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New “50 by 50” Commission seeks to halve US transportation energy use by 2050

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The Alliance to Save Energy has chartered a national commission of business, government and civil society leaders that will work together to develop a pathway and recommendations to reduce energy use in the US transportation sector by 50% by 2050 while meeting future mobility needs. We’re at a fascinating time in the transportation industry.

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UPS makes largest purchase of renewable natural gas yet in the US: 170M gallon equivalents over 7 years

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to purchase 170 million gallon equivalents of renewable natural gas (RNG) through 2026. Renewable natural gas, produced naturally from bio sources such as landfills and dairy farms, not only turns trash to gas, but it turns it into clean gas. El Paso, Texas; Fort Worth, Texas; Kansas City, Kan.; Atlanta, Ga.; Orleans, La.;

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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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Edeniq and Flint Hills Resources Renewables establish joint development relationship for ethanol

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Flint Hills Resources Renewables, LLC, a leading US ethanol producer, will become a customer of Edeniq, Inc., Flint Hills Resources Renewables expects further adoption of Edeniq equipment to provide bolt-on technologies needed to extract sugar from a wide range of cellulosic (non-food) feedstocks to create cellulosic ethanol.

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Deploying Electric Buses At Airports Is Easy With This Tool

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As the U.S. NREL researchers recently […]

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UPS to invest $130M in > 700 natural gas vehicles and infrastructure; > $1B invested in alt fuels since 2008

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Building CNG and LNG capacity is an important enabler for increasing UPS’ use of renewable natural gas (RNG). The company is the largest consumer of RNG in the transportation sector. Fort Worth, Texas; and Arlington, Texas. Fort Worth, Texas; and Arlington, Texas. Plainfield, Ind.; Edgerton, Kan.;

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Clean Energy wins $10M, multi-year transit deal with New Jersey Transit

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The buses, owned by the San Diego Airport Authority, are anticipated to consume approximately 27,000 GGEs per month and will fuel with Redeem, Clean Energy’s renewable natural gas (RNG) derived from biomethane. Clean Energy customer MV Transportation was awarded a CNG bus contract with Los Angeles World Airports.