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JULY 17, 2015

The City of Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus (BBB) has become one of the country’s first municipal transit authorities to convert its fleet to renewable natural gas (RNG), rated 90% cleaner than diesel. Renewable Methane Gas is processed through a filtration and refining process and transported via pipeline to end users.

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JULY 29, 2015

UPS announced agreements for up to 46 million gallons of renewable diesel over the next three years, constituting a 15-fold increase over prior contracts and making UPS one of the largest users of renewable diesel in the world. Neste, headquartered in Espoo, Finland, is the world’s largest producer of renewable diesel.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2020

The use of RNG is a very important part of UPS’ strategy to increase alternative fuel consumption to be 40% of total ground fuel purchases by 2025. We are using both liquid natural gas (LNG) and compressed natural gas (CNG) as bridging fuels to increase our use of RNG. The plant is currently under construction.

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AUGUST 26, 2009

These projects put more than 9,000 alternative fuel and energy-efficient light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles on the road, and establish 542 refueling locations across the country. Selected projects, by size of award, are: State of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Clean Transportation Program. Total DOE award: $14,999,927.

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DECEMBER 20, 2011

FTS produces only a small fraction of the hydrocarbons needed for fuel and requires extensive recycling. The coal first decomposes into volatiles and char while CH 4 is converted into CO/H 2 mixtures; the char is converted into CO/H 2 mixtures via steam gasification on longer time scales. Process flow diagram. Source: SRI.

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DECEMBER 10, 2014

The newly converted vans support the Greenovate Boston goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2020 and 80% by 2050. The City of Boston is striving to replace 10% of its fleet each year with alternative fuel vehicles. Currently, all diesel-powered vehicles use a B20 biodiesel blend. XL Hybrids, Inc.

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DECEMBER 13, 2012

The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved funding of $2,605,370 for clean transportation projects. The approved awards were made through the Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, created by Assembly Bill 118. This fuel has 88% lower carbon intensity than ultra-low-sulfur diesel.

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JANUARY 9, 2013

The California Energy Commission approved $3,270,066 for six clean transportation projects. The approved awards were made through the Commission's Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, created by Assembly Bill 118. Alternative Energy Systems Consulting is based in Carlsbad (San Diego County).

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Smith said its decision to locate a facility in Chicago was influenced by the Mayor’s innovative voucher system created to accelerate the conversion from diesel to zero-emission, all-electric commercial vehicles, the large number of fleets interested in vehicle electrification, and the development incentives made available to Smith.

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JULY 8, 2011

a synthetic biology company producing renewable fuels and chemicals directly by microbes, has begun a collaboration with MAN Latin America, a leading Brazilian engineering and vehicles manufacturing company, to test LS9’s renewable diesel in both stationary engines and operational fleet vehicles in Brazil. LS9, Inc.,

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NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Use of RNG yields up to a 90% reduction in lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions when compared to conventional diesel. The RNG agreements will help UPS reach a key sustainability goal: 40% of all ground transportation fleet fuel from sources other than conventional gasoline and diesel by 2025. million gallons of RNG.

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OCTOBER 18, 2013

With the transition from a diesel-fueled fleet to trucks powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), Lowe’s expects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions nearly 20% and control fuel costs as it transports up to 68 truckloads each day to stores in Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2012

A team from the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Chevron Corporation has examined the chemical composition and properties of several diesel fuels and blendstocks derived from Fischer?Tropsch Thus, these fuels should have more similarities than differences regardless of feedstock or manufacturing process.

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JULY 17, 2020

VTO research pathways focus on fuel diversification, vehicle efficiency, energy storage, lightweight materials, and new mobility technologies to improve the overall energy efficiency and affordability of the transportation system. Slashing Platinum Group Metals Content in Catalytic Converters: An Atoms-to-Autos Approach.

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DECEMBER 3, 2014

Founded in 1986, Prins is a leading developer of high quality alternative fuel systems powered by liquefied petroleum gas (LPG or propane), compressed natural gas (CNG), and liquefied natural gas (LNG) for light-, medium-, and heavy-duty applications. Reported EBITDA was €1.5 million (US$2.0 million (US$0.5 Operations.

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JANUARY 29, 2020

Clean Energy Fuels Corp delivered 143 million gallons of Redeem Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) last year as robust sales of the carbon-neutral transportation fuel continued in 2019, closing out the year with significant deals throughout North America.

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DECEMBER 13, 2019

Platinum group metals content reduction to enable cost-effective aftertreatment for gasoline and diesel engines. The objective of this potential area of interest is to research, develop, and validate engine enabling technologies that can deliver near diesel efficiencies in natural gas or LPG engines, while meeting future emission levels.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2015

908 million for Nuclear Energy, $74 million above the FY 2015 Enacted level, for ongoing R&D in advanced reactor and fuel cycle technologies as well as small modular reactor licensing technical support. Sustainable transportation. Sustainable transportation funding requests include: Vehicle technologies. Within the $10.7

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NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. Clean Energy has begun a major fueling infrastructure upgrade for trucks operating in the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach. The upgrade will increase the availability of Redeem at the nation’s largest alternative fuel station in America’s largest port complex.

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DECEMBER 4, 2014

Airbus Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Emerging Fuels Technology, Inc. ( EFT ) to promote EFT in the commercialization of technologies to produce sustainable fuels for aviation. Through May 2014, more than 1,500 commercial flights have been flown with alternative fuels worldwide.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities will receive funding to purchase battery electric buses, associated charging infrastructure and a back-up generator to maintain bus service in a disaster situation. Napa Valley Transportation Authority.

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MARCH 7, 2014

Vertimass LLC, a California-based start-up company, has licensed an Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) technology that directly converts ethanol under moderate conditions at one atmosphere without the use of hydrogen into a hydrocarbon blend-stock for use in transportation fuels. the limitation on ethanol content in gasoline].

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JULY 4, 2011

a leader in commercial transportation and supply chain management solutions, has already secured lease agreements for 87 heavy-duty natural gas trucks from customers looking to take advantage of the fuel cost savings and environmental benefits of alternative fuel powered vehicles. Ryder System, Inc., Earlier post.).

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JUNE 5, 2013

Earlier CN testing of LNG using a tank-car (non-Westport)-based tender with two converted test locomotives. The first tender to supply fuel to an adjacent natural-gas powered locomotive will be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2013. Click to enlarge. Westport Innovations Inc. Earlier post.)

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MAY 31, 2011

Volvo Trucks is expanding its alternative fuel program with the launch of the new dual-fuel Volvo FM MethaneDiesel. a developer of dual-fuel technology. The fuel consists of up to 75% liquefied natural gas (LNG) and the rest diesel, but this proportion may vary depending on how the vehicle is used.

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APRIL 29, 2012

A recent National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) study indicated that addition of moderate amounts of biomass to coal for the production of liquids can substantially reduce Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) CO 2 emissions relative to a petroleum diesel baseline. Laboratory Scale Liquids Production and Assessment.

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JUNE 16, 2010

Natural oils from algae and used cooking oil were converted into Green Jet Fuel using process technology developed by UOP. The 50:50 blend of renewable jet fuel and traditional jet fuel powered one of the Apache’s engines for a series of test maneuvers. It has also a joint venture with Ensyn Corp.

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JULY 12, 2011

The California Energy Commission recently approved seven awards totaling $29,675,072 and that are funded through the Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program (AB 118), completing the first two years of the program funding cycle. High Mountain Fuels ($11,020,419 - Match share $11,020,419).

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DECEMBER 14, 2010

million in 21 alternative fuel projects in the state. Awards include (ranked by amount): PHL Taxi Management LLC —$900,000 – to purchase and deploy 50 new CNG taxis in Philadelphia that comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, and to build a publicly accessible CNG fueling station in the city. Giant Eagle Inc.

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JUNE 15, 2009

A consortium is seeking US stimulus funding available through the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER) program to convert 20 hybrid diesel-electric buses to hybrid dimethyl-ether (DME)-electric propulsion. Volvo Truck Corp. Volvo Truck Corp.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2017

The UW team is the first to try converting the entire young tree—leaves, bark and stems—into bio oil and ethanol using two separate processes. Alternative fuels must make economic sense, the researchers stress, for biofuels to make a dent in the petroleum-driven market. Chang Dou/University of Washington.

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JULY 2, 2012

This includes feedstock production and logistics, conversion facilities (Integrated Biorefineries), and fuel blending, transportation, and logistics. Capabilities and/or facilities to store and transport the resulting product must also be an element of the project. —Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus. DOE early research.

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MAY 7, 2009

The initiative complements the European Clean Transport Facility which, through the European Investment Bank, serves to provide more immediate financial relief to the sector. The scope of the document is adapted and narrowed to the domain of the EGCI, and it does not claim to cover the broad spectrum of automotive and transport R&D.

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JUNE 6, 2014

Researchers at the Institute of Environmental Sciences at Leiden University, The Netherlands) have concluded that the energy demand and climate impacts of using CO 2 to produce synthetic hydrocarbon fuels by using existing technologies can be greater than the impacts of existing hydrocarbon fuels. Credit: ACS, van der Giesen et al.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) will work with Wabtec, a leading manufacturer of freight locomotives, to develop the hardware and control strategies for a single-cylinder, dual-fuel engine to demonstrate the viability of using alternative fuels for locomotives.

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JANUARY 18, 2014

The additional content which includes the motor, inverter, converter, and on?board Temperature Combustion (LTC), (2) Dilute Gasoline Combustion, and (3) Clean Diesel Combustion. Technologies that enable LTC operation with either gasoline or diesel fuel, including control methodologies and technologies, especially for mixed?mode

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MARCH 5, 2009

The regulation establishes two performance standards that fuel producers and importers must meet each year beginning in 2011. One standard is established for gasoline and the alternative fuels that can replace it. A second similar standard is set for diesel fuel and its replacements. —ARB ISOR.

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