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California Energy Commission awards more than $35M for green transportation in California

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will receive $5 million to develop, build and test a pilot facility to demonstrate an innovative gasification process to produce renewable biomass diesel from local municipal solid waste, including green refuse, railroad ties, construction and demolition waste, and plastics that typically wind up in landfills. SacPort Biofuels Corp.

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Calif. Energy Commission to award more than $44M for hydrogen refueling and alternative fuel vehicle projects

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Alameda County Industries, LLC, will receive $300,000 to partially offset the cost of a new compressed natural gas fueling station to serve its fleet. Waste Management of California, Inc., This effort builds on a productive partnership of public agencies to make progress in attaining a clean, sustainable transportation sector.

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Hyundai Adds a Twin-Scroll Turbo to Sonata

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Buick Regal. Twin-scroll turbocharger designs have two exhaust gas inlets divided by split walls inside the turbine housing, with both gas passages controlled by a waste-gate. The waste-gate for the turbocharger uses a motor-driven electrical controller instead of being mechanically controlled. Comparison of Sonata 2.0T

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