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NYC to use REG renewable diesel in more than 1,000 city vehicles, including many sanitation trucks

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REG utilizes Bio-Synfining technology developed and patented by its Synthetic Fuels Division in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The City also uses solar and wind energy to power government buildings and vehicles. Increased cetane aids self-ignition of fuel and allows for easier starting, smoother running engines and reliable operation.

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DOE awards more than $145M for advanced solar technologies under SunShot Initiative

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Solyndra was backed in part by capital from funds associated with George Kaiser, a Tulsa billionaire and Democratic fundraiser. Solar and wind projects aren’t the first to benefit from loan guarantees; Washington has been offering them to nuclear power plants for decades. To the first, the answer is a qualified yes.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Nu:Ionic (Tulsa, Oklahoma). Offshore Wind Turbine Digital Twin for the Prediction of Component Failures, $200,000. Assessment Robot for Resilient Optimized Wind Energy ARROW(e), $1,000,000. Unsupervised Physics-informed Machine Learning of Complex Natural and Engineered Geoscience Processes, $250,000. Julia Computing, Inc.

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The US’s largest battery-grade lithium refinery will be in Oklahoma

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The refinery will be in Southside Industrial Park in Muskogee, Oklahoma, southeast of Tulsa, and is expected to be capable of producing up to 50,000 metric tonnes of battery-grade lithium annually. In 2022, Oklahoma ranked third in the US for electricity generation from wind, which accounted for 93% of the state’s total renewable generation.

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Hell froze over in Texas – it’ll connect to the US grid for the first time via a fed grant

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By improving connections between regions and making it easier to access renewable energy sources like wind and solar, these projects will make energy more reliable and cost-effective. The projects will improve transmission congestion and resilience, especially as the country faces more extreme weather events.

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A $1.2B battery-grade lithium refinery breaks ground in Oklahoma

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The refinery will be in Southside Industrial Park in Muskogee, Oklahoma, southeast of Tulsa. In 2022, Oklahoma ranked third in the US for electricity generation from wind, which accounted for 93% of the states total renewable generation. Muskogee also has a skilled workforce trained in oil and gas engineering.