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PG&E and Ford collaborate on bidirectional electric vehicle charging technology in customers’ homes

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One in five EVs in the country are on the road in PG&E’s service area of Northern and Central California, where customers are often early adopters of new clean energy technologies. Today, we are seeing breakthrough opportunities at the intersection of the energy and transportation industries.

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DuPont launches SYNERXIA Gemstone Collection of high-performance yeasts for US ethanol market

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SYNERXIA SAPPHIRE has been engineered to provide a strong ethanol yield increase compared to conventional yeast and powers through fermentation finishing clean when ethanol producers encounter hot fermentations or severe infections. The yeast’s strong expression of the powerful glucoamylase offers reduced residual starch for many producers.

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Propel Fuels Launches San Francisco Bay Areas First Network of Renewable Fuel Stations; $10.9M Grant for 75 Stations Statewide Over 2 Years

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A Propel Clean Fuel Point. Propel will match this grant with $16 million in private investment to accelerate the build-out of its statewide network of Clean Fuel Points. Click to enlarge. The event also announced a $10.9 Approximately $6.9

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WRI paper outlines technological pathways for decarbonizing petroleum refining

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Most of the technological options are available today at various levels of development, and innovation and deployment will expand their usage. Process emissions can be abated through carbon capture and storage technology.

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EPA finalizes greenhouse gas standards for LDVs MY 2023-2026

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EPA is planning to initiate a separate rulemaking to establish multi-pollutant emission standards under the Clean Air Act for MY 2027 and later. By MY 2026, EPA projects that the final standards can be met with sales of about 17% electric vehicles (EVs), and wider uptake of advanced gasoline engine and vehicle technologies available today.

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Volvo LX1 series hybrid wheel loader demonstrates 50% improvement in fuel efficiency; renewable diesel in the engine

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CALSTART, a non-profit clean transportation technology industry organization, conducted independent testing of the prototype and confirmed the 50% improvement in fuel efficiency on average. Testing began at the Redwood Landfill and Recycling Center, a green waste composting site in the northern part of the state. Waste Management Inc.

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Life cycle analysis finds Camelina-based renewable jet fuel reduces GHG emissions by 75%; renewable diesel reduces emissions by 80%

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Camelina does not require additional research and development or pilot scale programs, Sustainable Oils argues, noting that the crop can be planted and harvested with existing equipment, and refined into HRJ with technology that is widely available today. A subsidiary of Seattle-based Targeted Growth, Inc., Sustainable Oils, Inc.

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