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Louisiana Governor and Air Products announce US$4.5B blue hydrogen clean energy complex in Eastern Louisiana

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Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards and Air Products Chairman, President, and CEO Seifi Ghasemi announced a $4.5-billion billion clean energy complex to be built in Louisiana that will make the state a leader in the US clean energy transition. The project will create 170 permanent jobs with a total annual payroll of $15.9

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Grön Fuels selects Haldor Topsoe technologies for multi-billion-dollar renewable fuels complex in Louisiana

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Grön Fuels, LLC’s renewable diesel and jet fuel option facility at the Port of Greater Baton Rouge is based on Topsoe’s proprietary HydroFlex hydrotreating and H2bridge hydrogen technologies, including an option to capture ~1 million tons per year of bio-CO 2 for carbon sequestration in suitable deep saline aquifers located below the project site.

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Coltura: Federal & state EV policy & incentives must target gasoline superusers to achieve carbon emissions goals

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Gasoline superusers drive three times more miles than the average driver (30,348 miles per year, compared to 8,698), are more likely to drive pickups and SUVs, and are more likely to live in rural areas. Louisiana, Wyoming, and Mississippi are the states with the highest concentration of superusers, while Houston, Detroit, St.

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ExxonMobil to acquire CCS solutions company Denbury for $4.9B

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an experienced developer of carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCS) solutions and enhanced oil recovery. Acquiring Denbury reflects our determination to profitably grow our Low Carbon Solutions business by serving a range of hard-to-decarbonize industries with a comprehensive carbon capture and sequestration offering.

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Ryder 1st commercial fleet provider to surpass 100M natural gas vehicle miles

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announced that its fleet of natural gas vehicles (NGVs) has surpassed 100 million miles of operations, making it the first commercial fleet outsourcing provider to reach this milestone. Michigan-based beverage container recycling company UBCR has operated its Ryder NGV fleet for more than 7 million miles since 2011. Ryder System, Inc.

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Ryder’s natural gas fleet surpasses 20 million miles

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a leader in commercial transportation and supply chain management solutions, reports that its fleet of over 500 natural gas vehicles has surpassed 20 million miles (32 million km). Ryder System, Inc., Since deploying its natural gas vehicle program in 2011, Ryder has replaced approximately 3.1

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DOE Awarding $612M to Three Carbon Capture and Storage Projects; Matched by $368M in Private Funding

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The projects—located in Louisiana, Texas and Illinois—were initially selected in October 2009 for phase one research and development grants. The project selections are aimed at testing large-scale industrial carbon capture and storage, an important step in moving CCS technology toward eventual commercial deployment.

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