbon pricing after 2030.

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UK Announces New 30M Fund for Low Carbon Transport

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The UK’s Department for Transport (DfT) is providing £30 million (US$45 million) in new funding to further encourage a shift to low carbon transport. million) in a second round of the Green Bus Fund Competition to buy new low carbon buses. million) for a low carbon truck demonstration project, also subject to a feasibility study.

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