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The Boring Company proposes tunnels in Austin and San Antonio

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Elon Musk’s The Boring Company (TBC) has started discussing potential tunneling projects in Austin and San Antonio with city officials. Local Texas media outlets also reported that the tunneling company pitched a project in San Antonio , about 80 miles (~129 km) from Austin, to local officials.

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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. RNG is a key part of UPS’ strategy to increase alternative fuel consumption to be 40% of total ground fuel purchases by 2025, supporting the logistics leader’s efforts to reduce the absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of its ground fleet 12% by 2025.

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UPS to purchase ~700 LNG trucks, build 4 refueling stations by end of 2014

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UPS plans to purchase approximately 700 liquefied natural gas (LNG) trucks and to build four refueling stations by the end of 2014. An initial investment of more than $18 million to build fueling stations will be supported by the purchase of the 700 LNG tractors and continued expansion of the natural gas fleet in the US.

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Port of Corpus Christi, Howard announce to convert Javelina refinery services facility to blue hydrogen production

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Howard closed on the purchase of Javelina in February of this year. The company has corporate offices in San Antonio, Houston and Monterrey, Mexico. This hydrogen is currently sold back to refineries and other industries where it is used to remove impurities such as sulfur during the refining process.

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UQM Technologies and Proterra complete new 3-year electric propulsion system supply agreement for electric buses

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Under the new agreement, Proterra will purchase the recently released UQM PowerPhase HD 220 electric propulsion system.( Proterra buses have been, or soon will, be in operation in the following cities: Pomona, CA; San Antonio, TX; Tallahassee, FL; Seneca, SC; Reno, NV; Worcester, MA and Stockton, CA. UQM Technologies, Inc.

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Proterra to provide three battery-electric transit buses to Worcester Regional Transit Authority as part of clean fuels grant

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million Federal Transit Authority Clean Fuels grant to purchase buses from Proterra Inc. San Antonio, Texas; Tallahassee, Fla. The Worcester (Mass.) Regional Transit Authority (WRTA) was recently awarded a $4.4-million Earlier post.). and Seneca, S.C.

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Elon Musk will not build personal airport near Austin

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A report from My San Antonio said the airport hadn’t been developed at any capacity and the “conceptual plans are circulating now and there is no estimated timetable for construction on the airport.” Musk was rumored to be building an airport for personal use somewhere east of Austin, near the town of Bastrop.

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