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EIA: natural gas-fired reciprocating engines are being deployed more to balance renewables

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The largest of these facilities is the Denton Energy Center, which came online in July 2018 outside Dallas, Texas, and it has twelve 18.8 Because these units can start and stop quickly and operate at partial loads, they have become increasingly important in areas with high shares of renewable electricity generation from wind and solar.

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Frito-Lay debuts pilot for upcoming electric fleet in Carrollton, TX

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Frito-Lay announced a new electric fleet that will serve the Dallas Fort Worth area, specifically Carrollton. Additionally, Frito-Lay is further decarbonizing its fleet through the nationwide use of Renewable Compressed Natural Gas and other new zero- and near-zero emission vehicles. plants, offices, and distribution centers.

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Prototype PNNL, UW webapp predicts parking space availability for delivery drivers

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—Giacomo Dalla Chiara, a postdoctoral scholar from the Urban Freight Lab. Dalla Chiara said freight carriers have expressed enthusiasm for the webapp, but the research team also hopes to extend it to additional carriers and drivers. Dalla Chiara, Giacomo and Cheah, Lynette and Azevedo, Carlos Lima and Ben-Akiva, Moshe E.

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Gardner Capital’s GCRE Impact Fund to Provide Funding for EV Charging Stations at Affordable Housing Development in Colorado

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DALLAS, July 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ –– Gardner Capital, a private equity firm specializing in multifamily housing and renewable energy development and investment, announced today that it has secured funding from the GCRE Impact Fund to encourage electric vehicle (EV) adoption for residents at Alameda View Apartments.

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NREL to lead $5M initiative to reduce energy use and increase energy efficiency of DFW

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The US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will lead a team of researchers—in partnership with Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport, one of the busiest airports in the world—to identify new transportation technologies that could dramatically improve energy use, convenience, and affordability.

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Ford designates BAF Technologies as Qualified Vehicle Modifier (QVM) for gaseous fuels

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Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Dallas, Texas, BAF was acquired by Clean Energy in October 2009. It owns (70%) and operates a landfill gas facility in Dallas, Texas, that produces renewable methane gas, or biomethane, for delivery in the nation’s gas pipeline network.

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Texas installs another big solar + battery storage project

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Enel North America has started constructing the Ables Springs Solar + Storage Project in Kaufman County, near Dallas. Ables Springs is Enel’s 17th renewables project in the state, where it has installed 3.8 The project pairs a 186-megawatt (MW) solar farm with 115 MW/169 MWh battery storage.

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