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Pace purchases 20 Proterra ZX5 electric buses and EV fleet charging infrastructure

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Proterra Transit battery-electric buses feature zero tailpipe emissions, saving approximately 230,000 pounds of greenhouse gases annually when replacing a diesel bus. The company’s fleet of zero-emission, electric transit buses have displaced more than 140 million pounds of CO 2 tailpipe emissions.

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ExxonMobil to buy 2.5M barrels of renewable diesel per year for 5 years from Global Clean Energy

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ExxonMobil has signed an agreement with Global Clean Energy Holdings to purchase 2.5 million barrels of renewable diesel per year for five years from a converted California refinery starting in 2022. million barrels per day of heating oils, kerosene and diesel oils. As background, globally, in 2019, ExxonMobil sold some 1.9

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Moscow plans to buy 500 more electric buses in 2022

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Most of them will be purchased with the funds from the green bonds. The funds received from the placement of green bonds were earlier used to purchase 400 electric buses. Today nearly half of the Moscow e-bus fleet has been financed by green bonds. Next year Moscow plans to purchase 500 more eco-friendly buses.

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Opposed-piston engine company Achates Power raises $35.2M in Series C Financing; new industry advisory board

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million in Series C financing. The Series C financing follows a $19-million Series B round in 2009 and brings the total raised by Achates Power to nearly $90 million since its 2004 founding. Diesel Engines' Achates Power, Inc., director of engine research at Southwest Research Institute and 2002 SAE president.

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EPA Awards $20M in Recovery Act Funding for Clean Diesel Finance Program

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced three recovery act grants totaling $20 million in funding for the SmartWay Clean Diesel Finance Program. These recovery act grants will fund the purchase of new, cleaner or retrofitted vehicles and equipment.

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Clean Energy Zero Now truck orders surpass 250; heavy-duty trucks fueled by renewable natural gas

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has reached agreement with trucking firms to lease or purchase more than 250 new heavy-duty trucks, fueled by its Redeem RNG (renewable natural gas). In addition, truck fleets financed or purchased through Zero Now will be able to purchase Redeem fuel with a fixed discount to diesel at a significant spread.

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REG expanding footprint at 75M gallon renewable diesel refinery in Geismar

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REG has agreed to purchase the land it has leased for its Geismar operations, as well as more than 61 adjacent acres, which the company plans to improve and utilize to support existing production capacity and future expansion opportunities. — Brad Albin, REG Vice President, Manufacturing.

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