article thumbnail

Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Arkansas partner for regional hydrogen hub to compete for IIJA funding

Green Car Congress

The US states of Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Arkansas have entered into a bipartisan three-state partnership to establish a regional hub for development, production, and use of clean hydrogen as fuel and manufacturing feedstock.

Arkansas 186
article thumbnail

Clean Energy to provide LNG to Hawaii Gas; additional agreements in trucking, transit and refuse markets

Green Car Congress

has secured a contract to provide liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Hawaii Gas, the State of Hawaii’s only franchised gas utility. Clean Energy has also signed additional agreements throughout the United States representing their growing portfolio of natural gas fueling. Clean Energy Fuels Corp.

Hawaii 150
article thumbnail

DOE Awards Up to $6.9M to Nine Projects for Shale Gas and Coalbed Methane Production

Green Car Congress

The Office of Fossil Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has selected nine new projects targeting environmental tools and technology for shale gas and coalbed methane (CBM) production. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark. The total proposed value for all selected projects is $10.2 million (DOE share: $6.9

Gas 210
article thumbnail

DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

Green Car Congress

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is [link] about $11 million to 20 new projects to help states and local governments to develop the infrastructure, training, and regional planning needed to help meet the demand for alternative fuel cars and trucks, including vehicles that run on natural gas, electricity, and propane. Gas Technology.

Clean 308
article thumbnail

New Research Alliance to Promote Low-Impact Drilling Technologies

Green Car Congress

The Houston Advanced Research Center ( HARC ) and the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University are establishing a collaborative research program to promote advanced technology for low-impact oil and gas drilling. University of Arkansas. University of Colorado. Utah State University.

article thumbnail

NRC report concludes hydraulic fracturing poses low risk for causing earthquakes, but risks are higher for wastewater injection wells; CCS impact undetermined

Green Car Congress

Schematic diagram of a shale gas well following hydraulic fracture treatment, with the relative depths of local water wells shown for scale. Hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) extracts natural gas by injecting a mixture of water, sand, and chemicals in short bursts at high pressure into deep underground wells.

Oil-Sands 250
article thumbnail

USDA Report Provides Regional Roadmap To Meeting the Biofuels Goals of the Renewable Fuels Standard by 2022; Southeast to Provide ~50% of Advanced Biofuels

Green Car Congress

An additional 4 billion gallons of advanced biofuels (defined by the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50%) by 2022 is also mandated. Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas. Woody biomass, municipal waste potential.

Renewable 210