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UrbanX Group signs FEED contract with Hyundai Engineering for renewable diesel facility in Bakersfield

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UrbanX Renewables Group of Long Beach, CA, executed a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract with Hyundai Engineering Co., The company will produce its XRD renewable diesel from vegetable oil, fats and waste cooking oils through a proprietary process. The company will soon disclose the exact plant location.

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American Le Mans exploring natural gas for Prototype Challenge Class

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Prototype Challenge racers at Long Beach. based Patrick Racing to research and develop natural gas as an alternative fuel for the Series’ Prototype Challenge (PC) cars. Patrick Racing was founded by oil and natural gas exploration and racing pioneer U.E. Click to enlarge. Pat” Patrick.

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California ARB fines two shipping companies $53K each for violating low-sulfur fuel regulation

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The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has fined two shipping companies for failing to switch from bunker fuel to cleaner, low-sulfur fuel when sailing within 24 miles of the California coast, as required by a state law adopted in 2008. They must also follow all fuel switchover requirements, and maintain accurate records.

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Toyota Transport begins operating first CNG-fueled car hauler

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Toyota Transport, the automaker’s in-house vehicle transportation trucking company, is using its first car hauler that runs on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). The Long Beach, CA-based truck/trailer emits 85% less overall particulate matter and 10% less carbon dioxide than its diesel counterparts. billion in fuel costs.

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Universal LNG Solutions rolling out Class 8 LNG truck fleet for pilot

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Universal LNG Solutions ( ULNG ) has introduced the first four trucks in a fleet of 95 of liquefied natural gas (LNG) big rigs at the campus of Sancus Energy, an LNG processing technology company. This will allow fleet operators to effectively consume the energy purchased without venting back to the station or into the atmosphere.

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NFI deploys 50 electric semi trucks and a 38-port charging depot in SoCal

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This project is being done with NFI, another supply chain and logistics company which operates across much of North America, in cooperation with Electrify America and Southern California Edison. Between the two, roughly 40% of America’s containerized goods come through these ports. In all, the JETSI project stands to displace 5.5

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Nikola hydrogen FCEV semi completes 400 mile trip – is it enough?

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ton trailer through California’s Altamont Pass and Grapevine Canyon on the I-5 interstate between the Port of Oakland and the Port of Los Angeles in Long Beach. Indeed, everyone I’ve spoken to at the company over the course of the past few years has seemed remarkably credible. But we don’t operate on a level playing field.