Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2020

The California Air Resources Board announced that the first installment of $35 million in VW Environmental Mitigation Trust funding for Zero-Emission Freight and Marine Projects throughout California is now available via a competitive solicitation. The eligible projects are: Scrap and replace forklifts (with >8,000 lbs.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved a $2.9-billion billion investment plan that accelerates California’s 2025 electric vehicle (EV) charging and hydrogen refueling goals. Last month, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved a complementary plan for $2.6 900 million for light-duty EV charging infrastructure.

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Transportation California Emissions Energy 370

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2020

On 18 August 2020, $27 million in funding will be available in California to replace higher polluting trucks with zero-emission vehicles. Operation: Operate old and new vehicle at least 75% of the time within California. Combustion Freight and Marine Projects, administered statewide by South Coast AQMD.

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California Available Emissions Mariner 363

CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

According to registration data used as a proxy for sales, there were four counties in the United States with electric vehicle (EV) market penetration above 30% as of December 2022, and all were in California. Santa Clara County topped the list at 35%, followed by Marin County at 34%, and then Alameda and San Mateo […]

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California Mariner United States Sale 120

Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2019

Stäubli Electrical Connectors, a leading manufacturer of electrical connector solutions, has signed an agreement with SSA Marine to provide automatic charging stations for 33 terminal tractors at the Port of Long Beach. This project will create the largest automated electric vehicle charging program of any port in the United States.

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Mariner Long Beach Electric Vehicles Charging 257

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Inspired by the Japanese concept of sato-umi —the convergence of land and sea where human and marine life can harmoniously coexist—Honda has established the Honda Marine Science Foundation , a new initiative to address marine ecosystem restoration and the impact of humans and climate change on oceans and intertidal areas.

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Mariner Honda Long Beach Climate Change 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2019

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) announced the opening off the application period for the competitive Volkswagen Mitigation Trust Combustion Freight and Marine Project funding. This solicitation is open to eligible owners of in-use freight trucks, switcher locomotives, ferries, tugboats and towboats throughout California.

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Mariner California Emissions Fleet 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2021

The California Energy Commission is awarding $2 million (GFO-20-604, Hydrogen Fuel Cell Demonstrations in Rail and Marine Applications at Ports (H2RAM)) and Southern California Gas Co. The boat will be fueled with hydrogen through mobile, portable systems developed by ZEI for marine vessel fueling.

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San Francisco Hydrogen California Long Beach 170

Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2021

The California Energy Commission has awarded GTI and Sierra Northern Railway nearly $4,000,000 to fund the design, integration, and demonstration of a hydrogen fuel cell switching locomotive to support the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Demonstrations in Rail and Marine Applications at Ports (H2RAM) initiative.

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Sierra Hydrogen California Energy 357

Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2022

California Assembly Bill (AB) 1832, the California Seabed Mining Prevention Act , received unanimous support on the Assembly floor on 5 May. Under existing California law, the State Lands Commission has jurisdiction over tidelands and submerged lands of the state. —AB 1832.

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California Grant Oregon Mariner 150

Teslarati

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

million to settle a California case alleging that it mislabeled hazardous waste and sent it to landfills that can’t process the materials. After 25 California counties filed lawsuits against Tesla for the alleged mishandling of the waste materials on Tuesday, the automaker on Thursday agreed to pay a $1.3

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2013

The Cat marine hybrid power system uses AKA’s XeroPoint Hybrid system. Caterpillar Marine Power Systems has introduced the the Cat Powered Marine Hybrid System, a complete hybrid propulsion package applicable to all engine platforms. —Michael Braun, Caterpillar Marine Power Systems tug and salvage segment manager.

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Mariner Hybrid Power Powered 262

Electrek

JUNE 29, 2022

Marine fast charging network Aqua superPower has expanded overseas into the US, beginning operations of its first marine fast charger in Lake Tahoe, California. The post Aqua superPower turns on its first marine fast charger in US appeared first on Electrek.

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Mariner Tahoe DC California 74

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2016

The California Energy Commission and the Department of the Navy signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) formalizing a partnership that supports Navy and Marine Corps installation efforts to develop alternative energy resources and increase energy security and reliability.

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Mariner Installation California Solar 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2021

Scientists at the USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies on Santa Catalina Island, working with private industry, report that a new aquaculture technique on the California coast significantly increases kelp growth, yielding four times more biomass than natural processes. The researchers used a depth-cycling approach—i.e.,

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Mariner Water Utah California 468

Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2022

ZeroAvia, a developer of hydrogen-electric aviation, signed an MoU and announced a new partnership with the hydrogen fueling firm ZEV Station to develop green hydrogen refueling infrastructure for airports in California. ZeroAvia has already developed a fully functioning microcosm of potential refueling operations.

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Hydrogen California Emissions Fuel 243

CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Polestar is rapidly expanding its footprint in America.

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Mariner Store California America 137

Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2023

California will invest more than $1.5 Administered by the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA), $350 million was also awarded to 13 projects that eliminate street-level rail crossings to make critical lifesaving safety improvements, reduce emissions and keep goods and people moving. Awards of $1.2 Awards of $1.2

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California San Diego Emissions Los Angeles 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2021

A team of researchers led by Loretta Roberson, associate scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, has installed the first seaweed farm in Puerto Rico and US tropical waters. —Loretta Roberson. Additional farms are being tested in Florida and Belize to assess scalability. Earlier post.).

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Puerto Rico Belize Production Mariner 415

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The electrification project represents an important milestone for PG&E’s Electric Vehicle (EV) Fleet Program, expanding the program’s support of transportation electrification to include the marine sector. California-based Green Yachts has been selected to transform The Angel Island to an electric propulsion vessel.

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Mariner Grid Fleet Electric 259

Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2022

The grant supports the demonstration of Hino’s Class 8 hydrogen fuel cell trucks in real world operations in California ports. This joint study will run through March 2026 and is a collaboration project with Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Toyota Tsusho America Inc., Mitsui E&S Machinery Co. and PACECO CORP, along with Hino.

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Hydrogen California Grant Toyota 326

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The Department of the Interior announced results from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM’s) wind energy auction for five leases offshore California. BOEM’s lease sale offered five lease areas covering 373,268 total acres off central and northern California. California North Floating, LLC. Earlier post.) million homes.

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Wind Sale California Mariner 259

Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2010

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) is soliciting a project for the hybridization of an existing marine vessel for an award of up to $1,000,000. The solicitation covers the use of hybrid technology to repower an existing marine vessel in California. Tags: Conversions Hybrids Ports and Marine.

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Mariner California Hybrid Los Angeles 170

Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2021

The eTug will operate at the Port of San Diego’s Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal and will be operational by mid-2023. utilizing the design and on-site construction management by Crowley Engineering Services and its recently integrated Jensen Maritime naval architecture and marine engineering group. The vessel will be powered by Corvus 6.2

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San Diego All-Electric Mariner Building 221

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2022

Joby Aviation, a California-based company developing electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, announced an expansion of its existing contract with the US Air Force’s Agility Prime program that increases the contract’s potential value by more than $45 million.

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Mariner 2020 California MPH 259

Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2022

Last year our subsidiary, NORI, completed environmental baseline studies in partnership with leading marine research institutions. The Metals Company (TMC) announced that its Australian subsidiary, The Metals Company Australia Pty Ltd., Earlier post.).

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Nauru Kiribati Tonga Companies 397

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2020

The California Air Resources Board approved a new regulation designed to reduce pollution further from ocean-going vessels while docked at California’s busiest ports. Tankers docking at the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach must also comply starting in 2025, while tankers in Northern California have until 2027.

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Pollution California Los Angeles Long Beach 305

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2019

The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved six applications for local energy ordinances that exceed statewide requirements of the 2019 Building Energy Efficiency Standards. Since 1978, California has repeatedly updated statewide minimum building energy efficiency standards as required by state law.

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2019 Standards Energy California 170

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Boundary Layer Technologies, a California-based marine technology startup, revealed its concept design for a fully electric hydrofoiling ferry: ELECTRA.

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Concept All-Electric Mariner Fuel Alternative 418

Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2021

California legislators have allocated UC San Diego $35 million to design and build a new coastal research vessel with a first-of-its-kind hydrogen-hybrid propulsion system. All research vessels are stationed and maintained at the university’s Nimitz Marine Facility in Point Loma. Earlier post.)

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San Diego Hydrogen Hybrid Mariner 448

Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2021

A Tesla Model 3 Long Range AWD in Marin County, California, for example, yields tailpipe plus upstream emissions of 60 g/mi, compared to 120 g/mi with the average US electricity mix and 410 g/mi for an average new gasoline vehicle’s total emissions. The upstream and tailpipe GHG emissions for an average new gasoline vehicle.

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PHEV Emissions Phoenix Gas 284

Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2009

A legal challenge to the enforcement of the regulation, filed by the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association (PMSA), was denied on 30 June by the Eastern District of California. In 2009, MGO (marine gasoil) must have a sulfur limit of 1.5% (15,000 ppm), while MDO (marine diesel oil) would have a limit of 0.5% (5,000 ppm).

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Mariner California Fuel Diesel 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

The California Air Resources Board has approved the first three Community Emissions Reduction Programs (CERP) within the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) under Assembly Bill 617.

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Emissions Los Angeles California Long Beach 318

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2021

The California Energy Commission has approved a 4-million grant to Equilon Enterprises LLC (dba Shell Oil Products US) to develop and demonstrate the first multi-modal hydrogen refueling station in California. Locomotives and marine vessels emit approximately 90% of diesel particulate matter and 24% of statewide NO x.

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Hydrogen Sacramento Mariner San Francisco 170

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

have demonstrated for the first time that genetically engineered marine algae can be just as capable as fresh water algae in producing industrially relevant products such as enzymes or biofuels. What our research shows is that we can achieve in marine species exactly what we’ve already done in fresh water species. Earlier post.).

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San Diego Water Mariner Engine 299

The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Honda will show a marine outboard motor and generator on the power equipment side and three racing cars from the 199s, including the record-breaking 1997 Acura Integra Realtime. .& Of course, Honda makes all manner of motorized vehicles, so the display will also include a variety of motorcycles, power equipment, and race cars.

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Honda Acura Honda Insight California 113

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Centers have developed new technology that provides imagery of complex three-dimensional seafloor features with unprecedented accuracy and geolocation. Researchers at the USGS Pacific and St. Diagram of the SQUID-5 towed surface vehicle and the waterproof camera housings with labeled components.

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Florida Mariner Tahoe Water 150