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Waste Management to expand natural gas-powered fleet in Houston area; CNG to be 80% of US new truck purchases in NA in 2012

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Waste Management plans to expand its fleet of natural gas-powered collection vehicles in the Houston area and open a new compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station in Conroe. The public fueling station will refuel Waste Management’s local fleet and sell CNG to commercial fleets.

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

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Proman Stena Bulk, the joint venture between tanker company Stena Bulk and methanol producer Proman, successfully completed the first barge-to-ship methanol bunkering on the US Gulf Coast. 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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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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Alphabet Energy closes $23.5M Series C; thermoelectric waste-heat-to-power for oil & gas and automotive

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Globally, the World Bank’s “Zero Routine Flaring by 2030 Initiative,” which aims to end routine gas flaring at global oil production sites, has garnered support from more than 45 oil companies, governments and others.

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Arbor Renewable Gas evaluating West Baton Rouge for $800M renewable gasoline and green hydrogen plant

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Operating as Magnolia Renewable Fuels LLC, the new facility would produce renewable gasoline from wood waste biomass sourced from Louisiana and Mississippi timber operations. The company estimates development of the facility would generate up to 880 construction jobs at peak construction.

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Tesla Semi Megacharger route still plausible despite Biden admin rejection: report

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Patel noted that state funding opportunities could be explored, or the company might try its luck again in future rounds of the CFI program. The former Tesla VP, for his part, noted that the funds that will be used for the hydrogen stations will likely prove to be a waste.

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bp acquiring US RNG producer Archaea in $4.1B deal

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Investing with discipline into the energy transition, creating further value through integration—this is exactly what bp’s transformation into an integrated energy company is all about. Biogas is generated by the decomposition of organic material at landfill sites, anaerobic digesters and other waste facilities.

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