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Grassley-Conrad bill would extend ethanol tax credits through 2016

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US Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Kent Conrad (D-North Dakota) introduced a bill—the Domestic Energy Promotion Act of 2011— that would extend, through 2016, at descending levels, the volumetric ethanol excise tax credit, or VEETC, which is also known as the blenders’ credit.

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EIA: US ethanol production capacity continues to increase

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Total capacity of operable ethanol plants increased by about 4%—more than 600 million gallons per year—between January 2016 and January 2017. billion gallons per year at the beginning of 2017 (918,000 b/d), an increase of about 4%—more than 530 million gallons per year—between January 2016 and January 2017.

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Double trouble

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Nebraska EVA chapter works in tandem with the Sierra Club. Outreach event sponsored by Eastern NE EVA and the Nebraska Sierra Club. NE Nebraska EVA event. NE Nebraska EVA participation in parade. Nebraska won’t spend a dime on promoting driving electric, but they had this VW money,” Lierz explained. “We

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NSF awarding $81M to 16 sites for new National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI)

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Through a fiscal year 2016 competition, one of the newly awarded sites will be chosen to coordinate the facilities. Nebraska Nanoscale Facility, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, PI: David Sellmyer. Nine of the sites have at least one regional partner institution. Stanford Site, Stanford University, PI: Kathryn Moler.

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Consortium for Algal Biofuel Commercialization releases final report on 6-year project

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The algae-based polyurethane is sustainable, biodegradable, and meets performance requirements, and a commercial launch is anticipated in 2016. In collaboration with Arctic Foam, CAB-Comm developed polyurethane foams for surfboard production in which 100% of the polyols were derived from algal oil.

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GM and Stellantis Back Rare-Earth-Free Permanent Magnet

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In a 2016 paper , researchers at the University of Nebraska and Trinity College, Dublin, analyzed dozens of real and hypothetical permanent-magnet materials and came up with a parameter, κ , to compactly indicate this hardness.

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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City of Lincoln, Nebraska. In 2016, KT dedicated local funding to the demonstration of one battery electric bus in its service area located in Kitsap County, WA. The City of Asheville will receive funds to acquire 35-foot battery electric buses and chargers. Kitsap County Public Transportation Benefit Area Authority. 1,000,000.

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