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Infinium to provide ultra-low carbon electrofuels to Amazon trucking fleet starting in 2023

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Infinium Electrofuels, which are produced from carbon dioxide and renewable power, can be dropped into Amazon trucks with no engine modifications as an immediate replacement to petroleum-based fuel. The clean burning electrofuels will be produced for Amazon at one of the first electrofuels production facilities, located in Texas.

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NYK to build Japan’s first LNG-fueled tug

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NYK will build a tugboat featuring a dual fuel engine that can be powered by either liquefied natural gas (LNG) or heavy oil. Other than LNG carriers, this tugboat will be the first building in Japan of an LNG-fueled vessel. LNG propulsion system.

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CARB releases 2022 draft Scoping Plan update

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It achieves this goal by building on and accelerating regulations, incentives, and carbon pricing that have been in place for a decade and a half. Sustainable aviation fuel meets most or the rest of the aviation fuel demand that has not already transitioned to hydrogen or batteries.

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Power Up Your Garden State Business With New Jersey EV Incentives

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For a state so closely associated with driving and car culture, New Jersey is leading the charge for EVs and continues to pass laws and create incentives designed to build out infrastructure and make switching to EVs an easy financial decision. Sources New Jersey Clean Energy - New Jersey’s Electric Vehicle Incentive Programs U.S.

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Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy and EV Modern Life

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In the United States, most of our use of fossil fuels is for transportation. Here in New York City, where we have a population density that supports a mass transit system, most of our fossil fuel use is to power our buildings. Wind and solar farms are alternatives to fossil fuel-fired power plants.

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USDA, DOE and US Navy to invest up to $510M over next 3 years to build out drop-in biofuel production capacity for military and commercial transportation

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US President Barack Obama announced that the US Departments of Agriculture, Energy and Navy will jointly invest up to $510 million ($170 million each) during the next three years in partnership with the private sector to produce advanced drop-in aviation and marine biofuels to power military and commercial transportation.

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To Store or Not to Store: That is the Question

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“ Why do you need energy storage on the grid, when the grid is full of power plants that generate all the energy that is needed? With the world’s growing population and the political, environmental and economic pressures in place to reduce the reliance on fossil fuels, alternative energy has become this flexible energy means.

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