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Blue Bird expects close to 300 electric school buses deployed throughout US by end of year

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School bus manufacturer Blue Bird Corporation has seen a surge in demand for their 100% electric school buses since their introduction in 2018. Phil Horlock, president and CEO of Blue Bird Corporation, said the company expects to have close to 300 electric buses on the road by year-end.

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Marathon Petroleum implements Topsoe technology at Martinez Renewables facility in California

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Marathon Petroleum Corporation selected Topsoe as the technology provider for renewable fuels production at the Martinez Renewable Fuels Facility in California. The facility, part of Marathon’s 50/50 joint venture with Neste, utilizes Topsoe’s HydroFlex technology to convert bio-feedstock into renewable diesel.

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More than 100 Blue Bird electric school buses have been ordered so far; Cummins electric drive

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More than 100 electric school buses, powered by a Cummins fully electric drivetrain, have been ordered to date from Blue Bird Corporation, a school bus manufacturer highly focused on alternative fuel technologies. Blue Bird electric buses are already operating in California, North Dakota and Washington. Earlier post.)

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DOE awards $19M to 13 initiatives in fossil-fuel areas to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals

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Williston Basin (Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota): University of North Dakota plans to lead a coalition to drive the expansion and transformation of coal and coal-based resource usage within the Williston Basin to extract rare earth elements and critical minerals and produce non-fuel carbon-based products.

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DOE awards $1.95M for conceptual designs that extract critical minerals and rare earth elements from coal sources

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Concurrent Technologies Corporation (Johnstown, PA). University of North Dakota (Grand Forks, ND). West Virginia University Research Corporation (Morgantown, WV). Energy Fuels Resources (Lakewood, CO). MATERIA USA LLC (Inwood, NY). MP Mine Operations LLC (Mountain Pass, CA). Tetra Tech, Inc. Pittsburgh, PA) Project 1.

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Electric Vehicle Adoption Divide Mapped

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EV share in California, today's EV leader, will hit 94 percent, while North Dakota, which has the lowest EV adoption rate today, will reach 19 percent, J.D. Charging infrastructure in California drastically eclipses infrastructure in North Dakota. By 2035, the firm expects the U.S. to reach 70 percent EV retail share.

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Marathon to serve as anchor shipper for Bakken Sandpiper Project pipeline

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Marathon Petroleum Corporation and Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. of the construction of the Sandpiper Project, which will become part of Enbridge Energy Partners’ North Dakota System when it is completed. Marathon Petroleum Corporation is the US’ fourth-largest refiner, with a crude oil refining capacity of approximately 1.7