Tag: Pennsylvania

PPL lands $72M DOE funding for CO2 capture R&D project

PPL lands $72M DOE funding for CO2 capture R&D project

March 5, 2024 |

In Pennsylvania, PPL Corporation and its research partners have been selected for a $72 million award negotiation by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) to help fund a ground-breaking carbon dioxide (CO2) capture research and development project expected to cost in excess of $100 million. The research project and […]

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LANTA and UGIES announce biofuels agreement

LANTA and UGIES announce biofuels agreement

March 1, 2024 |

In Pennsylvania, The Valley Lodger reported that Lehigh and Northampton Transportation Authority (LANTA) and UGI Energy Services (UGIES) announced a partnership to use Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) to power the eighty-plus buses in LANTA’s fleet. The agreement between LANTA and UGIES calls for the Authority to purchase Pennsylvania-sourced clean biogas fed into the system from […]

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Delta Airlines’ Monroe Energy may convert to SAF production

Delta Airlines’ Monroe Energy may convert to SAF production

February 14, 2024 |

In Pennsylvania, OPIS reports Delta Airlines’ Monroe Energy refinery successfully produced renewable diesel last year at its upcoming 200,000 barrel/year facility in Trainer and an 8-K Securities and Exchange filing showed the company is exploring the possibility of producing Sustainable Aviation Fuel. Many facilities producing renewable diesel also produce SAF, so the switch is an […]

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Piasecki Aircraft awarded $37M Air Force contract to demonstrate hydrogen fuel cell propulsion

Piasecki Aircraft awarded $37M Air Force contract to demonstrate hydrogen fuel cell propulsion

December 6, 2023 |

In Pennsylvania, Piasecki Aircraft Corporation, has been awarded a $37 million multi-year contract by AFWERX, the Air Force’s innovation arm in conjunction with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), as part of its Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) program. The award will enable Piasecki to flight demonstrate its Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System (ARES) tilt-duct vertical takeoff and […]

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New Energy Blue forms New Energy Farmers to aggregate biomass with farmers

New Energy Blue forms New Energy Farmers to aggregate biomass with farmers

December 4, 2023 |

In Pennsylvania, New Energy Blue announced the formation of New Energy Farmers LLC, which will be headquartered in Mason City, Iowa. New Energy Farmers is a biomass aggregation company jointly owned by Iowa farmers and New Energy Blue. Its purpose is to supply clean, sustainable feedstock to the New Energy Freedom Biomass Refinery, also in […]

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