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EPA awards $5M in Clean Diesel Grants to 4 port projects

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $5 million in grant funding for 4 clean diesel projects at ports in California, Oregon, New Jersey and Texas. The Port of Houston Authority will replace 25 drayage trucks with drayage trucks powered by certified engines that are model year 2011 or newer.

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EPA awards $8M in FY2014 clean diesel grants in 21 states, Puerto Rico

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The grants will fund projects such as retrofitting older school buses to improve air quality for children riding to school, upgrading marine propulsion and agriculture engines, and replacing long haul truck engines. The full list of projects selected for 2014 DERA funds: California. Louis Clean Cities is replacing six school busses.

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DOE awarding $7.4M to 7 projects for medium-and heavy-duty EV and hydrogen corridor infrastructure plans

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The DOE-funded projects will focus on electrification plans for essential and heavily trafficked domestic freight corridors, including those serving Northern and Southern California; the Eastern Seaboard; the Northeast; Southwest; and much of the Midwest. Gas Technology Institute: Houston to Los Angeles (H2LA)–I-10 Hydrogen Corridor Project.

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EPA Awards $5.6M to Spur New Clean Diesel Technologies

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million for emerging technologies projects as part of a summer-long roll-out of $120 million in clean diesel grants. Most clean diesel grants involve widely used strategies such as retrofits or replacements. California Air Resources Board for nearly $1.2 Puget Sound Clean Air Agency for nearly $1.2

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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Geographical distribution of Clean Cities Recovery Act awards. The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 25 cost-share projects under the Clean Cities program that will be funded with nearly $300 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Clean Energy Coalition’s CEC Michigan Green Fleets Initiative.

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DOE releases three reports showing strong growth in US fuel cell and hydrogen market

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The California Fuel Cell Partnership (CaFCP) also took significant steps in 2012 planning for more hydrogen fueling stations in anticipation of the commercial availability of FCEVs in the 2015-2017 timeframe. In July, the CaFCP published A California Road Map: Bringing Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles to the Golden State.

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CDTI Awarded $960,000 Grant from the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) for NOx-PM Diesel Retrofit System

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Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc. CDTI ) has received a diesel emissions reduction technology development grant under the New Technology Research and Development (NTRD) program from the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) totaling $960,971. Yiqun Huang, program director of NTRD at HARC.

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