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UPS to purchase 10 million gallon equivalents a year of renewable natural gas from Big Ox Energy; largest RNG commitment to date

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Natural gas is a proven alternative fuel to gasoline and diesel and is a key building block for our goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in our ground fleet. Louisville, Ky.; Big Ox Energy converts organic waste from municipal waste water facilities, agriculture, and food processing into pipeline-grade renewable natural gas.

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UPS to invest more than additional $90M in natural gas vehicles and infrastructure; 6 new CNG stations, 440 vehicles

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UPS plans to build an additional six compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations and add 390 new CNG tractors and terminal trucks and 50 liquefied natural gas (LNG) vehicles to its alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet. Louisville, Ky.; The six new CNG stations will be built in Ontario, Calif.; Orlando, Fla.; Salina, Kan.;

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DOE Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute awards ~$10M to 10 projects

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The proposed idea is to build a small scale process simulator, with both machinery and software components, which mimics aspects of a smart manufacturing system for educational purposes. University of Louisville. The goal of this project is to drive out wasted energy in manufacturing facilities through improved information technology.

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Ford to build new EV and battery plants in Tennessee & Kentucky; $11.4B total investment in two mega-sites; 129 GWh/year total

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Ford Motor Company will build two new massive, environmentally and technologically advanced campuses in Tennessee and Kentucky that will produce the next generation of electric F-Series trucks and the batteries to power future electric Ford and Lincoln vehicles. located between Louisville and Bowling Green), which is targeted to open in 2025.

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LA-based SMLC to lead new DOE Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute; ~$800M for 5 new hub competitions

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In collaboration with the Department of Defense, the newest manufacturing institute will focus on building US leadership in smart collaborative robotics, where advanced robots work alongside humans seamlessly, safely, and intuitively to do the heavy lifting on an assembly line or handle with precision, intricate or dangerous tasks.

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AI-Guided Robots Are Ready to Sort Your Recyclables

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You may feel virtuous, thinking you’re doing your part to reduce waste. That’s a lot of material made from finite resources that needlessly goes to waste. My company, Amp Robotics , based in Louisville, Colo., Moving the task of sorting further downstream led to the building of sorting facilities. AMP Robotics.

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