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Shell Starship 3.0 to use Cummins X15N natural gas engine running on RNG

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will be updated with a Cummins X15N natural gas engine ( earlier post ) that will run on Shell Renewable Natural Gas (RNG). will capitalize on some of the latest available technology, including being powered by renewable natural gas. miles per gallon on that journey, up from 8.94 Shell Starship 3.0 Shell Starship 3.0

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SpaceX installs rocket-catching arms on Starship’s Florida launch tower

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SpaceX broke ground on Starship’s first Florida OLS in late 2019. In late 2021, SpaceX finally began constructing the second iteration of Starship’s first Florida pad. The swing arm contains plumbing and an umbilical device that connects to Starship’s upper stage and supplies propellant, gas, power, and connectivity.

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SpaceX to ship Starship ‘deluge’ hardware from Florida to Starbase

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SpaceX appears to be preparing to ship a huge collection of hardware – including parts of a possible launch deluge system – from Florida to Texas. Starship’s Florida deluge Some part of SpaceX knows that. Now arriving at KSC: The barge to load SpaceX's stockpile of equipment!

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SpaceX preparing giant crane to assemble Starship’s first Florida launch tower

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Once stacked, each section – including all those partial propellant and gas lines – will still need to be joined together, but that process should be far easier than fully installing all the systems the tower needs to do its job. Starship’s Florida mount has incorporated many design changes.

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Ryder 1st commercial fleet provider to surpass 100M natural gas vehicle miles

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announced that its fleet of natural gas vehicles (NGVs) has surpassed 100 million miles of operations, making it the first commercial fleet outsourcing provider to reach this milestone. Michigan-based beverage container recycling company UBCR has operated its Ryder NGV fleet for more than 7 million miles since 2011.

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Twin Rivers (CA) Unified School District receives 10 additional LionC electric school buses

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The 10 LionC buses are part of California Climate Investments, a statewide initiative that puts billions of cap-and-trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The buses each have a range of 125 miles and will eliminate on average 230 tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year. To support these buses, more than $4.5

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EIA: US nat gas pipeline companies added 2,400 miles of new pipe in 2011

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The US Energy Information Administration estimates that US natural gas pipeline companies added about 2,400 miles (3,862 km) of new pipe to the grid as part of more than 25 projects in 2011. New pipeline projects entered service in parts of the US natural gas grid that can be congested: California, Florida, and parts of the Northeast.

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