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Gevo to sell renewable natural gas to bp

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Gevo’s, wholly-owned dairy manure-based renewable natural gas (RNG) project company located in northwest Iowa—Gevo NW Iowa RNG, LLC (NW Iowa RNG)—has signed binding, definitive agreements with BP Canada Energy Marketing Corp. collectively, “bp” ) for the sale of NW Iowa RNG’s production.

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EPA proposes slight ease in 2018 renewable fuel volumes compared to 2017; gearing up for future reset

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Further, EPA is proposing no increase, relative to the finalized 2018 levels, in the volume requirement for biomass-based diesel for 2019. The biomass-based diesel standard for 2019 would be maintained at the 2018 levels of 2.1 The Clean Air Act requires EPA to reset volume targets when certain conditions are met.

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Belfer Center Study Concludes Reducing Car and Truck GHG Emissions Will Require Substantially Higher Fuel Prices; Income Tax Credits for Advanced Alt Fuel Vehicles Are Essentially Ineffective at Reducing Sector Emissions

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The gasoline prices that achieve these reductions are in the range of $7-9/gal, however, which is considerably higher than the American public has been historically willing to tolerate. Second, the tax credits give a significant boost to diesel vehicles. —Morrow et al.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Stationary Fuel Cells and Hybrid Transit Buses Incremental Costs: The purchase of diesel-electric hybrid transit buses and stationary fuel cells for use in the statewide bus system in Connecticut. Composite body electric buses: Replace conventional diesel transit buses with 35-ft composite body electric transit buses.

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Tale of Two 2,000-mile EV Rural Road Trips

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My goal was to head north to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, then west to Fargo, ND, and back to Detroit via Iowa. Instead, I drove to Cleveland and then back westward to the center of Iowa, where I visited a relative. The next EV he recalls driving was an electric car built in the early 1900s before gasoline cars took over the market.

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Harmonizing Low Carbon Fuel Standards

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Several LCFS programs are under development or in consideration in other regions: Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Regional Clean Fuels Standard. The Midwestern Governor’s Association represents Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Midwestern Governor’s Association.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 EV

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Hitting the Road Clean Fleet Report had the opportunity to drive an Ioniq 6 AWD for a few hours at a media launch program in Scottsdale, Arizona, where we averaged an impressive 3.8 Never stopping at a gasoline station is a plus, too. The post Flash Drive: 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 EV first appeared on Clean Fleet Report.

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