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The Carlyle Group and Sunoco to form Philadelphia refinery joint venture

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have agreed to form Philadelphia Energy Solutions, a joint venture that will enable the historic Philadelphia refinery to continue operating. The refinery, the oldest continuously operating one on the east coast, processes 330,000 barrels of oil per day into various refined products and was scheduled for shut down in August of 2012.

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Battle Motors acquires Crane Carrier Company; Class 7 and 8 vocational truck electrification

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Crane Carrier Company (CCC) has been manufacturing commercial vehicles for 75 years and is based in New Philadelphia, Ohio with 180 sales and service dealers throughout North America. The combined organization will have approximately 200 employees.

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Lithium Americas begins construction at Thacker Pass

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Established in 1981 and based in Philadelphia, Aquatech is a global leader in water purification technology for industrial and infrastructure markets with a focus on desalination, water recycling and reuse, and zero liquid discharge (ZLD). Major construction contracts awarded include: Lithium Carbonate and Purification. EXP Global Inc.

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President Biden calls on Congress, States for fuel tax holiday; increase in refinery capacity

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President Biden called on Congress to suspend the federal gas tax for the next 90 days, through the busy summer driving season—18 cents per gallon for gasoline and 24 cents per gallon for diesel. He also called on states to suspend their state gas taxes as well or to find other ways to deliver some relief.

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X Prize, Electrathon teams to compete in Green Grand Prix at Watkins Glen International

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Two of the vehicles are educational entries from Cornell University and West Philadelphia High School. Additionally, organizers expect vehicles powered by vegetable oil, LP and compressed natural gas. The X Prize cars will be entered in one of two fuel economy rallies that will be run on the WGI’s 2.45-mile

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Pennsylvania Awards Axion Power $800,000 to Demonstrate PbC Batteries in Hybrids, PHEVs and EVs

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812,610 to retrofit two collection tank trucks to run on straight vegetable oil and for two storage tanks. The tankers will collect waste vegetable oil from 750 of Ettline’s customers and deliver it to a processor for conversion to SVO. City of Philadelphia. Philadelphia Academies, Inc. Ettline Foods Corp. US Airways Inc.

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Exelon Intends to Join FutureGen Alliance

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million customers in Illinois (ComEd) and Pennsylvania (PECO), and gas to 485,000 customers in the Philadelphia area (PECO). The Exelon Generation fossil portfolio consists of approximately 6,500 megawatts of capacity produced using coal, oil, and natural gas. It distributes electricity to approximately 5.4