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JANUARY 31, 2009

Washington Governor Chris Gregoire and legislative leaders have introduced a Green Jobs and Climate Action legislative package that proposes investments totaling $455 million in the next biennium for energy-reducing transportation projects, energy efficiency projects, green buildings and clean-energy technology.

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DECEMBER 28, 2010

MNES), and Virginia Electric and Power Company have reached an agreement to continue pre-construction, engineering, and planning work in preparation for a third unit at Dominion’s North Anna Nuclear Power Plant in central Virginia. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. MHI), through Mitsubishi Nuclear Energy Systems Inc.

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JULY 11, 2009

The US Postal Service (USPS) will conduct a one-for-one replacement of 6,500 vehicles with 1,000 E-85 ethanol-capable and 900 gasoline/electric hybrid vehicles to its delivery fleet, part of a vehicle purchase by the US General Services Administration (GSA). Using 35 delivery vehicles in Florida that run on propane fuel.

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MAY 22, 2009

Charles Mendler, the principal of Envera and the inventor of this particular approach to a VCR engine, provided the update on the project at the Department of Energy (DOE) Merit Review this week in Washington, DC. In 2006/7 hydraulic feed pressures required for the VCR actuation system were reduced by 86% from ~2,250 psi (15.5

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DECEMBER 20, 2013

This report was written and compiled by Sandra Curtin and Jennifer Gangi of Fuel Cells 2000, an activity of Breakthrough Technologies Institute in Washington, DC. in Washington, D.C. In July, the CaFCP published A California Road Map: Bringing Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles to the Golden State. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 23, 2013

This week in Washington, the company held a series of media drives (“TDI Efficiency Rally”) for the Q5, A6 and A7 diesel models to highlight their efficiency and performance, and also offered up its—as well as several other experts’—perspectives on the potential for diesel in the US market. V6 TDI diesel engine. Earlier post.)

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AUGUST 30, 2009

The Cadillac Converj extended-range electric vehicle Concept uses the Voltec platform. Two-Mode Plug in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV). I also had the opportunity to drive the two-mode Plug in Hybrid Electric Vehicle system that was slated to go into the Buick Crossover. Electricity diversifies us away from petroleum. ”.

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