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Solazyme announces successful commissioning of integrated renewable oil production biorefinery in Peoria, Illinois

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Solazyme has been running routine fermentations at commercial scale since 2007 and began running fermentation operations at the Peoria facility in Q4 2011. is a renewable oil and bioproducts company that transforms a range of low-cost plant-based sugars into high-value oils. Solazyme uses heterotrophic microalgae—i.e., Solazyme, Inc.

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California state fleet reduces petroleum consumption 13% compared to 2003

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This affords the State a better opportunity to manage fuel consumption and control costs. Each State agency leasing vehicles from DGS is now able to see how much fuel their leased vehicles are using because it is unbundled from their monthly rate, thereby enabling them to reduce costs by actively managing their fuel usage internally.

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A123 Systems 8K filing says substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern; status of grants and incentives

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On 26 March, A123 launched a field campaign estimated to cost US$51.6 A123 Systems has been the recipient of a number of state and federal grants and tax incentives. Under the agreement, the DOE will provide cost reimbursement for 50% of qualified expenditures incurred from 1 December 2009 to 30 November 2012.

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Feds Offer Free Chargers

Revenge of the Electric Car

A new Federal Grant will enable many electric vehicle early adopters to get their chargers for free. (A Fully funded, the ChargePoint America program would cost $37 million, with some of the shortfall for the actual station installations being addressed, the organizers hope, through state and local grants.&#.

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8 Reasons Government Grants Should Include Funding for Level 1 Charging Infrastructure

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Con­struc­tion and the charg­ing units for each park­ing stall cost about $110,000. To install 4-180 kW chargers can easily cost roughly $500,000-$800,000 depending on the hardware chosen. PHEVs: Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) currently comprise nearly 37% of all EVs sold in the US since 2011.

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Scientists synthesize first functional designer chromosome in yeast

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In a 2011 paper in Nature (Dymond et al. ), they showed the utility of SCRaMbLE as a novel method of combinatorial mutagenesis, capable of generating complex genotypes and a broad variety of phenotypes. Corresponding federal grant numbers are MCB-0718846 and GM-077291. Dymond, Sarah M. Richardson, Candice E. Blake, Joy W.

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Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporations All-Electric Walk-In Van Chassis Debuts at NTEA Work Truck Show; Enova Drive System, Tesla Battery Pack

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The all-electric MT-45 chassis is expected to go into full production during the first quarter of 2011 and will undergo testing with major US pickup and delivery fleets. This new program demonstrates that FCCC remains fully committed to engineering chassis options that lower operating costs and decrease carbon footprints for our customers.