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Diamond Green Diesel to boost renewable diesel capacity to 1.2B gallons/year; $1.45B expansion project

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Darling and Valero jointly announced that their 50/50 joint venture, Diamond Green Diesel (DGD), has received approval from both companies’ Boards of Directors to proceed with the construction of the renewable diesel production facility to be located at Valero’s Port Arthur, Texas refinery. billion gallons per year.

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SwRI to launch 2nd phase of Advanced Combustion Catalyst and Aftertreatment Technologies consortium

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at SwRI’s headquarters in San Antonio and is open to interested automotive industry manufacturers. The completion of the first four-year consortium AC 2 AT PAC meeting is scheduled for 14 November at SwRI in San Antonio, TX. The AC2AT-II kickoff meeting will be 15 Nov. Earlier post.)

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SwRI to launch 7th clean diesel engine consortium

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Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is launching Clean High-Efficiency Diesel Engine VII (CHEDE-VII), the seventh phase of the industry’s longest-running diesel research consortium. Consortium members will select research topics related to low-emission, high-efficiency diesel engine technology.

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This off-grid island will switch from diesel to tidal energy [video]

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Energy company Energies PH in the Philippines, through its affiliate San Bernardino Ocean Power Corporation, has contracted with Inyanga, which will deploy its patented HydroWing tidal stream technology. The post This off-grid island will switch from diesel to tidal energy [video] appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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UPS makes largest purchase of renewable natural gas yet in the US: 170M gallon equivalents over 7 years

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This is the largest commitment for use of RNG to date by any company in the United States, with a range of 22.5 - 25 million gallon equivalents per year. At the same time, we hope our unprecedented seven-year commitment serves as a catalyst for wider adoption of RNG by other companies. Commerce City, Colo.; Orleans, La.; Omaha, Neb.;

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Hino Motors signs as participant in Scuderi Split-Cycle Consortium

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a Toyota Group company focused on diesel trucks and buses, has signed on as a participant in the Scuderi Group’s Scuderi Split-Cycle (SSC) Engine Consortium. The company lists 36 patents in the US. Hino Motors, Ltd., earlier post ).

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GM Ventures invests in battery-electric bus company Proterra

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Proterra’s EcoRide BE-35 battery electric bus ( earlier post ) is averaging up to 24 mpg (diesel equivalent) in service, a more than 600% improvement over a typical diesel bus. with additional buses to be added, and new buses and charging stations are also headed to San Antonio and Tallahassee, Fla., later this year.

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