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E15 now available in North Dakota

Green Car Congress

E15 blended gasoline is now available in four of North Dakota’s larger cities. The others are Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Nebraska, North Carolina, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. E15 is available at six Petro Serve USA locations in Bismarck, Mandan, West Fargo and Fargo.

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The EV Professor

Electric Auto Association

Eastern Nebraska Electric Vehicle Association (EVNEBRASKA) member Dr. Donald Cox likes to draw a comparison between electric vehicles (EVs) and the wireless phone technology he worked on at Bell Labs in the early 1970’s. “I Too bad the cars were no longer available by then.” all available for test drives.

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State Department issues Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline: climate change impacts

Green Car Congress

The US Department of State (DOS) has released its Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) in response to TransCanada’s May 2012 application for the Keystone XL pipeline that would run from Canada’s oils sands in Alberta to Nebraska. The pending application proposes a new route through Nebraska. Earlier post.)

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Castor Bean Genome Published

Green Car Congress

The availability of the castor bean genome will encourage more research into the positive aspects of this oilseed crop as a potential biofuel.”. The availability of the castor bean genome also has important biodefense implications since the plant produces the powerful toxin, ricin. Jatropha is also an oilseed crop. Chan, Ph.D.,

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DOE and USDA Award $6.3M for Genomics-Enabled Biofuels Research

Green Car Congress

This grant seeks to understand winter survival in switchgrass populations and individual plants specifically selected for greater yields and with known differences in winter survival by studying molecular events occurring in the crowns and rhizomes during two growing seasons and winters. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, $390,000.

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More Electric Cars in Las Vegas with Stan Hanel's Story on the RAR'ster. with EVJerr Back to Webblogging, Sunday, 13 September 2009

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

in planning overnight charging locations and events. Mr. Moore made available his Papillion home’s historic dryer outlet as a recharging site when the roadtrip reached the vicinity of Omaha, Nebraska. She also provided valuable support for the Midwest region of the U.S. The long journey over the vast U.S.