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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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Hyundai bringing XCIENT Fuel Cell trucks to California

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Macquarie’s Specialized and Asset Finance business, part of its Commodities and Global Markets division, will finance the trucks through a lease to the operator. This project will be the largest commercial deployment of Class 8 hydrogen FCETs in North America. 12-month pilot program with fleet partner to operate two XCIENT Fuel Cell.

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Tesla + Toyota

Revenge of the Electric Car

“Clearly it’s a goal of ours to be a hub of clean- and green-tech, and Tesla and Solyndra are two big players in that arena.&#. Nina Moore, with the Fremont Chamber of Commerce, thinks so. And as if on cue, the White House announced last week that President Barack Obama on Wednesday will visit Solyndra. Some doubts left.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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AC Transit, California (Hayward, headquarters in Oakland): $6,400,000. Material is being financed and procured through the New York Power Authority. The scope of this project includes destruction of MTA’s inventory of Halon 1301 and replacement with another clean agent. TIGGER will fund the labor portion of the project only.

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A 100 m.p.g. truck? A Bright IDEA | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

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And that is directly who this new IDEA is aimed at: businesses that carry cargo, whether its Frito chips, power tools, dry cleaning or flowers. Americas big gas guzzlers and polluters are not the cars that about half the country drives around. Its the trucks, stupid. Our customers purchase their vehicles on spreadsheets, Waters explained.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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News | Markets | Technology | Personal Finance | Small Business | CNN.com RSS Newsletters Video Home Fortune 500 Technology Investing Management Rankings Warren Buffett takes charge Warren Buffett hasnt just seen the car of the future, hes sitting in the drivers seat. " When he got back to the U.S., You want to meet him."

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