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DOE announces $15.5B package primarily focused on retooling existing factories for EVs

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This includes making available $2 billion in grants and up to $10 billion in loans to support automotive manufacturing conversion projects that retain high-quality jobs in communities that currently host these manufacturing facilities. Leveraging New Loan Authority for Automotive Manufacturing Conversion Projects.

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Apex Clean Energy ordering 19 electrified F-series pickups from XL Fleet

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Apex Clean Energy has ordered 19 electrified Ford F-series pickup trucks from XL Fleet, including ten plug-in hybrid electric and nine hybrid electric systems for pickups in its service fleet, for delivery in the second quarter of 2021.

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2019 Keeling Curve Prize winners include Opus 12; conversion of CO2 into fuels and chemicals

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African Clean Energy (Lesotho) produces cookstoves that reduce smoke emissions and solar electricity for small electronics and LED lighting. Clean Energy Works (Washington, D.C.) is using pay-as-you-save financing to help transportation companies switch to electric buses. Energy Access. Transportation. Social & Cultural Impacts.

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Oxford spin-out OXCCU raises US$22.8M to transform carbon dioxide into sustainable aviation fuel

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million) Series A financing round. Trafigura, TechEnergy Ventures and Doral Energy-Tech Ventures also participated in the financing. Leveraging the funding, OXCCU plans to accelerate its path to market by scaling its catalytic approach to convert hydrogen and carbon dioxide into SAF and other sustainable fuels.

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GE Capital and Clean Energy form strategic alliance to accelerate adoption of natural gas in trucking industry

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GE Capital’s Transportation Finance business and Clean Energy Fuels Corp., the largest provider of natural gas fuel for transportation in North America, have entered into a strategic alliance to accelerate the conversion of heavy-duty trucking fleets from diesel to cleaner-burning, less-expensive natural gas.

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Clean Energy to Acquire BAF Technologies, Natural Gas Vehicle Technology and Conversion Company

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Clean Energy Fuels Corp. the leading provider of natural gas vehicle systems and conversions in the United States. million of BAF’s outstanding debt is held by Clean Energy Finance, a wholly owned Clean Energy subsidiary, Clean Energy anticipates paying a net amount of approximately $4.5 Earlier post.).

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INEOS Bio JV Closes $75M in private financing under USDA loan guarantee program for advanced BioEnergy Center in Florida

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INEOS Bio announced that its joint-venture project, INEOS New Planet BioEnergy (INPB), has finalized $75 million in private financing utilizing the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) loan guarantee program for its new Indian River BioEnergy Center located in Florida. The hot synthesis gas is quenched and cleaned. Earlier post.)

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