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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). Renewable energy projects are frequently financed with project rather than corporate finance. by Bill Cooke.

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California Startup Aurica Motors Trying to Keep NUMMI Plant Open for Manufacturing Electric Cars, Battery Swap System

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Startup electric car company Aurica Motors announced a plan to keep the NUMMI plant, which employs 4,700 people, from shutting down when Toyota leaves on 31 March. Aurica is trying to obtain Federal economic stimulus funding to convert NUMMI to electric car manufacturing, but is also open to private financing.

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EnerDel Plans to Invest $237M in New Indiana Lithium-Ion Battery Plant

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The Indiana plant will be financed through a $118.5 million grant awarded under the federal stimulus package under a 50:50 cost-share program, of which EnerDel plans to spend $60 million in 2010. The project represents just the first stage of the company's expansion plans in the Indianapolis area. Earlier post.)

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Pike Research forecasts global biofuels market value to double to $185B by 2021

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BGPY worldwide, representing a 127% increase over 2010 production volumes and an 8.4% Governments are expected to retreat from stimulus investment highs, shifting financing. access and dictating terms for accessing financing. Pike forecasts that the global market for biofuels will increase from $82.7 billion by 2021.

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Tesla + Toyota

Revenge of the Electric Car

Posted: 05/22/2010 05:17:54 PM PDT. Updated: 05/23/2010 09:47:10 AM PDT. The company received a $535 million federal loan guarantee for construction of a manufacturing plant, a massive structure now rising beside Interstate 880. Here is the full text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link]. By Patrick May.

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Grant Thornton LLP Warns of Potential Collapse of Automotive Supply Chain

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Suppliers struggled to make money when industry volumes were almost double what they are today, and the consolidation that has occurred has been happening mostly among smaller companies at the lower tiers. This would help automakers identify and support the most viable companies. The Role of Banks. Laura Marcero. The Role of the OEMs.

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Plug-in cars: Moving Forward

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GM may be in bankruptcy but remains unwavering in its commitment to have the Volt in some showrooms by November 2010. Veteran automakers, oil companies, and federal and state governments have been both the prime movers and obstacles to plug-in cars in the past and they remain so today. In the past industry ultimately called the shots.

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