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SAF company DG Fuels closes investments with two Japanese companies

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DG Fuels, LLC (DGF), a developer of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facilities ( earlier post ), announced the successful closing of investment transactions with two Japanese companies. DGF replaces the coal gasification used by others with biomass gasification and natural gas reforming. With the investments in DGF made by aviner & co.,

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EnTech Solutions, Peterbilt, Maki Trucking Partner to transport renewable natural gas with electric truck

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The Peterbilt Model 579EV will deliver the RNG to the Dane County landfill facility, where it will be injected into the natural gas pipeline to be used as clean transportation fuel on the west coast. Electric vehicle transportation is the next step in the Middleton digester’s clean energy endeavors.

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BMW Group sourcing aluminum produced using solar energy from EGA

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The BMW Group will begin sourcing aluminum produced using solar electricity with immediate effect. This marks an important milestone on the road to the company’s goal of lowering CO 2 emissions in its supplier network by 20% by 2030. This is equivalent to about 3% of the CO 2 targets the company has set for its supplier network.

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DOE funding demonstration project to replace natural gas with solar energy for production of Oberon’s rDME fuel; Bullet Steam Accumulator

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The US Department of Energy is funding a demonstration of Sunvapor ’s solar steam and thermal battery technology to lower further the Carbon Intensity (CI) of the renewable dimethyl ether (DME) produced by Oberon Fuels at its Maverick Innovation Center in Brawley, California. —Philip Gleckman, PhD, CEO at Sunvapor

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Audi Hungaria starts operation of Europe’s biggest solar roof installation

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The remainder is compensated by bio-gas certificates. Audi Hungaria is thus the second of five Audi sites (after Audi Brussels) to achieve a neutral carbon balance, according to the company. The remaining heat is generated through natural gas, with carbon neutrality assured thanks to bio-gas certificates.

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Oil sands company Suncor Energy strengthens its focus on hydrogen and renewable fuels, divesting wind and solar

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Suncor Energy, a Canadian integrated energy company that is one of the top oil sands producers in the country, will strengthen its focus on hydrogen and renewable fuels to accelerate progress towards its objective to be a net-zero company by 2050. Suncor also plans to divest its wind and solar assets.

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CPUC proposes revising Net Energy Metering rules to push customers to install storage with rooftop solar

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For more than 20 years, California has aggressively supported the rooftop solar market through its Net Energy Metering (NEM) program in Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), Southern California Edison (SCE), and San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) territories. NEM has enabled 1.3

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