Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a Request for Proposals ( EPA-OAR-OTAQ-12-05 ) with up to $20 million in FY 2012 grant funding to establish clean diesel projects aimed at reducing pollution from the existing fleet of diesel engines. The closing date for receipt of proposals is 4 June 2012.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2012

The California Energy Commission’s (CEC) Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program (ARFVTP) approved four regional planning grants to prepare for electric vehicles. These areas of the state are expected to experience heavy electric vehicle use within the next ten years.

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MAY 7, 2019

Funded in part by a $5-million zero-emissions grant from the Federal Aviation Administration, the electric buses replace the aging compressed natural gas bus fleet that has been operating at SJC since 2008. The buses and charging systems were designed and manufactured locally by Proterra, based in Burlingame, Calif.

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AUGUST 10, 2018

The federal Clean Air Act and associated environmental regulations have driven steep declines in air pollution emissions over the past several decades, even as US manufacturers increased production, according to a study by two University of California, Berkeley, economists. —Joseph Shapiro, co-author. —Reed Walker.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

The Clean Sky Joint Undertaking (JU) is now flying solo. On 19 November, the European Commission granted the greening aeronautics initiative administrative and operational autonomy, so that it can implement its own budget and execute its own work plan from now on. The Clean Sky Joint Undertaking manages the corresponding JTI.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2014

The fleet will be fueled at a new, private LNG fueling station at Fred Meyer’s Clackamas Distribution Center, which has been designed and engineered by Clean Energy Fuels Corp. million in the project and has received a $490,000 grant from the Federal Highway Administration via ODOT for the LNG infrastructure. since 2008.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2013

This is the second rebate program offered since Congress reauthorized DERA in 2010 to allow rebates in addition to grants and revolving loans. Since 2008, DERA has awarded more than $500 million to grantees across the country to retrofit, replace, or repower more than 50,000 vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Supported by an EPA grant worth nearly $1.5 The Port of Tacoma provided environmental permitting, grant administration and project management. The EPA grant was provided under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) of 2009 National Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

The cleaned syngas is them processed through an amine system to capture and remove sulfur and carbon dioxide. The syngas then enters the secondary gas clean-up section that contains compression to increase syngas to the pressure required by the FT process. The end syngas product is very clean with zero sulfur content.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2012

The Clean Air Act and EPA regulations require that manufacturers of gasoline and diesel fuels and fuel additives produced and commercially distributed for use in highway motor vehicles must register their gasoline and diesel fuels and fuel additives with EPA. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2013

Colorado State University will retrofit two internal delivery trucks with fuel-efficient hydraulic hybrid systems, paid for by a grant from the Colorado Energy Office. In addition, the vehicles have lower emissions, furthering CSU’s clean and sustainable initiatives.

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OCTOBER 20, 2009

In August 2008, the Environmental Law & Policy Center, Natural Resources Defense Council, Hoosier Environmental Council, Save the Dunes and Sierra Club petitioned EPA to formally object to the state’s modification of BP’s operating permit for an expansion project to refine high-sulfur Canadian crude oil. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of $26 million in grant funding to establish clean diesel projects aimed at reducing emissions from the US’ existing fleet of diesel engines. Since the first year of the DERA program in 2008, EPA has awarded nearly 700 grants across the US.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2009

year commercialization grant to apply Velocys’ microchannel reactor technology to hydroprocessing for transportation fuels. The grant is part of the Ohio Department of Development’s Third Frontier Project, a $1.6-billion, Improved Fischer-Tropsch Economics Enabled by Microchannel Technology (Velocys white paper, Sep 2008).

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JULY 16, 2010

The loan was granted under the European Clean Transport Facility (ECTF) financing program, one of the EIB’s measures for stimulating the European economy. Since December 2008, the EIB has granted €8.6 million was granted under the ECTF financing programme, including €600 million to PSA Peugeot Citroën.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2009

million in Port funding toward the 2009 Clean Truck Incentive Program at the Port of Los Angeles. This initiative follows a 2008 incentive program that put into service more than 2,200 trucks that currently meet or exceed 2007 US EPA emission standards. The Los Angeles Harbor Commission recently approved up to $44.2

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2022

million in additional California Air Resources Board (CARB) funding to replace heavy-duty trucks through the Valley Air District’s grant program. These new funds will be utilized within the District’s existing Truck Replacement Program that provides funding for new, clean truck technologies. standards.

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JUNE 25, 2010

The California Air Resources Board awarded $200 million in Proposition 1B funds to cut harmful emissions from heavy-duty trucks and other sources in the state’s four busiest trade corridors to clean up air pollution and protect community health. million for harbor craft projects.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2009

Sastry’s political backing, strong ties with the clean tech investment community and close relationship with General Motors’ alternative propulsion team could give the firm an edge in securing DOE loans. In March 2008, Sakti3 announced plans to invest $1.1 million and to scale up to some 230 jobs in the state by 2018.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2012

CSAPR (also called the Transport Rule) was finalized in July 2011 and replaced and strengthened the requirements of the 2005 Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR), which the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ordered EPA to revise in 2008. statutory text grants EPA authority to require upwind States to. Earlier post.).

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 3, 2021

One example is the Ventmobile , built by University of Stuttgart students in 2008. A lot of the technology that we take for granted today was science fiction a few decades ago. first appeared on Clean Fleet Report. The University of Stuttgart designed a wind-powered car. Are Wind-Powered Cars on the Horizon?

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

The utility is participating in a national consortium that recently was awarded a federal stimulus grant to purchase plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), and the company is buying more trucks to run on compressed natural gas (CNG) as well. The matching stimulus grant will provide up to $2.5 million for the vehicle conversions.

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JUNE 5, 2015

We need to go after coal plants that still aren’t using scrubbers to clean their emissions, as well as other sources of particles like traffic and wood smoke. million people—between 2003 and 2008 and followed them each year until they died. This study was funded by NIEHS ES000002, and by EPA grant RD-83479801. 1409111.

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OCTOBER 22, 2014

The grant, one of the largest ever awarded to the university, will allow researchers to advance the scientific understanding of naturally occurring methane hydrate so that its resource potential and environmental implications can be fully understood. Council of Canadian Academies (2008). Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2010

With zero road emissions, it is also expected to be fully compliant with the Mayor of London’s proposed new clean air standards for London taxis, due to be introduced in time for the London Olympics. The Vito, co-developed by ECV with One80 Ltd and Mercedes Benz, was launched in June 2008 as an alternative to the old-style TX4 taxi.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2009

The Court also ruled that in deciding whether to grant or deny a pending rulemaking petition regarding section 202(a)(1), EPA must decide whether new motor vehicle GHG emissions meet that endangerment test, or explain why scientific uncertainty is so profound that it prevents making a reasoned judgment on such a determination. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2009

The European Investment Bank (EIB) will grant financing of up to €300 million (US$426 million) to Valeo for its current research projects aiming to reduce the fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions of cars and improve active safety. In 2008 the EIB signed loans totaling €57.6 billion) under ECTF (European Clean Transport Facility).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2010

In November 2008, API, in partnership with San Antonio’s Valero Energy Corporation, received $4 million from the COEE program to establish a pilot scale biorefinery at the Decorative Panels International hardwood plant in Alpena. The $4 million in COEE funding to API helped secure a US Department of Energy (DOE) grant for $17.9

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2013

This is roughly a 34% increase over total shipments in 2011 and a 321% increase over total shipments in 2008. The stationary sector continues to drive overall shipment growth, increasing from about 2,000 shipments in 2008 to about 25,000 shipments in 2012. For example, San Diego has installed 2.4

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2012

USOS uses d-limonene to release the oil, leaving clean sand. At specific issue in the WQB decision was a 2008 permit-by-rule granted by DWQ to USOS for the project on the Tavaputs Plateau near PR Spring. The company expects to develop 50,000 bpd over next 10 years; the PR Spring Project is slated for the first 5,930-acre block.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 28, 2009

“The ultimate transport solution would be solar fuels, made from using sunlight to split water and produce hydrogen, or to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide and combine it with water to produce other clean solar fuels.The opportunities for bio-inspired fuels and for innovative routes to produce them are virtually limitless.”

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JULY 22, 2009

Ed Feo is a partner with the law firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and was voted one of the “Five Most Influential People in Renewable Energy” in 2008 by Euromoney / Institutional Investor. We reached peak oil consumption in the US in 2008 and the same is true in the EU and Japan. ” Billion in 2008). Billion vs. $28.3

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2009

Battelle is granting an exclusive license to Genifuel Corporation for a process developed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to convert algae into renewable synthetic natural gas (SNG) for use in pipelines and power generation. Elliott, DC (2008) Catalytic Hydrothermal Gasification of Biomass. Genifuel President Jim Oyler.

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 26, 2007

As part of this initiative, Google.org awarded $1 million in grants and announced plans for a $10 million request for proposals (RFP) to fund development, adoption and commercialization of plug-ins , fully electric cars and related vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology. In addition, Google Inc.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2010

According to the recently finalized Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2008 , net US GHG emissions in 2008 were down 2.7% Clean Energy Research, Development and Deployment. Specific clean vehicle programs include: Electric Vehicle Infrastructure. Investing in clean vehicles.

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AUGUST 9, 2009

The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) calculates that meeting the proposed Federal policy will require a 5.7% annual increase; meeting the EU targets for 2008-2015 requires a 2.5% Earlier post.) The agreement provides a framework to reach an average fuel economy standard of 35.5 mpg in 2016. annual increase.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 28, 2021

He has spent the better part of the last decade developing EV pilot projects, leading clean transportation research, and evaluating EV programs. Marc is an advocate for clean energy, drives a Tesla Model S 100D, has solar panels and two Tesla Power Walls. About Marc: Marc wants to help further the adoption of education of EVs.

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