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AUGUST 22, 2019

The proposed plant would take more than 500,000 tonnes each year of non-recyclable everyday household and commercial solid waste destined for landfill or incineration such as meal packaging, diapers and takeaway coffee cups and convert it into more than 60 million liters (15.85

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DECEMBER 22, 2022

Fulcrum BioEnergy, a clean energy company pioneering the creation of renewable, drop-in transportation fuels from landfill waste, successfully produced a low-carbon synthetic crude oil using landfill waste as a feedstock at its Sierra BioFuels Plant, the world’s first commercial-scale landfill waste-to-fuels plant.

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MAY 23, 2019

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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MARCH 2, 2019

Shell will join a consortium comprising Air Liquide, Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals), Enerkem and the Port of Rotterdam in an effort to build Europe’s first advanced waste-to-chemicals facility in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

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JUNE 4, 2013

United Airlines executed a definitive purchase agreement with AltAir Fuels ( earlier post ) for cost-competitive, sustainable, bio-synthetic paraffinic kerosene at commercial scale. AltAir Fuels’ drop-in renewable jet fuel is expected to achieve at least a 50% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions on a lifecycle basis.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2018

a leading waste-to-biofuels and chemicals producer, has completed a C$280-million (US$223 million) investment round—its largest to date. The technology converts non-recyclable, non-compostable municipal solid waste into methanol, ethanol and other widely-used chemicals. Canada-based Enerkem Inc., Earlier post.).

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APRIL 16, 2014

British Airways and its partner Solena Fuels announced that the UK GreenSky facility to convert landfill waste into jet fuel ( earlier post ) will be built in Thames Enterprise Park, part of the site of the former Coryton oil refinery in Thurrock, Essex. Click to enlarge. High Temperature Gasification.

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DECEMBER 5, 2021

It will be produced from sustainable waste feedstock at the Humber Refinery, which will deliver its SAF supply to British Airways via existing pipeline infrastructure that feeds directly into UK airports. We’re currently refining almost half a million liters of sustainable waste feedstocks a day, and this is just a start.

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MAY 13, 2022

BASF’s innovative production process makes it possible to replace petroleum-based precursors, such as naphtha, with renewable raw materials from organic waste, starting in the early stages of paint production. Since bio-based and conventional coatings are produced on the same line, BASF adopts an externally certified mass balance approach.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

KLM has purchased sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for flights out of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. This purchase marks the first time the fuel will be supplied using the existing infrastructure at Schiphol. Furthermore, Neste is joining KLM’s Corporate BioFuel Program. —KLM President & CEO Pieter Elbers.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2020

BASF is launching the pilot platform reciChain in the province of British Columbia (BC), Canada, as a response to plastic waste. million tons of plastic waste in 2016. According to a report produced by Deloitte for Environment and Climate Change Canada , Canada disposed of nearly 3.3

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NOVEMBER 3, 2022

With the latest purchase of approximately 60 million liters (approximately 16 million gallons US) of Sustainable Marine Fuel, DHL will reduce a total of 180,000 tonnes of tank-to-wake (TtW) CO 2 e on both FCL (full container load) and LCL (less than container load) shipping until 2024.

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OCTOBER 12, 2020

Chevron will purchase RNG produced from these projects and market the volumes for use in vehicles operating on compressed natural gas. Brightmark is a global waste solutions company. Marathon Capital acted as exclusive financial advisor to Brightmark in establishing the partnership with Chevron.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Enerkem’s advanced biofuels facility has successfully completed all the necessary steps required by the EPA and is the first municipal-waste-to-cellulosic-ethanol plant to receive approval to sell in the United States. These RIN credits are purchased by US refiners to comply with the RFS program.

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DECEMBER 15, 2018

Their buses drive in stop-and-go traffic where conventional internal combustion engines waste fuel while idling. Deployment of zero-emission buses is expected to accelerate rapidly in the coming years, from 153 buses today to 1,000 by 2020, based on the number of buses on order or that are otherwise planned for purchase by transit agencies.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

a nationwide distributor of propane, fuel oil and related products and services, as well as a marketer of natural gas and electricity, is purchasing a 39% stake in Oberon Fuels, a San Diego, CA-based development-stage producer of low-carbon, renewable dimethyl ether (rDME) transportation fuel. Suburban Propane Partners, L.P.,

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JULY 30, 2019

Through this program, California school districts purchasing the Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley electric school bus are eligible for reimbursement of disposed older school buses approved under California Energy Commission GFO-17-607 grant program. Proterra’s battery systems are designed and manufactured in Burlingame, California.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Neste, the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel produced from waste and residue raw materials, has agreed to acquire Bunge Loders Croklaan’s refinery plant located in Rotterdam, the Netherlands for a purchase price of €258 million (US$302 million). million tons.

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JANUARY 29, 2020

Redeem was the first commercially available RNG vehicle fuel, derived from capturing biogenic methane that is produced from the decomposition of organic waste from dairies, landfills, and wastewater treatment plants. In 2019 Clean Energy provided an estimated 16 million gallons of Redeem to UPS.

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MAY 9, 2013

The program funds projects to encourage the development and use of new technologies and alternative and renewable fuels, including electricity, natural gas, biomethane, hydrogen, and gasoline and diesel substitutes, such as cellulosic ethanol (derived from woody materials, including agricultural waste), and biodiesel from waste grease.

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JULY 29, 2014

The project is being funded by a joint venture (JV) between Waste Management, NRG Energy (NRG), Ventech Engineers International (Ventech) and Velocys, formed to develop a series of GTL plants in the United States and other select geographies. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

There is evidence that fossil fuel subsidies are socially inequitable, that they encourage smuggling and waste, and distort economies in ways that undermine economic efficiency while harming the environment and the climate,” wrote Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Costs ranged from a low of 0.3% Subsidies remained sticky outside the G20 as well.

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JANUARY 28, 2022

Tesla may not be allowed to operate Giga Berlin fully yet, but the company is not wasting any time in ensuring that its employees in the Grünheide complex can get to work as efficiently and conveniently as possible. The post Tesla purchases its own track to make Giga Berlin employees’ commute easier appeared first on TESLARATI.

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MAY 23, 2014

The Lancaster County (Pennsylvania) Solid Waste Management Authority (LCSWMA) held a dedication and grand opening of its $4.8-million LCSWMA purchased the fleet in 2013 and transitioned them into operation last month. million compressed natural gas (CNG) project. million total.

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MAY 17, 2022

Through Cadillac accessories, customers will be able to purchase faster 11.5 The LYRIQ RWD range is optimized with the Ultium Platform’s energy recovery system, which can capture and repurpose waste energy from the battery. kW or 19.2 kW wall-mounted charging stations.

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JUNE 13, 2023

The heat is generated by an external power plant and waste incineration plant and provided through a dedicated steam network to Ford. This independent certification will be audited and reconciled on a regular basis against purchasing high quality carbon offsets for any remaining emissions.

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JANUARY 12, 2023

The company’s pilot Li AquaRefining system has demonstrated the ability to remove impurities and trace metals from tons of recycled lithium battery black mass and then selectively recover pure metal using electricity instead of high-energy furnaces or the continuous waste streams and expense of one-time-use chemicals.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2017

UPS announced an agreement with Big Ox Energy (a wholly owned subsidiary of Environmental Energy Capital LLC) to purchase 10 million gallon equivalents of renewable natural gas (RNG) per year. This is the largest investment in RNG to date for the company, and the agreement runs through 2024. Horsham, Pa. and Doraville, Ga.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Last month, the utility received approval from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for a pilot program to purchase the renewable fuel and capture the additional environmental credits generated. Today, it published a Request for Offer (RFO), and expects to complete gas purchase agreements in the near future.

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DECEMBER 7, 2021

R3: Recycled portion of purchased raw material, including materials recovered or generated by other industries. Only the recycled portion of a purchased raw material may be counted when material consists of recycled and virgin content. —Reeshemah Howard, Sustainability Mission Leader, General Motors.

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MARCH 10, 2022

The analysis has been performed according to the model by World Resources Institute, and it encompasses all CO 2 emissions associated with the company’s own production at the mine site, refining facility, and transport between these facilities (Scope 1), as well as the emissions emanating from the production of purchased electricity (Scope 2). ?.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Under its long-term contract, bp will purchase 100% of LNG output from Coral Sul FLNG which has the capacity to produce up to of 3.4 In October 2016, bp signed a long-term offtake contract for the purchase of LNG for more than 20 years with the Coral sellers comprising Mozambique Rovuma Venture S.p.A. (a million tonnes of LNG per year.

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MARCH 8, 2019

ReactWell , LLC, has licensed a novel waste-to-fuel technology from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory to improve energy conversion methods for cleaner, more efficient oil and gas, chemical and bioenergy production. Any operation that produces a carbon dioxide byproduct can benefit.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Clean Energy’s Redeem was the first commercially available RNG vehicle fuel, derived from capturing the biogenic methane produced by the decomposition of organic waste from dairies, landfills, and wastewater treatment plants.

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MARCH 22, 2022

Both suppliers will provide SAF produced from waste oils. Such SAF from wastes and residues can provide greenhouse gas emission reductions of up to 80% over its lifecycle compared with the conventional jet fuel it replaces, thereby reducing DHL’s carbon footprint. —John Pearson, CEO DHL Express.

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DECEMBER 13, 2012

The CO 2 used in Audi’s e-gas plant is a waste product from a nearby biogas plant, operated by energy provider EWE. A special certification procedure will verify that the same amount of e-gas that owners purchase for their Audi TCNG vehicles is fed into the network by the e-gas plant. Ground was broken in September 2012.

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The vehicles typically utilized in the states are purchased from overseas stock and stripped-down to the basics. . ($70,000). Rental micro-mobility options such as e-scooters and e-bikes have become increasingly popular across the nation.

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