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California Energy Commission approves plans to invest nearly $500M in electricity R&D and alternative fuels

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The approved 2014-2015 Investment Plan Update for the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector, which accounts for about 40% of California''s carbon emissions. In other action, the Energy Commission approved funding of more than $3.8

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EU funding 4,200 EV charging points and 48 hydrogen refuelling stations

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In order to help deliver an environmentally sustainable transport network that contributes to the ambitious objectives laid out in the EU Green Deal, the European Union will support 42 projects with more than EUR 424 million of funding for the roll-out of alternative fuels supply infrastructure.

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Scania reports a 40% increase in sales of vehicles that run on alternative fuels and hybrids in 2016

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The number of vehicles that Scania sold that run on alternative fuels and hybrids increased by 40 percent in 2016. Almost 40,000 of Scania’s customers’ drivers were trained in fuel-efficient driving in 2016. In total, close to 5,000 such vehicles were sold in 2016. —Henrik Henriksson, President and CEO of Scania.

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Industry & environmentalists tell EU the future of shipping fuel is green hydrogen and ammonia

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The EU should promote the use of green hydrogen and ammonia by ships as part of its upcoming maritime fuel law, major shipping industry players and environmentalists have told the European Commission. The FuelEU Maritime initiative will require ships carrying EU trade to progressively switch to sustainable alternative fuels.

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Getting the AFIR right to fuel Europe’s bold climate ambitions | EVBox

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To that end, Europe requires regulation that will promote and support the transformation towards more sustainable transport. And that’s exactly what the European Union (EU) has set out to do – with the proposed Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR).

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DOE to award $22.3M to accelerate the development of MD, HD plug-in vehicles and use of other sustainable transportation technologies

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The “Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Vehicle Technologies Multi-Topic Funding Opportunity Announcement” ( DE-FOA-0001535 ) seeks cost-shared projects across three areas of sustainable transportation technologies. The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced approximately $22.3 The DI propane engine area of interest will receive approximately $4.5

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Dana to provide e-propulsion system for Class 8 truck hydrogen fuel development project in Alberta, Canada

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million (C$15-million) Alberta Zero-Emissions Truck Electrification Collaboration (AZETEC) project, which involves the design and manufacture of heavy-duty, extended-range, hydrogen fuel cell electric hybrid trucks. The trucks are part of a three-year, $11.2-million Earlier post.). million to the AZETEC project.

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