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British Airways partners with Velocys on renewable jet fuel from household waste

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British Airways has entered a partnership with Velocys to design a series of waste plants that convert household waste into renewable jet fuel to power its fleet. As well as helping the airline industry reduce its carbon emissions this initiative will also significantly reduce the amount of waste going to landfill.

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Arbor Renewable Gas chooses Topsoe’s TIGAS technology for renewable gasoline plant

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Arbor Gas is pursing decarbonization solutions using waste woody biomass which will be converted into renewable gasoline and hydrogen. The net reaction may be formulated as: Oxygenates (MeOH/DME) ? C 1-2 + C 3-4 (LPG) + C 5+ (Gasoline) + H 2 0 + Heat.

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Phillips 66 and Renewable Energy Group plan large-scale renewable diesel facility on West Coast

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Planned feedstocks include a mix of waste fats, oils and greases, including regionally-sourced vegetable oils, animal fats and used cooking oil. This includes REG Geismar, a 75-million-gallon nameplate capacity plant located in Louisiana that was the first renewable diesel plant built in North America.

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NYC to use REG renewable diesel in more than 1,000 city vehicles, including many sanitation trucks

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The Synthetic Fuels Division was launched in 2014 as part of the acquisition of Syntroleum ( earlier post ) that included the 75 million gallon per year nameplate capacity biorefinery located in Geismar, Louisiana. New York City will be one of the first fleets to use renewable diesel in the northeast.

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UPS to invest more than additional $90M in natural gas vehicles and infrastructure; 6 new CNG stations, 440 vehicles

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UPS plans to build an additional six compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations and add 390 new CNG tractors and terminal trucks and 50 liquefied natural gas (LNG) vehicles to its alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet. In 2016, UPS used more than 61 million gallons of natural gas in its ground fleet, which included 4.6

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UPS announces renewable diesel agreements with Neste, REG and Solazyme; up to 46M gallons over next 3 years

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Bio-based feedstocks from fats, plant oils and waste residues are converted to renewable diesel using advanced refining technologies. Neste produces NEXBTL renewable diesel from a variety of feedstocks including more than half from waste and residues. White House climate pledge. In 2014, we achieved a 14.1%

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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The project will deploy 502 alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles through 119 public and private fleets throughout the state. Clean Energy Coalition’s CEC Michigan Green Fleets Initiative. Fleets include transportation authorities, cities, school districts, the University of Michigan, FedEx, and Meijer.