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The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners approved an exemption from the Clean Truck Fund Rate for the cleanest natural-gas-powered trucks, according to an announcement Monday. The rate, which has been set at $10 per 20-foot equivalent unit for any non-zero-emissions truck at the Port of Long Beach and the Port of Los Angeles, has not yet been implemented.
This new exemption applies to trucks picking up or dropping off loaded containers at the Port of Long Beach that use natural gas engines that meet the 0.02 grams of nitrogen oxides per brake horsepower-hour standard, according to the announcement. To be eligible for the lifetime exemption, trucks must be purchased and registered in the Port Drayage Truck Registry by Dec. 31, 2022.
Loveâs Adds Solar to 3 Illinois Travel Stops
The systems will reduce energy costs, and any excess power will go into city power grids.
May 25, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY Three Love’s Travel Stops in Illinois have recently converted to solar, giving the Oklahoma-based retailer a total of eight locations that use solar power to fuel operations. The new solar-power stores are in Hamel, Kankakee and Knoxville.
Trillium, Love’s Houston-based provider of alternative fuel systems and renewable fuels, designed and constructed the solar-power systems, which are interconnected with each location. The systems will offset the electrical load consumed by the stores, and any excess power will be exported to each city’s power grid via a net metering program offered by the local electric utilities.
Joint Venture With Loveâs Truck Stops Will Produce 80M Gallons of Renewable Biodiesel Made From 100% Waste
May 2, 2021
A giant agricultural companyâs years of work on a renewable, sustainable diesel fuel is finally coming to fruitionâand itâs made from 100% waste products.
A 50-50 joint venture between Cargill and Love’s Travel Stops, will produce and market a green fuel under the name Heartwell Renewables.
Its new production plant now under construction in Hastings, Nebraska, will have the ability to produce approximately 80 million gallons of renewable diesel fuel annuallyâwhile creating 50 new jobs there.
Cargill will provide feedstock in the form of tallow, the animal fat discarded during its beef processing, and also used cooking oil. Once the diesel is produced, the Love’s Family of Companies, which owns and operates truck stops in 41 states, will transport and market the product in the U.S.
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The Love’s Family of Companies, Cargill, and their affiliates have entered into a unique 50/50 joint venture to produce and market renewable diesel, a green fuel that’s experiencing strong, rising demand.
The joint venture, dubbed Heartwell Renewables, will result in the construction of a new production plant and more than 50 jobs in Hastings, Nebraska. The plant will have the ability to produce approximately 80 million gallons of renewable diesel annually.
As part of the joint venture, Cargill will provide feedstock in the form of tallow, a rendered animal fat. Once the diesel is produced, Musket, the commodity trading and logistics arm of the Love’s Family of Companies, will transport and market the product in the United States. Heartwell Renewables will be the only entity of its kind to both produce and market renewable diesel all the way to the retail pump.