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Infinium to provide ultra-low carbon electrofuels to Amazon trucking fleet starting in 2023

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Electrofuels provider Infinium announced an agreement with Amazon to begin using Infinium Electrofuels in the retailer’s middle mile fleet as an ultra-low carbon alternative to traditional fossil fuels. Earlier post.).

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Carbon Fleet Texas Fuel Alternative

Gulf Oil adds LNG-powered trucks to its transportation fleet

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AUGUST 27, 2012

Gulf Oil LP, a national branded supplier of motor fuels throughout the United States and its territories, has deployed 34 transport trucks that run on liquefied natural gas (LNG). We intend to convert more of our fleet and to supply and distribute LNG to our customers. The economic benefits are remarkable.

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Fleet Transportation Oil Peterbilt

DOE to award up to $11M for medium- and heavy-duty vehicle powertrain electrification and dual fuel fleet demonstration

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

The first is medium- and heavy-duty powertrain electrification; the second is a dual fuel fleet demonstration. Area of Interest (AOI) 1: Medium and Heavy Duty Vehicle Powertrain Electrification. The developed technology must be for a Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) or Electric Vehicle (EV).

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Neste opens four new renewable diesel filling stations in California

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JULY 24, 2020

The fueling stations are open 24/7 and provide a seamless and quick customer experience. They are located near major commercial freight routes and are designed to accommodate commercial fleet vehicles of all sizes. The four new fueling stations join existing Neste-branded fuel stations in San Leandro, San Jose, Keyes and Ripon.

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Renewable Diesel California San Jose

Cal Energy Commission to award ~$1.2M for center for alt fuels and advanced vehicle technologies

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JANUARY 16, 2015

The California Energy Commission Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program (ARFVTP) is making up to $1,194,659 in grant funds available to develop a new center or expand an existing center for alternative fuels and advanced vehicle technologies in Central California. ( PON-14-606 ).

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Alternative Fuels Fuel Fresno Energy

AT&T to Deploy More Than 15,000 Alternative-Fuel Vehicles in Fleet Over Next 10 Years

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MARCH 11, 2009

AT&T plans to invest up to $565 million as part of a long-term strategy to deploy more than 15,000 alternative-fuel vehicles over the next 10 years. AT&’s investment represents the largest US corporate commitment to CNG vehicles to date. Randall Stephenson, chairman and CEO of AT&T.

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Alternative Fuels Fleet Fuel Vehicles

NAIT partnering with Oberon, Mack and Westcan to advance use of DME fuel in long-haul trucks

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NOVEMBER 15, 2017

The researchers hope to test the technology using Mack trucks from Westcan’s fleet, traveling Alberta Highway 2 between Edmonton and Calgary—a distance of about 300 km (186 miles). DME offers performance that is similar to diesel, making it suited for fleets that have to haul heavy loads. DME is a gas under ambient conditions.

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Fuel Water Gas Diesel

Clean Cities Autogas Vehicle Conversion Program Rolls Out First of 1,189 LPG Cars in Virginia

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JULY 29, 2010

The first vehicle converted to propane Autogas under the Southeast Propane Autogas Development Program is on the road, with thirty more program vehicles slated to be running on Autogas by the end of August. based Red Top Cab provided the first vehicle for conversion under the program. Arlington, Va.-based

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Virginia Conversion Clean Cleaning

Co-Optima report highlights most significant R&D achievements in FY2019

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JUNE 4, 2020

After completing a major body of research focused on boosted (also known as turbocharged) spark ignition (SI) engines in Fiscal Year (FY) 2018, Co-Optima’s FY 2019 LD research and development (R&D) shifted to multimode solutions that employ multiple engine operating modes to maximize engine efficiency and fuel economy.

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Fuel Economy 2019 Diesel Engine

Exclusive: Fast-forwarding green trucking | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

APRIL 7, 2024

Our focus remains on serving the cement, steel, FMCG, oil and gas, and container industries, among others. The real game changer, however, is that if institutions and the government take the initiative to get public-sector banks to look at every commercial vehicle favourably and get financing for it, there’ll be adoption.

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Green Financing India Gas-Electric

SwRI wins $20M EPA contract for emissions and fuel consumption testing, analytical services

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FEBRUARY 25, 2015

million contract by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide testing and analytical services related to vehicle emissions and fuel consumption. —Patrick Merritt, principal scientist in the Engine, Emissions, and Vehicle Research Division. Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has been awarded a five-year, $20.16-million

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EPA Emissions Fuel Fuel Economy

To Store or Not to Store: That is the Question

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JULY 20, 2011

However, when peak demand is not required the inefficiencies of idling coal, nuclear and gas powered power plants has become both very uneconomic and non-responsive to changes in demand for today’s market. Supplementing baseload coal-, nuclear- and gas-powered power pants in a grid strategy for tomorrow.

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Store Grid Energy Storage Wind

Study finds renewable fuel mandates alone not likely to lower carbon intensity of biofuels; the importance of localized LCAs and optimized low carbon fuel standards

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NOVEMBER 19, 2011

In a paper published in the journal Energy Policy , the team suggests that more effective policies would evaluate fuels at the refinery level, thereby creating incentives for GHG emissions to be lowered through competition as low GHG emission fuels have higher economic value to blenders. —Boies et al.

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Carbon Fuel Standards Renewable

CEC report sets out North American plan for change and investment to achieve sustainable freight transportation

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MARCH 31, 2011

The report, Destination Sustainability: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Freight Transportation in North America , looks at the continental freight transportation network, a key component of the transportation sector, which is the second-largest source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in North America, after electricity generation.

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Transportation North America Canada Mexico

Opinion: A More Level Playing Field for Advanced Biofuels

Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

However, America’s clean energy transition has been characterized by siloed thinking and inflexibility despite significant advances in low-carbon fuel alternatives. But, there is still more that can be done to incorporate low-carbon fuel alternatives into our national climate strategy. It doesn’t have to be this way.

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Tax Credit Fuel Alternative Tax Congress

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Infinium to provide ultra-low carbon electrofuels to Amazon trucking fleet starting in 2023

Gulf Oil adds LNG-powered trucks to its transportation fleet

DOE to award up to $11M for medium- and heavy-duty vehicle powertrain electrification and dual fuel fleet demonstration

Neste opens four new renewable diesel filling stations in California

Cal Energy Commission to award ~$1.2M for center for alt fuels and advanced vehicle technologies

AT&T to Deploy More Than 15,000 Alternative-Fuel Vehicles in Fleet Over Next 10 Years

NAIT partnering with Oberon, Mack and Westcan to advance use of DME fuel in long-haul trucks

Clean Cities Autogas Vehicle Conversion Program Rolls Out First of 1,189 LPG Cars in Virginia

Co-Optima report highlights most significant R&D achievements in FY2019

Exclusive: Fast-forwarding green trucking | Autocar Professional

SwRI wins $20M EPA contract for emissions and fuel consumption testing, analytical services

To Store or Not to Store: That is the Question

Study finds renewable fuel mandates alone not likely to lower carbon intensity of biofuels; the importance of localized LCAs and optimized low carbon fuel standards

CEC report sets out North American plan for change and investment to achieve sustainable freight transportation

Opinion: A More Level Playing Field for Advanced Biofuels

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