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announced that New Flyer has been selected by the Oregon State Government as an approved supplier of heavy-duty low-floor transit buses to the State of Oregon Heavy-Duty Transit Bus Price Agreement. New Flyer of America Inc. —Chris Stoddart, President, New Flyer. Earlier post.).
Lane Transit District (LTD) in Oregon has awarded New Flyer a contract for 11 Xcelsior CHARGE battery-electric forty-foot heavy-duty transit buses, including seven ABB depot chargers to support electric bus infrastructure development. LTD has a longstanding commitment to sustainability.
The first phase required Oregon producers and importers of fuels to register with DEQ, keep records and submit reports about the fuels they currently supply. Oregon Environmental Quality Commission authority to adopt these rules expires in 2015 under the current legislation. LCFS Policy'
The Oregon Environmental Quality Commission approved the Clean Trucks Rule, which adopts California’s Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) Rule and Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Omnibus rules (HD Omnibus) for Oregon. In Oregon, heavy-duty trucks and buses are responsible for nearly 23% of total transportation sector greenhouse gas emissions.
Researchers at the University of Oregon have advanced the effectiveness of the catalytic water dissociation reaction in bipolar membranes. Boettcher, a professor in the UO’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and founding director of the Oregon Center for Electrochemistry. —Sebastian Oener.
The Polk County, Oregon, Sheriff’s Office is running 10 patrol cars converted to propane autogas, including seven Ford Crown Vics, two Chevy Tahoes and one Ford F-350 pickup truck; the office expects to save more than $20,000 every year by using the alternative fuel.
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The Fit EV will be available for lease-only in key markets in Oregon and California, after which availability will expand to six East Coast markets in early 2013. Earlier post.). The Fit EV’s three-year lease price of $389 per month works out to a Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of $36,625.
The Novus plant will process agricultural waste into fuel, natural gas, organic fertilizer and other bio-based products. Novus is working with an Oregon lender, Old West Federal Credit Union, to finance the project. The biorefinery will be built on land owned by the Port of Morrow, one of the largest ports in Oregon.
Electric car-friendly Oregon may join the growing list of states imposing a dedicated tax on electric vehicles. Like other states looking to tax electric and fuel efficient cars, Oregon is pre-empting a rise in the number of electric vehicles on the roads and a subsequent fall in revenue from gas tax.
Propel Fuels announced a multi-year agreement with Pacific Convenience and Fuels (PC&F) to co-locate Propel Clean Fuel Points (E85/biodiesel) with PC&F gas stations and convenience stores throughout the Western US.
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A new study by economists at Oregon State University questions the cost-effectiveness of current biofuels and says they would barely reduce fossil fuel use and would likely increase greenhouse gas emissions. They evaluated the biofuels in terms of their contribution to reducing fossil fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions.
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Responding to new oil and gas industry opportunities, Foss Maritime Company will build the first three tugs in an. Construction on the first tug starts in early 2013 at Foss’ Rainier, Oregon. Foss says the new tugs will position it to compete for opportunities in the oil and gas industry. Several oil and gas customers are.
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University with collaborators at the University of Oregon and Manchester Metropolitan University have developed a seawater-resilient bipolar membrane electrolyzer.
and Mexico’s Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Undersecretary Rodolfo Lacy and Mexican National Forestry Commission Director General Jorge Rescala Pérez signed an agreement to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). Strengthening fuel and truck efficiency standards and supporting green freight initiatives.
has secured a contract to provide liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Hawaii Gas, the State of Hawaii’s only franchised gas utility. Clean Energy has also signed additional agreements throughout the United States representing their growing portfolio of natural gas fueling. Clean Energy Fuels Corp.
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The US Department of Transportation (DOT) is awarding $100 million in Economic Recovery Act funding to 43 transit agencies for projects to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from both vehicles and facilities. Lane Transit District, Oregon: $3,000,000.
Methane hydrates are ice-like structures with natural gas locked inside, which can be found both onshore and offshore—including under the Arctic permafrost and in ocean sediments along nearly every continental shelf in the world. Earlier post.). Selected projects are: Georgia Tech Research Corporation. The University of Texas at Austin.
The JV, named Area 2 Energy, holds producing natural gas assets in Southern Alberta currently has 300 producing Natural Gas Wells connected to the pipeline with purchase and significant established operator contracts already in place. The shallow gas play produces an average of 1.1 million cubic feet per day by September 2016.
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Fulcrum will gasify 147,000 tons of municipal solid waste to produce synthesis gas which it then will catalytically convert to synthetic paraffinic kerosene/jet fuel via a Fischer-Tropsch (FT) process. A venturi scrubber captures and removes any entrained particulate, and the syngas is further cooled in a packed gas cooler scrubber.
Drivers of the EREV Volt visit a gas pump every 900 miles or about every 6 weeks and pay only about $950 annually in fuel—an annual savings of $1,450 over a similar gasoline powered car, according to GM data. The Spark EV is targeted at urban and suburban commuters and will initially be sold in California and Oregon.
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Jordan Cove) to export domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) to countries that do not have a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States, from the Jordan Cove LNG Terminal in Coos Bay, Oregon. billion standard cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of natural gas, for a period of 20 years.
Sightline Institute reports that drivers in the Northwest states of Idaho, Oregon, Washington used more gasoline last year, reversing a decade-long trend of declining personal gas consumption. Washington and Oregon saw per capita increases of less than 1%, which is a departure from the states’ nearly uninterrupted decline since 1999.
NREL, Southern California Gas, and University of California Irvine will evaluate the interconnection and interoperability requirements for grid forming fuel cell inverters to enable hydrogen technologies to functionally replace traditional power generation equipment. Award amount: $500,000). Award amount: $525,000).
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