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France nears deal with Algeria for more natural gas imports

Bloomberg | August 28, 2022 | Energy

Biden administration urges fuel-export cuts to restock Northeast

Energy

Bloomberg | Top Story | August 26, 2022

Biden administration urges fuel-export cuts to restock Northeast

The Biden administration is warning refiners that it may take “emergency measures” to address fuel exports as stockpiles of gasoline and diesel fuel remain near historically low levels in the Northeast.

VW’s trucking CEO sees electric rigs hauling timber in the cold

Energy

Bloomberg | Top Story | August 26, 2022

VW’s trucking CEO sees electric rigs hauling timber in the cold

Christian Levin, who heads Traton and Scania, on why batteries will be the dominant technology for commercial vehicles.

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Plug Power surges on Amazon deal to supply green hydrogen

Bloomberg | August 25, 2022 | Energy | Alternative

Amazon.com Inc. agreed to buy enough carbon-free hydrogen from Plug Power Inc. to run 30,000 forklifts or 800 long-haul trucks annually in a push to use less fossil fuel. Plug’s shares surged.

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Owners of coal-fired generating plants seek greater fuel flexibility

AJOT | August 25, 2022 | Energy | Conventional

The amount of electric power produced from coal has been steadily declining in the United States over the past 10 years, falling to a 46-year low of 773,393 gigawatthours (GWh) in 2020.

OPEC+ Deepens Support for Saudi Call to Weigh Supply Curbs

Bloomberg | August 25, 2022 | Energy | Conventional

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TotalEnergies completes COSCO’s first bunkering of marine biofuel

AJOT | August 25, 2022 | Energy | Maritime | Liner Shipping

TotalEnergies Marine Fuels has successfully completed the first refuelling of a COSCO Shipping Lines containership with sustainable marine biofuel. This operation marks TotalEnergies’ first biofuel bunkering operation for a containership in Singapore.

Russian seaborne coal exports effectively halted by EU ban

Bloomberg | August 25, 2022 | Energy | Conventional

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Port of Oakland takes major step on clean energy project

$2 million renewable energy infrastructure design approved for Oakland Seaport

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Most U.S. fuel ethanol production capacity at the start of 2022 was in the Midwest

AJOT | August 24, 2022 | Energy | By The Numbers

As of January 1, 2022, biofuel plant production capacity in the United States reached 21 billion gallons per year (gal/y) from 275 facilities. More than four-fifths of U.S. biofuel production capacity was for fuel ethanol.

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Inflation Reduction Act will attract an extra $270 billion in US wind and solar investments by 2030

AJOT | August 24, 2022 | Energy | Alternative | By The Numbers

The Inflation Reduction Act is set to boost installed solar and onshore wind capacity in the US by 40% by 2030, with an extra 155 gigawatts (GW) of capacity expected to come online this decade, Rystad Energy research shows.