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Proman Stena Bulk successfully completes US Gulf Coast’s first barge-to-ship methanol bunkering

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The JV tankers Stena Pro Marine and Stena Prosperous were refueled with methanol via barge while discharging petroleum products at a terminal in the Port of Houston in the first week of April. Bunkering Methanol is widely available in the Port of Houston, which is the United States’ busiest port in terms of foreign tonnage.

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Alphabet Energy closes $23.5M Series C; thermoelectric waste-heat-to-power for oil & gas and automotive

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Existing investors TPG, Claremont Creek Ventures and the California Clean Energy Angel Fund also participated. To keep pace with oil and gas industry demand for remote power generation solutions, Alphabet Energy has opened a sales and support office in Houston.

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DOE awards $8.4M for accessing geothermal potential from abandoned oil and gas wells

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This work also supports the creation of new clean energy jobs, helping transition some of the oil and gas workforce to the production of renewable energy. ICE Thermal Harvesting (Houston, TX).

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Waste Management Makes Strategic Investment in Waste-to-Fuels Company Enerkem

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Waste Management has made a strategic investment in Enerkem, a developer of a thermochemical (gasification and catalytic synthesis) process to produce synthetic fuels and chemicals from biomass and waste, as part of Enerkem’s new financing round. Tim Cesarek, managing director of Organic Growth at Waste Management.

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Waste Management piloting Rotopress collection trailers in North America; natural gas tractors

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In a pilot program, Waste Management, Inc. is introducing Rotopress waste collection trailers for the first time in North America. The entire waste load is continuously mixed and compacted during and following collection. The pilot program will first rollout in Houston, Texas, followed by pilot projects in San Diego, Calif.,

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

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Clean Energy. Clean Fuels Ohio. gas-fueled school buses and solid waste collection vehicles and develop a. Region Clean Cities. Houston-Galveston. will work to expand access to natural gas, propane and biodiesel transportation fuels across the eight-county Houston-Galveston area. Gas Technology.

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UPS to expand use of renewable natural gas; liquefied renewable natural gas in Texas

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UPS has expanded its agreement with Clean Energy Fuels to use up to 500,000 gallon equivalents of renewable liquefied natural gas (RLNG) annually in Texas. UPS stations in Houston and Mesquite will dispense the RLNG to a fleet of about 140 UPS tractors. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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