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Waste Management adds 1,000th truck to natural gas fleet

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Waste Management added a 1,000 th natural gas truck to its fleet, making it the largest owner and operator of heavy duty refuse trucks in North America. property, the company commemorated the delivery of the 1,000 th natural gas vehicle with Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster starting up the new recycling truck that will serve Long Beach residents.

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Waste-to-hydrogen producer Ways2H announces strategic investment by John Molina and Pacific6 Enterprises

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the developer of a gasification-based process that converts waste into clean hydrogen fuel for mobility, microgrids and power generation ( earlier post ), closed an investment from Pacific6 Enterprises, led by founding partner John C. Ways2H is a joint venture between US-based Clean Energy Enterprises, and Japan Blue Energy Corporation.

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Increased demand for renewable natural gas from refuse sector

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announced an increased demand for renewable natural gas (RNG) from the refuse sector, particularly in California, where refuse trucks can be fueled by the very solid waste they haul. It is derived from capturing biogenic methane that is naturally sourced by the decomposition of dairy and landfill waste. Clean Energy Fuels Corp.

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UrbanX Group signs FEED contract with Hyundai Engineering for renewable diesel facility in Bakersfield

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UrbanX Renewables Group of Long Beach, CA, executed a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract with Hyundai Engineering Co., The company will produce its XRD renewable diesel from vegetable oil, fats and waste cooking oils through a proprietary process. It can also yield a prime sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

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California trucking firm switches fleet of 600+ trucks to Neste renewable diesel

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Ecology is one of the largest trucking and transportation companies in the Western United States, providing services for transportation, heavy haul and oversize loads, and containers to and from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

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Clean Energy Fuels delivered 143M gallons of Redeem renewable natural gas in 2019, up 30% year-on-year

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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. Clean Energy has extended its multi-year Long Beach Transit maintenance agreement. Homewood Disposal Inc.,

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Toyota, Kenworth, POLA and CARB unveil next-gen heavy-duty fuel-cell truck; ZANZEFF

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Toyota and Kenworth will deploy a total of 10 trucks as part of the Zero and Near-Zero Emissions Freight Facilities Project (ZANZEFF) ( earlier post ), hauling cargo received at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, throughout the LA Basin. 2), and Southern Counties Express (1).

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