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SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

million grant by the US Department of Defense (DoD) to begin engineering and development on a plant to produce jet fuel. Fulcrum matched this DoD grant with $4.7 Congress established the Biorefinery Assistance Program in the 2008 Farm Bill. In 2013, Fulcrum was awarded a $4.7-million Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 14, 2009

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corporation (MFTBC) has sold ten Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid ( earlier post ) trucks to Ireland’s leading utility company, the Electricity Supply Board (ESB), in Dublin. The Irish Government has granted a special permit for the Japanese hybrid trucks. Daimler AG owns 85% of MFTBC shares.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2010

Previous Proposition 1B funds in 2008 provided $246 million to local agencies putting more than 5,000 cleaner trucks on the state’s roads. The money will be used to reduce emissions from heavy-duty diesel trucks, locomotives and rail yards, ship berths, cargo equipment and commercial harbor craft such as tugboats and crew and supply vessels.

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San Diego Los Angeles Emissions Diesel 170

Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2010

The proceeds from the $80 million bond will be used to partially finance the first two phases of construction of Range Fuels’ first commercial cellulosic biofuels plant using renewable and sustainable supplies of non-food biomass near Soperton, Georgia.

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Range Fuel Financing Georgia 210

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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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Mexico Austin Oil-Sands Mariner 294

Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2009

mPhase is developing its Smart NanoBattery as part of a Phase II STTR Grant that was awarded by the United States Army in 2008. When the battery is activated, the electrolyte passes through the membrane and contacts the electrodes, initiating the electrochemical reaction.

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Stimulus Stimulus Package Batteries Battery 150

Baua Electric

MAY 10, 2024

The program also included support to the industry in the form of promotion of 1G and 2G ethanol production, reduction of GST from 18% to 5% and providing subsidies, grants and other support for setting up ethanol production facilities. Similarly, a few months ago, FCI had suspended supply of rice to distilleries to ensure rice availability.

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Carbon Future Auto Petrol 52

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DECEMBER 1, 2013

million tons in 2008. Now, approximately 10% of the total liquid fuel supply is accounted for by biofuels, and there has been an increase in pilot plant projects cropping up in Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu and other provinces. switchgrass, Miscanthus).

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Gasoline China Tax London 351

Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

Chrysler Group was selected for a US Department of Energy (DOE) grant of up to $48 million as part of a $2.4 to supply the Li-ion batteries for the Ram PHEV test fleet. In 2008, Chrysler Group announced the company’s intention to bring a Ram Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) to market. That vehicle will debut in late 2010.

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Chrysler PHEV All-Electric Electric Vehicles 306

Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2009

Enerkem GreenField Alberta Biofuels (EGAB) has successfully completed the necessary environmental regulatory process and has been granted a permit to commence construction of a commercial facility to produce biofuels and green chemicals from sorted municipal solid waste in Edmonton, Alberta. Earlier post.)

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Waste Commercial Building Grant 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2009

The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) was published 5 December 2008. In December 2008 and January 2009, public comment meetings were held at 8 locations along the pipeline route to receive public comments on the DEIS. Public comments on the DEIS were accepted until 30 January 2009.

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Oil-Sands Oil Wisconsin United States 220

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DECEMBER 2, 2011

million contract from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) via the US Department of Transportation’s Volpe Center to develop and demonstrate technology that will produce renewable jet fuel from isobutanol supplied by Gevo, Inc. In 2008, Honeywell’s UOP formed the joint venture Envergent Technologies LLC with Ensyn Corp.

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Conversion Renewable Waste Oil 210

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2010

Xtreme Power of Austin, Texas, is supplying its Dynamic Power Resource on-site energy storage and power management system. Renewable or green power supplies 3% of Ford’s energy needs worldwide. Since 2008, Ford has sourced renewable electricity to cover the full electric power demand at its manufacturing plant in Cologne, Germany.

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Michigan Detroit Solar Power 186

Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2010

The JU publishes annual calls for proposals (from 2008-2013), on the basis of which funding is granted for research, technological development and demonstration projects. Another topic relates to the demonstration of application readiness of fuel cell generators for power supply to off-grid stations, another promising early market.

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2010 Hydrogen Fuel 2009 239

Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2013

For proposed petroleum pipelines that cross international borders of the United States, the President, through Executive Order 13337, directs the Secretary of State to decide whether a project is in the “national interest” before granting a Presidential Permit. 2012 Keystone XL plan vs. 2008 plan. Length of new pipeline (miles).

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Climate Change Oil-Sands Nebraska Climate 250

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2010

New Zealand’s liquid fuel bill will certainly increase again, and there may be security of supply difficulties. The Government has set up a Biodiesel Grants Scheme, under which New Zealand biodiesel manufacturers can obtain subsidies on a per liter basis. The NZ Biodiesel Grants Scheme applies only to FME biodiesel.

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New Zealand Diesel Oil Petrol 210

Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2009

Under the agreement, 3M granted ATL a license to 3M intellectual property for the use of 3M NMC cathode materials in lithium-ion batteries. Amperex Technologies Limited supplies lithium-ion polymer battery to name-brand companies worldwide. Charge/discharge profiles of 3M NMC cathode materials. Source: 3M.

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Li-ion Lithium Ion 2007 PHEV 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2013

The batteries supplied by Exide as part of the C3 Project performed well under the HEV screening test, especially at high temperatures. In the funding arrangement with the DOE, ALABC representatives engaged Ecotality North America to retrofit a Honda Civic HEV by replacing its NiMH batteries with UltraBattery modules supplied by East Penn.

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Lead Acid Civic Hybrid Fleet Miles 223

Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2009

Identify new policy options to promote the environmental sustainability of biofuels feedstock production, taking into consideration land use, habitat conservation, crop management practices, water efficiency and water quality, as well as lifecycle assessments of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Obama Commercial Fuel Renewable 150

Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

That’s why for the past week I’ve been working at my new job in Manhattan Beach where I’ve transitioned from the volunteer advocacy efforts I’ve been contributing since 2008 to a professional role in sustainability partnerships for CBS EcoMedia. The on-stage banner heralding the ribbon cutting event @ ECHS.

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Solar Minneapolis Water Grant 150

Plugs and Cars

AUGUST 8, 2011

Put in service during California's Zero Emission Mandate between 1997 and 2003 when about 6000 EVs roamed the streets, these charge stations have continued supplying power to the RAV4 EVs and other electric vehicles saved by Plug In America when it was known as DontCrush.com, a struggle chronicled in the film Who Killed the Electric Car.

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2003 California Store 2004 100

Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Academics awash in government and corporate grants analyse and research biofuels and hydrogen. That which they don't kill (EVs in 2003) they hope to delay (FCVs in 2008). CARB could nudge that process along as the ZEV program is revised early in 2008. The problem with electric is it is here now. Proven, ready to market.

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Plug-in Plug Parts Cars 100

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

In 1975, General Ernesto Geisel, then-president of Brazil, ordered the country’s gasoline supply mixed with 10% ethanol. The level was raised to 25% over the next five years, which was intended to maintain a constant Brazilian gasoline supply for an ever-increasing demand. US Environmental Protection Agency Grants Testing Waiver.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 14, 2009

MFTBC has sold 10 Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid trucks to Ireland’s Electricity Supply Board in Dublin – the country’s leading utility company. The Electricity Supply Board plans to use the vehicles for customer service and infrastructure maintenance with the Irish Government granting a special permit for Japanese hybrid trucks.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 6, 2010

From the article: ‘The New York study anticipates that by 2015, electric vehicle prices should decline because of reduced battery costs, that there will be a sufficient supply of electric vehicles to purchase, and that consumers will take advantage of the existing federal tax credit of $7,500 for new electric cars. Electric Options.

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New York City New York Obama Tax Credit 167

Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

If cap-and-trade in the United States were to become reality along the lines of proposals now before Congress, up to 2 billion of the new credits would be drawn from carbon offsets, potentially increasing the worldwide supply of such credits by a factor of seven. THE APPROVAL PROCESS. The approval process for carbon offsets has two goals.

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Carbon Climate Change Climate Emissions 255

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MARCH 6, 2010

A 2008 EPA study analyzed the economic impacts of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008 (S. EPA, EPA Analysis of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008 (2008). Offset Quality Initiative, Ensuring Offset Quality (July 2008), available at: [link].

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Climate Change Climate Emissions 2008 218

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DECEMBER 17, 2010

Shale gas offsets declines in other US supply to meet. After falling 3% in 2008 and nearly 7% in 2009, largely driven by the economic downturn, energy-related CO 2 emissions do not return to 2005 levels (5,980 million metric tons) until 2027. consumption growth and lower import needs. Source: EIA. Click to enlarge.

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Green Cars News

MAY 18, 2009

Many of the organizations benefiting from today’s volunteer efforts also receive Ford mini-grants of up to $5,000 to buy the tools, supplies and plants needed to complete their outdoor projects. In 2008, more than 18,000 Ford employees volunteered 100,000 hours to help people in their local communities.

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Detroit Ford Highlander Grant 36

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2009

GM announced its strategic partnership, including an investment, with Coskata at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January 2008. The Madison facility will use Southern Pine as a feedstock through most of 2009, in order to supply design details for Project Flagship, Coskata’s first commercial-scale facility.

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Commercial Oil-Sands Water Gasoline 150

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

as compared to 1990 emissions, to be achieved between 2008 and 2012. April, 2008 : In an article entitled Dangerous Assumptions ( earlier post ), Roger Pielke, Jr., July, 2008 : The Australian government published the Garnaut Report, a comprehensive study of the effects of climate change on the country’s economy ( earlier post ).

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Climate Climate Change 2009 Emissions 236

The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The iconic American business supplies numerous industries, with the automotive sector being one of the largest. Steel’s stock valuation spiked dramatically in 2005 only to absolutely collapse in 2008 during the Great Recession. Granted, massive companies can offer competitive pricing to consumers via economies of scale.

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Buy Cleveland United States Japan 111

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

The conversion of the three DTE Energy SUVs is part of the $5-million grant from the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) awarded to DTE Energy in 2008. DTE Energy is the Detroit-headquartered diversified energy company providing gas and electric services to 2.7 million Michigan homes and businesses. Earlier post.).

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VUE Saturn Convert Energy 218

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JANUARY 29, 2015

has signed a grant agreement with the EU Hydrogen Fuel Cell Joint Undertaking for deployment of 21 fuel cell buses in Europe as part of the 3Emotion Program. Van Hool N.V.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 6, 2009

This is little more than a panicked way of propping up the industry as, given time; those cashing in the grants would most likely have bought the new car anyway. What’s more is that there is sufficient income made from PAYE on workers in component suppliers, dealers and all the other parts of the supply chain. Our verdict.

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Scrappage Green CO2 Green Cars 32

Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2013

It is non-toxic, non-carcinogenic, and can be made from a variety of sustainable domestic sources, as well as from North America’s abundant supply of natural gas. The company demonstrated these vehicles in US operation in 2008, in conjunction with the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC). Earlier post.)

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Volvo 2015 Production North America 270

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2009

Completed in December 2008, the Rome, NY plant is one of the largest facilities converting non-food biomass into cellulosic ethanol in the United States. Construction began in early 2008. The plant was funded in part by grants from the State of New York which were approved in December 2006.

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